By Michael Eng | Managing Editor The South Florida Baptist Hospital Foundation expects more than 500 people at its 16th annual Diamonds & Denim Gala.
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RIBBON CUTTING: Lyntrux
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Lyntrux Sept. 25. For more information, call (813) 752-2727.vzlom-vk.net VkUnlocker
Continue ReadingPolk detectives searching for murder suspect
Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for the public’s help in locating a murder suspect. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, at about 12:20 a.m., Sept. 22, two black male subjects knocked on the door of a residence located within a mobile home park at 4230 S.R. 60, Mulberry. A resident answered the door and […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Pregnancy Care Center of Plant City
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Pregnancy Care Center of Plant City Sept. 21, at 304 N. Collins St., Plant City. For more information, call (813) 759-0886 or visit plantcitypregnancycenter.org.
Continue ReadingCounty commissioners approve new fire station site
Hillsborough County commissioners approved Sept. 19 to purchase land for a new fire station in Springhead.
Continue ReadingPlant City man sentenced in illegal worker scheme
U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday sentenced Herman Vazquez-Padilla, 32, of Plant City, Sept. 19, to 27 months in federal prison for conspiring to transport 100 or more illegal aliens. Vazquez-Padilla pleaded guilty on June 26, 2012. According to court documents, since 2010, Vazquez-Padilla conspired with the proprietors of multiple businesses in Pinellas County to […]
Continue ReadingGarden Club presents monthly award
The Plant City Garden Club presented its September award to Jack and Erma Zaiser.
Continue ReadingBUDGET BREAKDOWN
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Plant City commissioners will decide how to spend nearly $60 million next week. The commission will host its final budget hearing for the 2012-13 fiscal year at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, at Sadye Gibbs Martin Auditorium at City Hall, 302 W. Reynolds St.
Continue ReadingFirst Baptist offers cancer support group
Sharing Our Burdens, a Christian cancer support group, meets at 4:30 p.m., the fourth Sunday of each month, at Plant City’s First Baptist Church, Room 351, 503 N. Palmer St.
Continue ReadingSHOWS OF SUPPORT
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor It seems there is a colored ribbon to show support for every cause imaginable. One of the oldest known references of ribbons used to symbolize a cause was mentioned in a marching song, “Round her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon.” It has been used to represent a loved […]
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