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

Police arrested eight people on drug charges after searching two mobile homes that had triggered several neighborhood complaints, a report states. ...more

January 6, 2009

Nearly 20,000 South Carolina and Iowa fans packed Ybor City as floats and bands made their way down 7th Avenue for the annual Outback Bowl parade. The dismal economy didn't stop the out-of-towners from making the trek to Tampa to be true to their schools. ...more

December 31, 2008

As Outback Bowl fans mingle on the Gulf of Mexico beaches today, tickets to the New Year's Day game continue to sell. ...more

December 30, 2008

Years ago, my future boss took me to Ybor's Big City Tavern to interview me for a job at the Tribune. He picked a grand place. High ceilings, tall windows overlooking the action of Seventh Avenue, Sinatra-style music and a spectacular bar that stretched off into the distance with wood and mirrors. ...more

December 26, 2008

In some ways, little has changed. You could walk through the new Teatro and hardly notice that Big City Tavern ever left. ...more

December 24, 2008

The Krewe of the Knights of Sant' Yago on Wednesday outlined a new route for the Illuminated Knight Parade in February that includes a family-friendly area with better parking. ...more

December 18, 2008