Janet Cruz traces her family history to Ybor City and West Tampa. Her great-great-great grandfather was a roofer and tinter from Seventh Avenue who worked on the University of Tampa's minarets. ...more

January 15, 2010

People choose to live in Florida, specifically Central and South Florida, for typically one reason: to escape the cold blustering weather that most of the country must endure during the winter months. ...more

January 10, 2010

It's lunchtime at the West Tampa Sandwich Shop. For those who love this sort of thing, the Howard Avenue cafe is the epicenter of politics in a community where politics is a building block of life. ...more

January 8, 2010

Is she Janet Cruz or Janet Rifkin? Or maybe Janet Gonzalez? Janet Cruz is the front-runner in the special election to replace state Rep. Mike Scionti in state House District 58 in heavily Hispanic West Tampa and Town 'N Country. ...more

January 6, 2010

Is she Janet Cruz or Janet Rifkin? Or maybe Janet Gonzalez? Janet Cruz is the front-runner in the special election to replace state Rep. Mike Scionti in state House District 58 in heavily Hispanic West Tampa and Town 'N Country. But for the past six years, she has been known as Janet Rifkin. ...more

January 4, 2010

It was billed as a pre-grand opening for Quiznos sandwich shop with balloons, outdoor seating and free sandwiches. ...more

December 30, 2009

Brad Marcel doesn't have a car. Instead, the University of South Florida junior chooses to ride his bike wherever he needs to go. He tries to ride on side streets and through neighborhoods to avoid traffic, and he said that up until now it's worked out pretty well. ...more

December 3, 2009

The restaurant expansion in Seminole Heights kicked into high gear this summer with the opening of Ella's Americana Folk Art Café. ...more

November 25, 2009

Sirianno's to reopen on Circle SEBRING - Sirianno's Soup and Sandwich Shop will reopen in downtown Sebring on Monday, Nov. 16. ...more

November 15, 2009

Busy, traffic-humming Sligh Avenue at Florida Avenue seems an unlikely corner to find a true taste of Spain. But 70-year-old tapas recipes from Andulusia are cooking at El Sevillano. ...more

October 28, 2009