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. […]
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Kenley 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 […]
Continue ReadingChurch to host prayer service for Doug Gibbs
As many of you know, Doug Gibbs, the Gibber, son, brother, companion, uncle and dear friend to many in Plant City, is very ill and in need of prayer. Randy Humphrey, longtime friend of Gibbs and pastor at Hopeweaver Community Church, has offered his church building to facilitate the prayer service, which will take place from […]
Continue ReadingKeel & Curley Winery under scrutiny
A winery known for its quintessential Florida creations — blueberry, strawberry, key lime and mango wines — is worried it might go out of business if a critical rezoning doesn’t go through. Keel and Curley Winery opened in 2005 and added its own craft beer to the selections last fall. But some rural neighbors are […]
Continue ReadingStrawberry Crest student caused morning school bus crash
A 16-year-old Strawberry Crest High School student has been charged with careless driving after he rear-ended a school bus full of students heading to Armwood High School this morning. According to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports, at about 6:30 a.m. May 1, Logan Slanders was driving a Ford F150 southbound on State Road 579 at about […]
Continue ReadingPlant City 5-year-old beats cancer
If one thing is true about Ava Raab, she’s certainly not shy. Sitting at a picnic table at the Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival, the vivacious 5-year-old munches on some chicken and recounts the amazing story of how she broke her arm over spring break. “A bear came up, so I kicked him, and he flew […]
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