The Sunshine State Federal Savings board made a decision to file for a mutual-to-stock conversion in December. The bank plans to file in mid-March. The initiative requires regulatory approval and must go through the Office of the Comptroller of Currency before being finalized. “If everything goes right, we could be consummating in July,” President Floyd […]
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Alexander extension opens early
Although it wasn’t slated to open until early this year, the extension of Alexander Street from Interstate 4 to State Road 39 opened to motorists just before Christmas. online pharmacy buy elavil no prescription with best prices today in the USA “Our goal was to open it a little earlier than the scheduled completion date […]
Continue ReadingPlant City-area high schools earn A’s
Durant, Plant City and Strawberry Crest high schools all earned A grades for their performances on the 2013 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. The Florida Department of Education released the letter grades late last month. This year, more than half of Hillsborough County’s traditional high schools earned the top grade. No Hillsborough high school received a […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Police identify accident victims
The Plant City Police Department mourns the loss of two of its extended family members as it continues to investigate a fatal traffic crash that occurred Jan. 13, at the intersection of James L. Redman Parkway and Johnson Road. The driver and passenger who lost their lives in the crash have been identified as 83 […]
Continue ReadingFamily, friends remember Will Lamoreaux
It seems just about everyone who had ever met Will Lamoreaux has a memory to cherish. Friend Amy Reed remembers the time she went with him to Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, and Will ordered a cup of bacon. Or, how about the time Will dressed up as a Hooters girl and then went to the famous […]
Continue ReadingSteppin’ Stone Farm announces closure
Thousands of memories well up inside of Executive Director Cindy Churchill as she walks among the shaded paths of Steppin’ Stone Farm. Nestled among 86.5 acres of country landscape, the farm has been a home for at-risk teenage girls since the Keiser family started it in 1973. Throughout the years, about 900 girls have completed […]
Continue Reading2014 FORECAST: The Hole Truth
The simmering disconnect between Walden Lake residents and Visions Golf LLC, the owner of the community’s golf courses and country club, boiled over in 2013, after Visions closed The Hills course and began working on plans to redevelop. But, behind all the emotions lies one important question: In a rapidly changing golf industry, what type of […]
Continue Reading2014 FORECAST: Meet Madame Mayor
In 2013, Mary Thomas Mathis became the second African-American woman to be appointed as Plant City’s mayor. She was groomed for this by the first — Sadye Gibbs Martin. The corner of Warnell and Martin Luther King Streets was crawling with activity. A group of women buzzed around tables set up outside St. Luke Missionary […]
Continue Reading2014 FORECAST: Drawing Inspiration for Midtown
Plant City took several significant steps in 2013 in the development of Midtown, a vision to create a new live-work-play community just south of downtown. In creating that vision, Midtown’s champions looked to our neighbors just across the county line. Like many others, Lakeland’s downtown fell victim to the shopping mall phenomenon of the 1970s. […]
Continue Reading2014 FORECAST: Sweetbay Distribution Center
When Bi-Lo announced its intention to buy Tampa-based Sweetbay assets last May, that did not include Sweetbay’s Plant City-ba sed distribution center. As the new year begins, the future of center, the employment home to more than 200 people, remains uncertain. With a sale still pending through the first quarter of 2014, Sweetbay Supermarkets throughout […]
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