The story of how Joe and Margaret Garvin met is all American. The sweethearts went to Rochelle High School, in Lakeland. He was a football and basketball player. She was a cheerleader. Little did they know that 60 years later, they would still be together, married, with four daughters and 10 grandchildren. In January, the […]
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Curious duo spotted downtown
If you were in Historic Downtown Plant City last week, you may have spotted two peculiarly dressed ladies popping in and out of shops. Mabel and Myrtle went door-to-door wishing business owners and shoppers Merry Christmas. The Plant City duo is available for surprise visits for a variety of occasions, including birthdays, anniversaries and more. […]
Continue ReadingPlant City native hopes to kickstart new film
To make a full-length feature film on a $25,000 budget may seem impossible. But one Plant City man is ready to take on the challenge. Taylor Frost and a crew based in Los Angeles will be shooting a period piece in Central Florida this winter. The psychological thriller will take place in 1968, in rural […]
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Plant City’s Rick Lott and Tom Frederick won the entrepreneurial equivalent of the Super Bowl earlier this year, when they sold Zeno Office Solutions, the office equipment supply firm they founded in 1996. Document management giant Xerox bought Zeno, with $65 million in annual sales, for an undisclosed sum in April. The firm still exists […]
Continue ReadingOrganizations work to end shelter overpopulation
Editor’s note: Sydney Johnson is a senior at Plant City High School and enrolled in a journalism class through Florida Virtual School. Because of a rise in the number of homeless animals on the Tampa Bay Area streets, local shelters and non-profit organizations promote the use of an alternative solution to euthanasia, Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release. In Hillsborough […]
Continue ReadingNew lounge brings bold flavors to Plant City
Anyone who wants to experience a little slice of foreign culture has a new opportunity in town. Four months ago, Plant City residents who wanted to smoke from a hookah had to travel to Brandon or Lakeland. Fadi and Hanadi Abed, who also own Lakeland’s Hookah King, have since changed that by opening Hookah King […]
Continue ReadingCourt gets $1.5M offer for Red Rose Inn & Suites
Despite a signed offer of $1.5 million for Plant City’s Red Rose Inn & Suites, the future of the hotel and banquet center still remains unclear. Last week, Louis Spiro, who lists a Pinellas Park address, agreed to buy the Red Rose for $1.5 million. However, as of press time Dec. 23, that deal had […]
Continue ReadingMotorcyclist dies in Plant City crash
A motorcyclist died after a crash Thursday afternoon in Plant City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. According to FHP reports, at 3:55 p.m., a GMC Envoy, driven by 20-year-old Julia Lopez, of Plant City, was traveling east on U.S. 92, west of Robinson Orange Park. Lopez swerved to avoid traffic stopped ahead. As she swerved, […]
Continue ReadingNational Guard unit coming home
Looks like the the Florida Army National Guard 3-116th Field Artillery Battalion will be coming home for Christmas. The community rallied around the unit after hearing they might not be able to come home for their leave pass during the holidays from Mississippi. About $34,000 were raised to pay for transportation costs. State Representative Dan Raulerson and […]
Continue ReadingArchives names council member
Ed Verner, president of the Plant City Photo Archives & History Center, announced James R. McDaniel as a new member of the center’s Advisory Council. McDaniel is a graduate of Marshall High School, and received his bachelor’s degree in speech communication and English and his master’s degree in communication from the University of South Florida. […]
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