By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Ever want to try alligator meat? What about smoked hog? Or black bass? The Plant City Daybreak Rotary Club will host its annual Country Cracker Feast at 6 p.m. Oct. 19, at the home of George and Cassandra Banning, 2506 Clubhouse Drive.
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Church offers new quilting class
Donnalee Jackson will offer a quilting class beginning Nov. 4, in Plant City. The six-week course will be from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 9, at the Plant City Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2203 Strawberry Drive.
Continue ReadingCANDIDATE PROFILES 2012: Hillsborough County Commission District 4
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor The Plant City Observer has profiled candidates for the several local and state elections. Here, we spotlight Joy Green, Al Higginbotham and Mark Nash, candidates for Hillsborough County Commission District 4.
Continue ReadingMendonsa Road reconstruction now under way
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor After five years of planning, the Mendonsa Road reconstruction began Sept. 24. The roadway has a history of flooding and a number of problems with drainage in part, because of its lower placement compared with other surrounding areas.
Continue ReadingFarm Bureau celebrates 70 years
More than 420 members of Hillsborough County Farm Bureau celebrated the organization’s 70th anniversary at its 2012 annual meeting Oct. 4, at Hillsborough Community College’s John R. Trinkle Center, in Plant City.
Continue ReadingStudent threatens to blow up Simmons Career Center
Plant City Police Department officers arrested a juvenile for threatening to blow up his school.
Continue ReadingPolice still searching for leads in missing women case
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office continues to ask for the public’s assistance in helping solve the case regarding two women who disappeared late last year. The Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the St. Petersburg Police Department, the Bradenton Police Department, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, has […]
Continue ReadingMan drives car through Plant City home
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested the man who drove his truck into a Plant City home Oct. 4, in an attempt to harm the people inside. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, at about 3:05 a.m., Phillip Maurice Waller, 36, made threats to injure the occupants of a home in the 5200 block of […]
Continue Reading“Presents 4 Pets” campaign benefits local animal shelters
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Every day, hundreds of pets like Sadie, a loving dog, are dropped off at animal shelters, given to veterinarian offices or abandoned on the streets to fend for themselves. Sadie’s owner surrendered her at a local veterinarian’s office because they could not pay for her numerous medical issues. The […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia-based group buys Tampa Tribune for $9.5M
Media General Inc. this morning announced it has sold The Tampa Tribune and its associated print and digital products to Revolution Capitol Group, a California-based group of private equity, M&A and operational executives, for $9.5 million.
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