It’s the people who attracted Andrea Cook to start working with the YMCA. Since February, Cook has been busy building relationships as the interim director at Plant City’s YMCA. Now, she is transferring to the Campo Family YMCA, in Valrico, to make way for incoming Executive Director Rick Gould. But she will always remember her […]
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Plant City celebrates start of train-viewing platform
Shovels dug into the ground right as a CSX train chugged by during a groundbreaking ceremony June 21, at the site of a future train-viewing platform. The project is a joint venture between the city and the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce. “Our purpose of course is to go back to the history of […]
Continue ReadingSurvey offers insight into schools
According to a recent survey of public schools in Hillsborough County, no teachers are more satisfied with their school than the ones at Plant City’s Trapnell Elementary. A whopping 98% of Trapnell survey participants stated their school is “a good place to work and learn” in Hillsborough County Public Schools’ first Teaching, Empowering, Leading and […]
Continue ReadingFelines rescued from excavator
A mother cat and her seven kittens were rescued recently from a large excavator at Linder Industrial Machinery, in Plant City. Reader Marian Reinhardt says: “During an evening walk, a lady heard kittens mewing as she passed by our equipment yard. Several people searched and did not find them until two days later. Good thing, because the weather […]
Continue ReadingPastor Robinson retires from Foursquare Church of Plant City
Raised in parsonages in Covina, Calif., and Dover, Ohio, Pastor David Robinson has known the Foursquare Church his entire life. And even though he is retiring from Foursquare Church of Plant City, he doesn’t plan to end his involvement in the Foursquare family. Robinson plans to travel Jamaica as a missionary and get involved with […]
Continue ReadingPlant City preps for July 4 celebration
For the second consecutive year, the sky above Plant City Stadium will light up with fireworks on Independence Day. Plant City’s Fourth of July Celebration, a free event, coordinated by the Recreation and Parks Department, the Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Strawberry Festival, will begin at 6 p.m. July 4. The […]
Continue ReadingOffice of the board-game manufacturer hosts game night
Whether they are conquering fictional islands or sneaking around a convent with a secret wish, the gamers at Mayfair Games always have fun at their monthly game nights. And that’s what games are all about, right? And they’re also about making your opponents squirm by not trading resource cards with them. The Plant City office […]
Continue ReadingMeals on Wheels needs volunteers
With the snowbirds gone for the summer, the Plant City Meals on Wheels needs volunteers. Meals on Wheels needs four or five volunteers to fill driving routes. The driving routes take less than two hours to complete. They are usually from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Meels on Wheels also needs volunteer help in the office […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Plant City man dies in Polk County crash
An overnight crash in Lakeland killed one Plant City man. According to Polk County Sheriff’s Office reports, Travis Kincade, 19, of Plant City, was a riding in a red 1998 Chevy pickup with a 12-inch lift kit; his mother, Brenda White, 37, was driving. The truck was traveling west on Swindell Road just south of […]
Continue ReadingUPDATE: No one injured in Plant City TECO fire
A truck caught fire at the TECO Energy building this afternoon off South Alexander Street, in Plant City. The Plant City Fire Department suspects the fire started in one of the trucks and spread to the rest of the fleet. No one was injured and the inside of the building suffered only smoke damage. David […]
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