Plant City High School senior Beth Pengler focuses her mobile phone’s camera at an image featuring the 2013 Homecoming Court in the school’s 2013-14 yearbook. In less than a second, the phone reacts, bringing the image to life with a video clip of the court’s crowning. Pengler, yearbook editor-in-chief, smiles as the video plays. As […]
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Midtown fountain to add European flair to Plant City
Work already has begun to carve Plant City’s newest park — Midtown’s Village Green — out of a piece of vacant land just south of downtown. City officials hope to complete the project by October, but before landscaping and other features can be added, a fountain — the centerpiece of the park — has to be […]
Continue ReadingOfficer reflects on 25 years with Tampa Police Department
When police officer Brent Meyers got a call about a six-foot rattlesnake in a back yard, he didn’t believe it. In his 25 years at the Tampa Police Department, he had taken numerous calls about vermin and alligators — all larger than life. But, he prepared himself anyway, making a noose out of a broomstick […]
Continue ReadingJarrett-Scott Ford honors FFA students
As part of its Built Ford Tough FFA Scholarship Program, Jarrett-Scott Ford awarded $1,000 scholarships to three Plant City-area students. Taylor Harrelson, of Plant City High School’s FFA; Levi Mayo, of Strawberry Crest High School’s FFA; and Alyssa Shepherd, of Durant High School’s FFA, each received the award. The program is designed to recognize FFA […]
Continue ReadingUnited Food Bank of Plant City to host food drive
The United Food Bank of Plant City will be host a Letter Carrier Food Drive on Saturday, May, 10, throughout the city. Donors should leave non-perishable boxed and canned goods in their mailbox, and the letter carrier will collect them during the normal mail route. All donations benefit the United Food Bank of Plant City. […]
Continue ReadingKenley Connell, 9, pens winning Mother’s Day essay
The Plant City Times & Observer partnered with Grimes Hardware to host a special Mother’s Day Essay Contest this year. We asked Plant City-area children to send us a few words telling us why they love their mother. We received so many wonderful, touching and adorable entries, and we thank everyone who entered. Ultimately, we […]
Continue ReadingSTORE AROUND THE CORNER: Top Shelf Sports Bar and Grill
Hooters. Ker’s WingHouse. Twin Peaks. For many people, the term “sports bar” is going to evoke one or more of these images. The owners of the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World’s newest restaurant, Top Shelf Sports Bar and Grill, want their bar to be included in that conversation. Top Shelf was born from an […]
Continue ReadingSinkhole found off Trapnell Grove
Plant City Fire Rescue responded to a call about a sinkhole at a home at 3517 Trapnell Grove Loop. May 7. Battalion Chief Rick Sullivan responded at about 10:30 a.m. to find a 4 by 10 foot wide sinkhole. It is about five feet deep. The sinkhole is located in the back corner of the […]
Continue ReadingCar catches on fire in Walden Lake
For one commuter, his day sparked when his 2008 Infiniti caught fire on May, 4. The driver was headed home when he started to smell smoke. Soon, smoke started to billow from the hood and flames came through the dash. He pulled over on Griffin Boulevard in Walden Lake and alerted authorities at 8:39 p.m. […]
Continue ReadingFamily to host candlelight vigil for Misti Whitfield
One year after Plant City native Misti Whitfield disappeared, her family will host a candlelight vigil. The vigil will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at McCall Park, 100 N. Collins St., Historic Downtown Plant City. Whitfield was last seen May 2, 2013, near Nautical Marine, 5525 W. Hillsborough Ave. It is unlike the […]
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