City Commission Recognizes 2024 Florida Strawberry Festival Royalty This week’s city commission meeting was made extra sweet as it honored the 2024 Florida Strawberry Festival Queen Annistyn Faith Griffin and court and Junior Royalty Queen Brooke Sidnei Browning and court with proclamations, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon its citizens. The proclamation congratulates […]
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Obituaries 02.15.24
Carolyn Rosalie Prevette Carolyn Rosalie Prevette, 88, of Plant City, Fla., born on May 31, 1935, entered into eternal rest on Feb. 6, 2024. Expressions of condolences at www.HopewellFuneral.com. Anne Claville Wheeler Anne Claville Wheeler, 87, of Seffner, Fla., born on Sept. 15, 1936, in Sarasota, Fla., entered into eternal rest on Feb. 3, 2024. […]
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Every single one if I cared about my life. Lol Rachel Pate Thornton You guys had options? Stephen T. Galindo Manners and absolute respect for your elders. Home by dark. Dishes are to be done as soon as dinner is over. Chores are done everyday and bleach and Pine-Sol day every Saturday morning. Rhonda McCullough […]
Continue ReadingVeterans Honored With Quilts of Valor at Grace Manor
The gesture recognizes their service and sacrifice.
Continue ReadingNews Briefs 02.08.24
Discounted Florida Strawberry Festival tickets, the 65th Annual Outstanding Citizen of the Year and a reminder to not leave the scene of an accident is in the news this week.
Continue ReadingChiliFest Brings the Heat to Plant City
Dozens of teams competed to see who which chili recipe would reign supreme.
Continue ReadingStrawberry Crest’s Sarthak Gupta Wins Annual Congressional App Challenge
Gupta, and other winners from around the country, will showcase their apps to Congress in April.
Continue ReadingCITY Furniture Plants Seeds of Entrepreneurship In Youth Through Facilities Tour
Last week, CITY Furniture CEO Andrew Koenig gave more than a dozen kids from Big Brothers Big Sisters Tampa Bay the opportunity to take a behind the scenes tour of its Plant City Showroom, where local business leaders, including the Indo US Chamber of Commerce and NSU Alumni Association, joined in for a day of […]
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Ed Swindle Ed Swindle, 93, of Dover, Fla., passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Ed is survived by the love of his life Myrtle Lou Swindle, whom he was married to for 73 years. He is also survived by sons Larry (Debbie) Swindle of Lake Wales/Plant City and Rodney Swindle of Marianna. Grandchildren […]
Continue ReadingAdult Day Care Centers Offer Help For Families Who Struggle With Providing Care To Seniors
The staff at Plant City Adult Day Services, located at 1205 S. Waller St., hopes to offer help to more seniors and their caregivers.
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