County officials on Thursday cleared the builders of State Road 56 to work round-the-clock as they rush to finish the first leg of the road in time for the Oct. 30 opening of the Shops at Wiregrass mall. ...more

August 29, 2008

County officials today cleared the builders of State Road 56 to work round-the-clock as they rush to finish the first leg of the road in time for the Oct. 30 opening of the Shops at Wiregrass mall. County Administrator John Gallagher and the Development Review Committee OK'd a 24-hour-a-day schedule for a 10-day period starting in mid-September. Crews will be laying asphalt for the six-lane road, said Jim Richardson, vice president of Forest City Enterprises, one of the companies involved in the road project. Forest City is overseeing the section of S.R. 56 that passes in front of its 800,000-square-foot outdoor shopping plaza. ...more

August 28, 2008

Noteworthy items from the Aug. 11 Plant City Commission meeting include: •Commissioners unanimously agreed to earmark $30,000 in the 2008-09 budget toward upkeep of the 1914 Plant City High School Community Center, 605 N. Collins St. Under terms of the agreement discussed only briefly, city staff and board members of the East Hillsborough Historical Society - the building's primary tenant - will meet to determine how the sum will be allocated. ...more

August 20, 2008

A motorcyclist died Monday morning when he was hit by a car and thrown into a light pole near the entrance to a shopping center, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

August 12, 2008

The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash this morning that sent a motorcyclist flying into a light pole on U.S. 19 near Lakewood Plaza, a witness said. The crash occurred as the motorcycle was traveling south and had just passed Berkeley Manor/Breakwater boulevard. A car traveling north turned left, and the two vehicles collided, said Jeff Miner, a former emergency medical technician who said he witnessed the incident. ...more

August 11, 2008

Police have closed the eastbound and westbound turn lanes of Habana Avenue at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard because of a foot-wide sinkhole. ...more

August 6, 2008

The new neighbor did not make a good first impression on Citrus Pointe homeowners. ...more

August 6, 2008

A 50-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured when he was struck by a car while making a left turn in Polk County Saturday afternoon. ...more

August 3, 2008

A 48-year-old Dade City woman was critically injured in a two-vehicle wreck this morning on U.S. 98, the Florida Highway patrol said. Denise A. Ingram was flown to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, where her condition was not immediately available. According to the highway patrol: ...more

August 1, 2008

Warning signs welcomed by community. ...more

July 29, 2008