McIntosh Park is officially getting two miles of trails as well as a wildlife viewing observation tower.
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News Briefs 2.18.21
Grand Parade, Strawberry Youth Parade merging for 2021 The 2021 Florida Strawberry Festival Grand Parade is getting even bigger now that the Strawberry Youth Parade is merging with it. The festival announced the merger last week and added that it will begin at 1 p.m. March 8. The route will take the parade past the […]
Continue ReadingCommish Roundup: Commissioners tweak budget
City commissioners approved
budget adjustments and work order modifications in Monday evening’s commission meeting.
News Briefs 2.11.21
Jason Jones named chairman of Boy Scouts district The Boy Scouts of America’s Timucua District will now be chaired by Plant City businessman Jason Jones through 2021, the Greater Tampa Bay Area Council announced last week. Jones will now oversee the second-most populous district in the Tampa Bay area. The Timucua District has 52 units […]
Continue ReadingHCSO investigating Dover homicide
Detectives with Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are looking into an incident in Dover that left one man dead Monday night. HCSO received several phone calls around 10:40 p.m. about shots fired near a residence on Harwell Estates Drive. Deputies arrived and found a black male deceased in a driveway, and detectives do not believe it […]
Continue Reading1 dead and several injured following shooting at a birthday party
A birthday party on WO Griffin Road took a deadly turn last night.
Continue ReadingHCSO investigates fatal train collision with vehicle in Plant City
At approximately 4:30 p.m. an Amtrak train collided with a truck that was at a railroad crossing near Jim Lefler Circle and US-92.
Continue ReadingVehicle containing COVID-19 vaccine vials stolen out of Plant City
Plant City Police Department has put out a nationwide alert after a car containing vials of COVID-19 vaccine was stolen from a Florida Strawberry Festival grounds parking lot on West Reynolds Street. On Wednesday afternoon, according to PCPD, a man entered a gray 2018 Hyundai Accent which still had its keys in the ignition and […]
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 2.4.21
Florida Strawberry Festival Corvette raffle open The Florida Strawberry Festival’s annual Chevrolet Corvette raffle, a partnership with Stingray Chevrolet, is now live. For $5 per ticket, you can get a chance to win a brand new 2021 Chevrolet C8 Corvette 1LT with 490 horsepower, a “torch red” paint job and many more features. You can […]
Continue ReadingPlant City boy killed in Mulberry area car crash
A Mulberry man was charged with DUI manslaughter after Joel Orozco died following a Jan. 31 incident.
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