cigar factories

By Carrie PinkardTampa celebrated its 132nd birthday on Monday.Instead of cake and candles, the city marked the occasion by opening the doors to Old City…

J.C. Newman Cigar Company, Tampa’s last operating cigar factory, is celebrating a federal court ruling that temporarily pauses the push for larger health…

In this installment of StoryCorps Tampa Bay, we meet Rigoberto Garcia. He was born in Tampa’s Ybor City in 1930. He recalls what it was like growing up…