The Super Bowl is coming to town. Here's your chance to add Tampa Bay flavor to your party. ...more

January 22, 2009

Florida has a new Miss Gay Florida USofA as Natasha Braxton of Miami took the over-sized, gem-studded crown. ...more

January 19, 2009

Pauline Cole remembers riding in the back of the Ybor City streetcar because she was black. ...more

January 19, 2009

Presidential inaugurations always have brought excitement, hope and celebration for the victors, dismay and disgruntlement for those who wanted the other guy. ...more

January 18, 2009

An Ybor City landlord is accused of groping one of his tenants and propositioning her for sex, an affidavit states. ...more

January 17, 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

I grabbed a handful of new CDs I wanted to listen to the other day as I headed out to the car. ...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

If the goal of the federal stimulus plan is to generate jobs and revive impoverished neighborhoods, then there is a strong case to be made for funding the revival of Central Park Village. ...more

January 15, 2009