Plant City (Florida)

Plant City High School has tuberculosis case

Plant City, Florida - Hillsborough Health Department officials confirmed a case of tuberculosis at Plant City High School. Health officials received confirmation on Wednesday and the next day letters went out to student's...

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Juanita McClain

Friday, October 30, 2009 CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Juanita McClain, 79, of Chaffee died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born July 4, 1930, at Plant City, Fla., daughter of Virgil L. and Elvirda Ditto Haney....

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How to Prune a Citrus Tree

Dead wood needs to be pruned from a citrus tree so that the growth goes upwards and toward the sun. Find out how a citrus tree can be pruned 12 months out of the year with help from the owner of a plant nursery in this free...

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Strawberry festival queen's pageant moving to new venue

The next Florida Strawberry Festival queen will start her reign from a new location. The festival announced that the queen's pageant is moving from Tomlin Middle School auditorium to the expo hall on the festival grounds. The...

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Amnesty day allows owners to give up unwanted exotic pets

To help prevent the release of unwanted exotic animals, Busch Gardens, the city of Plant City and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will host a non-native pet amnesty day on Nov. 7.

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Man gets 15 years for fatally shooting teen in head

TAMPA, Florida - A Plant City man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally shooting a friend in the head with a gun he thought was unloaded. A Hillsborough County judge sentenced Thomas Andrew Greico, 21, on Friday....

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Plant City resident takes gavel of networking group [Tampa Tribune, Fla.]

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 15--PLANT CITY -- Businesswoman Karen Gillman is the new president of Business Networking International's Profit Pros chapter. Gillman, sales coordinator at Intelligent Office in Tampa, is a...

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Artist: Misunderstanding caused mural ban

PLANT CITY, Fla., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A Florida artist said a city's ban on new downtown murals was triggered by a painting of an armrest that was mistaken for a male sex organ. Blake Emory, who helped create a mural on the...

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Crash closes I-4 near Plant City

TBO.com Published: June 28, 2009 A vehicle crash has shut down all westbound lanes of Interstate 4 near Plant City, the Florida Highway Patrol says. The crash happened about 5:50 p.m. at the Alexander Street exit. The cause of...

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Jackson Concert Opens a 10-Year-Old's World

Washington Post Staff Writer My grandmother turned me on to the Jackson 5. One day I was a fourth grader at Stonewall Jackson Elementary in the rural central Florida town of Plant City and the next day I was sharing a bedroom...

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