A seemingly clear-cut award of service agenda item last week led to a lengthy discussion by city commissioners over who to award a contract to for hauling roll-off containers.
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Country enters third wave of COVID-19 spread
You may be tired of hearing about the spread of COVID-19, but the virus is still here and it continues to infect thousands.
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 11.5.20
Deceased Army soldier to get headstone, military honors Fifty-four years after his interment at Garden of Peace Cemetery, Army Pfc. Henry Van Demps will finally get some long-overdue recognition. Demps, who died at age 22 on a tour of duty in south Vietnam, has lain in an unmarked grave in the Plant City cemetery since […]
Continue ReadingElection toes the line in many races
Hillsborough County’s unofficial results for the 2020 General Election show that many races were determined by just a fraction of votes.
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Make sure you’re informed and ready to cast your vote this election.
Continue ReadingCommish Roundup: City moves forward on several projects
The City of Plant City is working on the Pennsylvania Avenue dog park, residential property sales in the CRA and more.
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 10.29.20
Teen arrested after stealing vehicles, damaging farm Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of William McDougal on Oct. 22 after it was discovered he and at least two other suspects stole property and caused thousands of dollars in damages to Astin Farms. On Oct. 21, HCSO responded to a residence on Bethlehem Road in […]
Continue ReadingCommission Roundup 10.22.20
The Turkey Creek Road Project is one step closer to completion and a local company was offered an extension to qualify for the Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption.
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 10.22.20
Plant City resident turning 100 In a few days, Rachel O. Coleman Sullivan and her family will celebrate a big milestone in her life: making it to age 100. She was born Oct. 26, 1920 in Okeechobee and had seven siblings. Sullivan lived through the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane that killed an estimated 2,500 people and […]
Continue ReadingSchool resource deputy saves Strawberry Crest student’s life
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Pedro Colon performed CPR chest compressions on David Nieves when the student experienced a seizure on Monday.
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