Cigar-rolling put Tampa on the map, but some cigarmakers say a new federal tax on tobacco could stub it out. ...more

April 2, 2009

Owners of the historical Ferlita Macaroni Factory on 22nd Street want permission from the Barrio Latino Commission to tear down the structure. ...more

March 2, 2009

Regulars gather to play intense games of dominoes and rummy while they chatter about life and politics and reconnect to a social scene no longer commonplace in Tampa. ...more

February 25, 2009

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels cocked back and threw a perfect strike while a crowd of fans cheered him on. ...more

January 30, 2009

Ybor City's Seventh Avenue will continue to be known as "La Setima." On Thursday, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency, composed of the seven-member city council, voted 4-2 against sending a request to Mayor Pam Iorio to remove the Spanish wording from street signs along Ybor's main thoroughfare. ...more

January 16, 2009

Ybor City's Seventh Avenue will continue to be known as "La Setima." The city's Community Redevelopment Agency, comprised of the seven-member city council, voted 4 to 2 against sending a request to Mayor Pam Iorio to remove the Spanish wording from street signs along Ybor's main thoroughfare today. ...more

January 15, 2009

For several years, a war of words has been raging in Ybor City. Spanish-speaking visitors have questioned why the signs on Seventh Avenue, the historic district's main thoroughfare, misspelled the word for "seventh." ...more

January 15, 2009

For several years, a war of words has been raging in Ybor City. ...more

January 14, 2009

From humble beginnings to what Tampa city leaders hope will become the cultural center of the region, the downtown waterfront has played a significant role in shaping the city. Here's a look from June 1887, when the city was established to what is next. ...more

January 3, 2009

Fermin Montes de Oca and Helen Reid Toomey started their lives about a thousand miles apart, grew up in different cultures and spent their careers working in dissimilar fields. ...more

December 24, 2008