Plant City's Red Rose Inn closes its doors

PLANT CITY -- Polk County residents are mourning the closing of Red Rose Inn in Plant City, a throwback to when dinner was a multisensory experience of food, drink, music and dancing.
http://www.newschief.com/article/20120523/news/205235020

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 02:55:12 -0700

Planning A Central Florida Vacation In May? Don't Miss Ironman 70.3 Florida

POLK COUNTY, Fla., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ironman 70.3 Florida has a new venue this year. On May 20, 2012, this annual event will take place at Lake Eva Park, in Haines City, Florida.Still just minutes ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/planning-central-florida-vacation-may-202500150.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 13:25:00 -0700

Shuttered Red Rose Inn in Plant City Will Be Missed'

Polk County residents are mourning the closing of Red Rose Inn in Plant City, a throwback to when dinner was a multisensory experience of food, drink, music and dancing.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120521/news/120529858&tc=yahoo

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 22:41:20 -0700

Motorcyclist Injured in Polk I-4 Crash Near Polk City

State troopers are investigating an Interstate 4 crash near Polk City that injured a motorcyclist.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120430/news/120439958&tc=yahoo

Published: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:44:03 -0700

Florida city commission rejects police chief's resignation in Trayvon Martin case

City commissioners in Sanford, Florida, voted Monday to reject the proposed resignation of their embattled police chief, who has been under fire for the handling of the probe into Trayvon Martin's death in February.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/23/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular

Published: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:26:15 -0700

Highland Corp. to move 215 jobs from Polk County to Plant City

By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, May 2, 2012 One of the largest industrial leases ever signed in Tampa Bay will shift more than 215 jobs from Polk County to Plant City this fall. Highland Packaging Solutions, which manufactures food containers and labels, plans to move its operations from Mulberry to Plant City in September or October. CEO Steve Maxwell said Highland is relocating ...
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/highland-corp-to-move-215-jobs-from-polk-county-to-plant-city/1228026

Published: Wed, 02 May 2012 10:22:49 -0700

Florida Ironman competition underway in Haines City

Thousands of athletes - including seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong - are competing
http://cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2012/5/20/florida_ironman_comp/?cid=rss

Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 08:09:05 -0700

Haines City Hoping for Major Economic Impact from Ironman

Making millions of dollars of improvements to Lake Eva Park may prove to be one of the best investments Haines City ever made. And Polk County's investing $250,000 to help ith the expenses of the Ironman competition over five years also appears to be paying off.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120514/news/120519675&tc=yahoo

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 20:13:23 -0700

7-time Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong competes today

HAINES CITY -- Lance Armstrong will be the favorite for the 56-mile bike portion of the Ironman 70.3 Florida race this morning along the rolling hills around Haines City and eastern Polk County.
http://www.newschief.com/article/20120520/news/205205008

Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 04:40:05 -0700

Florida Supreme Court backs away from decade-old decision

JACKSONVILLE, FLa. - Jacksonville's general counsel says Duval County's clerk of courts cannot run for a third term this year, based on her reading of a recent Florida Supreme Court ruling.
http://www.news4jax.com/election-2012/Legal-opinion-Duval-officials-to-face-term-limits/-/1875986/13500764/-/wt0p75z/-/index.html

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 12:49:29 -0700