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. Aliyah Reid, a five-year-old girl was healed of sickle cell disease through a bone marrow transfusion from her 11-year-old brother, Alijah. More than 1,000 high school students from 47 west central and southwest Florida schools descended on the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds in Dover for Tampa Bay Construction Career Day. Church of God Children’s Pastor, Greg Davis, retired after 31 years. In the April election for Plant City Commissioner, Group 2, Jason Jones emerged victorious over challenger Camryn Henry. TruSteriPharma bought the property at 105 S. Wheeler St. to reconfigure it into two compounding pharmacies that will formulate medications for patients throughout the U.S., and planed to employ over 100 people. County Commissioner Christine Miller appointed Art Wood to the Hillsborough County Charter Review Board. The other board members selected him to serve as chair. Ashli Harper’s work, “The Fight,” was the feature painting at the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts and was used on banners throughout Tampa. Johni Broome led the Auburn Tigers to the NCAA Final Four. Libby Hopkins was appointed as the new director of the Plant City History & Photo Archives. The Plant City High School Boy’s Track Team won the county championship trophy for the first time, beating 27 other teams. A city project kicked off to add tennis, basketball, and pickleball courts at Rowena Mays Park.
