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Who Helped Select the Next Police Chief of Plant City?
The City of Plant City search for a new police chief drew 100 initial applicants. After the field was narrowed to the final five candidates, City Manager Bill McDaniel invited the public to a meet-and-greet event on Thursday, April 25 at Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center. The City of Plant...
New Owner Taking Over Popular Plant City Consignment Shop
Longtime local favorite “Beverly’s Consignment PC” transforms into “The Beloved Resale Boutique” under new owner. A longtime Plant City consignment store now is operating under a new name and new ownership. The Beloved Resale Boutique, located at 601 E. Alexander St., Suite 643 in the...
Inside Hillsborough’s D and F schools: Turnover, shortages, calls for help
Each day, 18,000 students take their seats inside Hillsborough County’s most struggling schools, enough to fill a small city. The county by far logged more schools with D or F grades than any other in Florida, according to state numbers released in December. In all, 33 elementary and middle schools.
‘Kind of a crisis’: Florida STD rates surpass pre-pandemic levels
The pandemic did what public health officials have struggled to do for the past 15 years — put a dent in the number of reported cases of bacterial sexually transmitted diseases in Florida. But in just two years, the combined rate of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis has rebounded and...
More Florida farmers adding blackberries to their fields
PLANT CITY, Fla. - It’s blackberry season, and a Hillsborough County strawberry grower said he’s among the central Florida farmers adding blackberries to their crops with the help of University of Florida agriculture researchers. Blackberries are a new crop for Matt Parke. Now in their second blackberry growing...
Blooming While Booming
There is a rumor out there that for many years Plant City leaders have been resistant to, and have fought, growth. There is a rumor out there that for many years Plant City leaders have been resistant to, and have fought, growth. But in the last handful of years they have reversed course and that is why new developments are springing up.
As 2 affordable-housing complexes open in Lakeland, more than 1,700 are on a waiting list
LAKELAND — The demand for apartments in Lakeland's newest affordable housing development, Swan Landing, shows need is still outpacing available units. Lakeland officials gathered with Tampa Bay-based developer Blue Sky Communities on April 25 to celebrate the opening of Swan Landing and Swan Lake Village off Griffin Road in North Lakeland.
‘Our chants turned to screams’: Civil rights group calls out police for ‘endangering’ USF student protesters
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a news conference in Tampa on Thursday to denounce the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and University of South Florida Police Department for tear-gassing protesters at an on-campus demonstration on Tuesday. CAIR aims to rally the community against what the organization […]
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