Plant City’s young innovators gathered last week at the Arthur Boring Civic Center for Camp Invention, a nationally acclaimed summer program that transforms elementary school students into tomorrow’s inventors. The week-long STEM enrichment experience, running from June 10 to 14, brought together more than 50 local children for hands-on learning and creative problem-solving activities. The […]
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DOG GONE IT
“We came out to adopt a dog for a good home,” Raphael Gonzalez said. June 6 to June 8, the Mega Dog Adoption Festival took place in Plant City. “This is our third annual dog adoption here at the Strawberry Festival grounds,” Chelsea Waldek, Division Director for the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, commented. “It […]
Continue ReadingTHINGS FOR KIDS TO DO
Premiere Cinemas 2025 Summer Kids Fest; June-July 220 Alexander W. St. The cinema offers free movie showings at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Movies that will be shown include The Wild Robot, Despicable Me 4, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Harold and the Purple Crayon. For more information, see https://www.pccmovies.com/movie-theater/plantcity/blog/2025-summer-kids-fest Plant City Parks & […]
Continue ReadingStrawberry Crest High School IB Valedictorian 2025
Anish Nelluri:GPA 10.02 When did you find out you are your class valedictorian? How did you react? I found about my class rank around February or March (I remember because I had Orchestra MPA that day). The school arranged a breakfast for us, and I learned then and there. I knew for a while that […]
Continue ReadingGentlemen’s Quest Club Gets Visit From Police Chief
Photos courtesy of Stanley Glover Woo, woo, woo. Plant City Police Department Chief Richard Mills, Jr. and Captain Alfred Van Duyne visited the Marshall Middle Magnet IB World School’s Gentlemen’s Quest Club on Monday to engage with students and build positive relationships, offer guidance and support their development. The club, affectionately known as “GQ,” a […]
Continue ReadingSUNCOAST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER SERVES PLANT CITY
The building sits on E. Reynolds Street, a couple of blocks west of where Reynolds becomes a two-way when it merges back into Baker. Those driving by might notice the two-story building with blue window canopies, but they are thinking about getting as quickly as they can into the long line that turns left onto […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 04.17.25
April 4 Walk the Plank – Theft 1800 block of Tropical Oasis Ave An officer responded to a residence currently under new construction. The complainant reported the theft of wooden planks and plywood valued at approximately $600. Never mind – Resist Officers without Violence 300 block of N Michigan Ave An officer responded to a […]
Continue ReadingPLANT CITY MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING
United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the return of an indictment charging Carlos Antonio Leon (29, Plant City) and Luis Fernando Aguirre-Marin (29, Mexico) with drug trafficking conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 04.10.25
March 28 That’s Not My Name – Warrant 1800 block of W Charlotte Ave An officer was conducting active patrol and observed a subject on foot that was known by the officer to have an active warrant. Officers attempted to make contact with the subject who gave a false name before fleeing on foot. One […]
Continue ReadingFlorida Strawberry Festival Delivers Sweet Economic Boost to Plant City and Its People
Every spring, more than 650,000 visitors flock to Plant City for the Florida Strawberry Festival, lured by the scent of fried foods, the sound of thrilling concerts and small-town charm, but long after the food is eaten and the concerts end lies a powerful story of economic impact that touches nearly every corner of the […]
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