Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a Dec. 27 shooting at the Family Bowl, in Plant City. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, Harrison Cumbie got into an argument with the suspect at about 11:47 p.m. Dec. 27, in the parking lot of Family Bowl, 2250 E. U.S. 92. During the fight, Cumbie was shot once […]
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Search continues for two Plant City boaters missing on Lake Tarpon
Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared on TampaBay.com. A search for two close friends from Plant City who went missing Saturday night while fishing on Lake Tarpon continues today, authorities said. Willie Ragins, 43, and Willie Hightower, 64, spent Saturday afternoon fishing the lake in a 14-foot aluminum boat, according to the […]
Continue ReadingBoard approves armed guards for elementaries
TAMPA — Shoulder to shoulder they sat, each given two minutes to bring the Hillsborough County School Board into their world. They talked of cussing parents, road rage in school parking lots, threats against staff. “I cannot control what comes through those front doors,” said Dina Wyatt, principal of Walden Lake Elementary School. Russell Wallace, […]
Continue ReadingBaby Parade sign-ups coming
Registration for the 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival Baby Parade will take place from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Plant City Mortgage, 1507 S. Alexander St., Suite 101 Plant City. Sign-ups for 1- and 2-year-olds will be from 8 to 9 a.m.; 3- and 4-year-olds from 9 to 10 a.m. Spaces are limited […]
Continue ReadingDurant grad’s jewelry business takes national spotlight
The jewelry hadn’t even shown up yet, but already, there were curious bystanders mulling about Fringe Boutique, Dec. 18. The shop was hosting a trunk show for Bourbon and Boweties. The up-and-coming jewelry line was founded by Durant alum Carley Ochs. The signature piece is a bracelet. The gold plated bangle has oversized stones strategically […]
Continue ReadingBealsville couple to celebrate 60 years
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 […]
Continue ReadingCurious 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 […]
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