Plant City commissioners approved July 28, a rezone request they believe will add more opportunities for potential job and economic growth. The commission voted unanimously to rezone the 65-acre Clairmore Estates CU district, located on South Frontage Road about one-quarter-mile east of Son Keen Road, from single-family residential use to the new McMullen Corporate Park […]
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Plant City Times & Observer hires new writer
The Plant City Times & Observer has added a new writer to its staff. This week, we welcome Catherine Sinclair to our team. Catherine graduated cum laude in May 2014 from the University of Richmond (Virginia) with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and music, and a minor in biology. Before coming to the Plant City […]
Continue ReadingPlant City to pay for rail museum director
With the new train-viewing platform and updated exhibits to the train depot, the Robert W. Willaford Museum will be getting a new executive director, also. Plant City Commissioner Mike Sparkman, who helped spearhead the platform project, urged the city and commissioners to allow Benny Lubrano to serve in the paid position. Lubrano helped design the […]
Continue ReadingPlant City summer reading program prepares for concert
Paper snails were stacked up on an entry table at Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church. They were just one of many art projects the students of the Lots of Hugs Reading Summer Program completed in the past two months. Last week, they were busy coloring more pictures, learning how to spell in a competitive game […]
Continue ReadingPlant City primed for spelling showdown
Representatives from several Plant City businesses will test their mental mettle at the Plant City Kiwanis Club’s Second Annual Business Spelling Bee at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the 1914 Plant City High School Community Building, 605 N. Collins St. Americare Ambulance will defend its title against spellers representing South Florida Baptist Hospital, the […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 08.01.14
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Continue ReadingPlant City mom who drowned ‘devil’ baby deemed insane
She was the last one sitting on the courtroom bench. Occasionally she hung her head. Sometimes she glanced across the room, at her father and stepmother, before pulling her gaze back to the stand. When finally called to testify, she mostly said “yes.” Yes, she had been forthright with the doctors. Yes, she understood what […]
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Fire destroys home on Trapnell Road in Plant City
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue units responded to a residential structure fire July 27, in Plant City. Upon arrival, crews reported that a mobile home, at 723 E. Trapnell Road, was fully engulfed in flames. The home appeared to have structural additions to it that made it look like a regular home. The home was vacant. Firefighters quickly deployed their […]
Continue ReadingMan dies after being hit by pickup in Plant City
A 33-year-old man died July 26, after collapsed on State Road 574 and was struck by a pickup. buy spiriva online https://www.edgewaterdental.ca/wp-content/uploads/revslider/templates/The7-G-Creative-Slideshow/spiriva.html no prescription pharmacy According to Plant City Police Department reports, Santos Noriega was walking eastbound along S.R. 574 during the early-morning hours and collapsed in the roadway for an unknown reason. He was struck by a 1994 Dodge […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Girl, 13, missing from Plant City
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office investigators are searching for a missing 13-year-old Plant City girl. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, Mirse Huerta, left her Plant City home, 2811 Lloyd Humphrey Lane, at about 1 a.m. July 22. It is believed she left in an unknown make and model red pickup and may be headed to Georgia. Investigators described […]
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