Police have arrested a teen in connection with the attempted rape of a 38-year-old woman in an Ybor City parking garage. ...more

September 5, 2009

Police have arrested a teen in connection with the attempted rape of a 38-year-old woman in an Ybor City parking garage. Javon Cooper, 16, of Tampa, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder, attempted sexual battery and aggravated battery with great bodily harm. ...more

September 4, 2009

Police charged a homeless man with felony aggravated battery on Tuesday, saying he struck another man in the ear with a claw hammer. ...more

April 22, 2009

Here's a traffic delay more at home in Brooklyn than Tampa: 9th Avenue will be shut down today between Republica de Cuba and 13th Street because of a stickball game. ...more

March 27, 2009

Here's a traffic delay more at home in Brooklyn than Tampa: 9th Avenue will be shut down Friday between Republica de Cuba and 13th Street because of a stickball game. ...more

March 26, 2009

A 28-year-old man is accused of firing a gun in a city neighborhood Wednesday night. ...more

March 26, 2009

More than 70 performers from the Plant City Children's Theatre presented their annual performance of a holiday classic, "The Nutcracker," to a packed house Dec. 13. ...more

December 23, 2008

TAMPA Seventh Avenue is no Bourbon Street. But the Ybor City thoroughfare has gained fame in its own right: It has been named to the top 10 list of "Great Streets in America" by the American Planning Association. ...more

November 12, 2008

A city project to replace 12th Street sewer pipes is on schedule, the contractor says, but a pocket park on Park Circle and surrounding streets will be closed to through traffic until March. ...more

October 22, 2008

Few people attended a series of public meetings this year about the city's $19 million sewer replacement project on 12th Street stretching from Sulphur Springs to East Tampa. ...more

September 3, 2008