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Resident plans event for veterans
Plant City resident Sharon Flowers is organizing a group for Flags of Fallen Vets. The group will travel Saturday, May 25, to Florida National Cemetery, in Bushnell, to place flags at graves.The deadline to sign up is April 21. For more information, call Flowers at (813) 764-6440.
Continue ReadingPlant City Boy Scouts earn Eagle status
Many years of hard work paid off for five Boy Scouts on March 24, when they received the award of Eagle Scout. Chase Dunn, Michael Hahn, Isaac Rivers, Christopher Tatum and Spencer Tatum, along with their families, were honored in a ceremony at American Legion Post 26.
Continue ReadingElks support Plant City soldier
There was nothing U.S. Army Sgt. Sean McLaughlin could do for his family when the cooling and heating system started to break back at home. He was halfway around the world on deployment in Qatar, with the Army National Guard. His wife, Joyce, had her hands full with three children, Chyenne, 10, Brooklynn, 3, and […]
Continue ReadingHorse-ready country property tops March sales in Plant City
A horse-ready home topped all residential real-estate transactions in March. The home at 8711 W. Knights Griffin Road sold for $335,000. Built in 1974, the home has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 2,100 square feet of living area. The property also includes a three-stall barn, tack room, fenced pastures, creek and pond on […]
Continue ReadingPlant City man given 10 years in fatal hit-and-run
TAMPA — A Plant City man who ran over an 80-year-old pedestrian and left him to die last year entered guilty pleas in the hit-and-run case Wednesday and was given 10 years in prison. Ryan S. Pottinger, 30, was also sentenced to a decade of probation after state prison.Hillsborough County deputies said Pottinger was behind […]
Continue ReadingFlags for Fallen Vets needs volunteers
Local resident Sharon Flowers is looking to get a group together for Flags of Fallen Vets. The group will travel to the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell on Saturday, May 25 to place flags at graves. The deadline to sign up is April 21. So far, no one has signed up. If you go: When: Saturday, […]
Continue ReadingFire destroys Plant City home
County officials are investigating an early-morning fire that destroyed a Plant City home. According to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue reports, at 4:50 a.m. April 8, units responded to a house fire at 7307 W. Knights Griffin Road, Plant City. Upon arrival, crews found a wood frame home fully engulfed in flames that had collapsed to the ground. Fire rescue […]
Continue ReadingTurkey Creek Middle students sweeten school with strawberry lesson
online pharmacy anafranil for sale with best prices today in the USA Chloe Tew walked two elementary students through the blooming fields of the Turkey Creek Middle School strawberry field. The eighth-grader explained to the students how to look for the best berries to pick. But, she had to show them a little differently. Both […]
Continue ReadingNelson Elementary students score spot in district MathBowl
Five of Dover Elementary School’s top “mathletes” tested their mental mettle against peers from other district schools in the MathBowl District Championship March 25, at Raymond James Stadium, in Tampa. The competition was special partnership between the Hillsborough County Elementary Math Council and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. All of the math problems were related to […]
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