Tampa's crown jewel is Ybor City, the historic Cuban neighborhood. It's fun to amble down its shady brick-paved streets, following your nose to bakeries to buy fragrant loaves of Cuban bread or to shops where tabaqueros hand roll fine cigars. The sounds of lively Spanish conversation might lead you to an old-fashioned domino parlor where grandfathers with gnarled hands gather to play in friendly neighborhood matches. Antique shops, boutiques and art galleries beckon. After dark, the nightclubs throw open their doors and Ybor City metamorphoses into the Tampa hot spot. Stylish young party animals come out to prowl the area's many hip bars.
Billboard Settlement Is Reached TBO.com ... city officials said. The settlement, which must be approved by the council, spells out where the companies can put digital billboards, their sizes and other requirements and allows the companies to...
Council Criticizes, Approves Plan For Foreclosed Homes TBO.com Tampa City Council on Thursday gave a tentative nod to Mayor Pam Iorio's plan to use $13.6 million in federal funding to buy foreclosed and abandoned homes - but not without criticizing the...
Georgia Tech Runs Over Miami TBO.com Atlantic Coast Conference championship and a spot in a major bowl. Georgia Tech piled up 472 yards on the ground - the second-most ever allowed by the Hurricanes - in a 41-23 rout Thursday night. ...
Tom McHugh, Pasco High Tampa Bay Buccaneers Pirates Defensive Coordinator Rick Giles, Special Teams Coordinator Joshua Borders, Head Coach Tom McHugh and Offensive Coordinator Brad Starling pose with Coach Gruden, who donned a Pasco Pirates...
Nashville at Tampa Bay The Tennessean ... gt;> Radio: 104.5-FM>> Preview: After a short stop at home, where they lost 4-1 to San Jose, the Predators head back on the road, where they are 4-6-1. Tampa Bay, however, has lost seven of its past...
Tampa Officer Facing Charge The Ledger Lakeland | A Tampa police officer was arrested after being accused of causing $1,600 in damage by smashing the front of his sport utility vehicle into a North Lakeland man's cast iron fence early...
Bulls Making Most Of Rewarding Season TBO.com Bulls lost 56-0 that night, which wasn't unusual because Bloomingdale almost always loses. But Curran, then a junior, remembers walking off the field, feeling horrible for the seniors on the team and...
Teen Fatally Hurt At Initiation TBO.com A 19-year-old Tampa resident who died Tuesday in North Carolina was injured during a fraternity initiation, authorities say. Harrison Kowiak was one of two pledges participating in the initiation...
Tocchet Leading His Team His Way TBO.com Rick Tocchet has delivered his message loud and clear - he's in charge and things are going to be done his way. That's not a surprise to Phoenix coach and all-time scoring leader Wayne Gretzky, who...
Better Conditions Could Light The Bite TBO.com ... charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mel Berman. Following a week of shockingly cold weather and gusty breezes, it appears that we'll be treated to more seasonable conditions and lighter...
Officials Tackle High School Sportsmanship TBO.com Nature Coast Technical High School after the lights flickered during a game earlier this month. The field in Groveland went dark and a fight broke out. Both benches cleared, referees said. Before it...
Crist Backs Increasing Tuition Rates TBO.com ... public universities to raise tuition by up to 15 percent each year. Most of that increase, which must be approved by the Legislature, would be borne by students. Lawmakers would set...
wild turtles should be off limits ABC Action News Gov. Charlie Crist told Florida wildlife officials on Thursday that he wants to ban the harvesting of wild freshwater turtles, which are served as delicacies in Asia.
Browns QB Quinn Has Broken Finger TBO.com ... index finger in the first half of Monday night's win over Buffalo, but he will try to play Sunday against the Houston Texans. The team initially thought Quinn only bruised his hand after banging it...
Parents Complain About Principal TBO.com ... poor morale and that the principal was unresponsive to safety and other concerns they brought up. "Alafia has major problems; I'm not saying it doesn't," said Elia. "But the strife here is not good...
Ybor Restaurant Worker Badly Burned By Stove Fire TBO.com Sushi and Sake Bar at Centro Ybor, according to fire rescue officials: Diaz-Reyes was pulling out a stove to clean behind it. He apparently pulled the stove out too far, damaging a natural gas line...
Pig Jam Competition Is Your Cue For BBQ TBO.com Break out the barbecue. Pig Jam, the annual competition and celebration of grilled meat, is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. More than...
Georgia Tech Runs Over Miami 41-23 TBO.com Atlantic Coast Conference championship and a spot in a major bowl. Georgia Tech piled up 472 yards on the ground - the second-most ever allowed by the Hurricanes - in a 41-23 rout Thursday night. ...
Boarding School Among Housing Authority TBO.com Housing Authority as part of the agency's ambitious, new five-year plan. The authority has more than 3,000 children and teenagers in the 16...
Lions Confident In Culpepper TBO.com Daunte Culpepper brought a winning attitude to Detroit after signing with the Lions on Nov. 4. Now Detroit is hopeful his swagger eventually leads to a victory. Detroit signed Culpepper, who was a...
Probe Keeps FSU Guessing TBO.com Florida State players and an FSU fraternity means another Friday of uncertainty on the eve of another critical ACC game. FSU learned last Friday that...
Cardinals Are Courting Miller TBO.com Trever Miller is strong enough that the left-hander was invited to St. Louis to meet with the team's doctors and take a physical Thursday, but he apparently left town without finalizing a deal. The...
Council Blocks Ybor Nightclub Bid TBO.com 17th Street has sat vacant for more than three years since the former tenant, Club Shine, was evicted. And it's likely to remain that way for the foreseeable future. On Thursday, the city council...
U.S. Attorney General Collapses During Speech TBO.com Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense former federal judge who took over the Justice Department after Alberto Gonzales resigned in disgrace, collapsed during a speech...
Obama On Track To Nominate Clinton, Aides Say TBO.com Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday. One week after the former primary rivals met secretly to discuss the idea of Clinton...
Motorcyclist Dies In Zephyrhills Crash TBO.com Florida Highway Patrol said. Michael L. Herron, of Zephyrhills, died at the scene, troopers say. This is what happened about 5:45 p.m., according to the highway patrol: A...
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