Horsepower is horsepower. At least as far as this year's Guavaween goers were concerned. ...more

October 31, 2009

Think you know Guavaween? Think again! ...more

October 29, 2009

A man was arrested just after midnight Thursday for aggressive panhandling. ...more

October 8, 2009

The sides of the rectangular pit revealed a cross-section of earth: grey and lumpy on top, smooth yellow sand underneath. ...more

March 14, 2009

Police are investigating whether a man who plunged onto a city street from an Interstate 4 overpass today jumped or fell accidentally. ...more

March 5, 2009

Holy jurisprudence. Ybor City's Batman is getting his mask back. Hillsborough County Judge John Conrad on Monday dismissed two misdemeanor charges Tampa police lodged against Walsh Ian Nichols when he refused orders to take off his Batman mask. ...more

February 17, 2009

Holy jurisprudence. Ybor City's Batman is getting his mask back. Hillsborough County Judge John Conrad today dismissed two misdemeanor charges Tampa police lodged against Walsh Ian Nichols when he refused orders to take off his Batman mask. ...more

February 16, 2009

A South Florida man saw two unoccupied Tampa Police Department cruisers in Ybor City this morning and decided to put garbage, gravel and rocks on them, officers say. ...more

February 2, 2009

Because so many people are walking around in Ybor City tonight, Tampa Police are shutting down 7th Avenue to vehicle traffic. ...more

January 31, 2009

Batman has had a slew of enemies over the years – The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman – but in Ybor City last year, he added a new nemesis: Tampa police. Ybor City's version of the Caped Crusader –his real name is Walsh Ian Nichols – was sitting on a curb eating sushi on Oct. 21 when an officer arrested him for wearing a mask on a public street. Nichols, 21, failed to use a batarang or fancy equipment to escape the officer. Now he is fighting back in court. His lawyer has filed a motion to dismiss, which will be heard next month. ...more

January 23, 2009