After years of planning and a nearly three-year search for the right location, a new Ace Hardware opened in Plant City, bringing the nationally recognized hardware brand to a community that store owner Jim Stoner said has long been asking for it. Aspire Plant City awarded Mary Thomas Mathis with its 2025 Woman of Distinction […]
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Year In Review: November 2025
At its 43rd Annual Planning & Design Awards, the Hillsborough County Planning Commission gave three awards to the city of Plant City: PCPD won for Outstanding Contribution to the Community; the Utilities Department won for its Video Outreach Program featuring Murf; and the Planning & Zoning Department won in the Planning Category for its work […]
Continue ReadingYear In Review: October 2025
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the History & Photo Archives held a Gala in the 1922 Lee Building on the northwest corner of E. Reynolds St. and Palmer St. The bash also marked the grand opening of a historic camera and photo collage exhibit in the building. The city increased the starting pay for non-step […]
Continue ReadingYear In Review: September 2025
First Sergeant Aarik Karlson, US Army (RET), Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Instructor at Plant City High School, began a project to construct an obstacle course on the high school’s campus. Plant City resident, Candace Cieslo, former U.S. Army Captain and Georgetown University women’s basketball player, was named Executive Director for the Office of Faith […]
Continue ReadingYear In Review: August 2025
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue held a community meeting at Bethany Baptist Church in Plant City to discuss construction plans for a new fire station at 5302 Thonotosassa Rd. designed to replace two aged stations. Post Hurricane Milton, Plant City’s Christine Miller, Hillsborough County Commissioner for District 4, drove forward a regional study on the impacts from […]
Continue ReadingYear In Review: July 2025
Plant City High School’s Kahiem Carby won in the 110-meter high hurdles at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor. Hayley Franklin won the title for Miss Florida for America. A group of 50 came out to celebrate the groundbreaking of a build by One Church One Child of Florida to house children who are transitioning out […]
Continue ReadingYear In Review: June 2025
Mike Kelley’s team won the Florida Senior Games 3-on-3 basketball championship for the third year in a row. Turkey Creek First Baptist Church put on a school bus driver’s appreciation day, and treated school bus drivers, transportation aides, and office staff to breakfast and prizes. Plant City received a state-funded grant for $9,500,000 for city […]
Continue ReadingYear In Review: May 2025
AMVETS Chapter 44 in Plant City held its second annual Final Tour of Duty Poker Run to raise money for cremation services for honorably discharged veterans in need. Sixty-five riders, and 150 people total, took part in raising $6,900 for the cause. The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce announced the selection of Jerilyn Rumbarger […]
Continue ReadingYear In Review: April 2025
Mayor Nate Kilton followed through on his promise to allow himself to be tased in public if the Friends of the Plant City Police Department Foundation brought in more than $100,000 in its first year. The fourth annual Jazz Under The Trees happened in Bealsville to raise funds to preserve the history of Glover School. […]
Continue ReadingYear In Review: March 2025
The annual Strawberry Festival Parade was the largest since the Covid Pandemic. At the Florida Strawberry Festival’s annual Governor’s Luncheon, U.S. Senator, and Plant City native Ashley Moody, and U.S. Representative for the 15th District, Laurel Lee, who served in Plant City as a judge, spoke to the assembly. The Florida Strawberry Festival held a […]
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