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The Tampa City Council voted to scrap a proposed citywide youth curfew Thursday, heeding community concerns that the restriction would do nothing to address the root causes of gun violence and could risk exacerbating tensions between police and residents. Mayor Jane Castor called for a curfew last fall, days after two young people, including a 14-year-old, were killed in Tampa’s historic Ybor . ....
Kress Collective: Open House Exhibition Head to the historic Kress building on Ybor City’s Seventh Avenue for a weekend of complimentary visual, literary, and performing arts entertainment Jan. 25-27. The First Annual Open House Exhibition features art made by more than a dozen resident Kress artists, including Jenny Carey, Ashley Cantero, Carlos Pons, and Elizabeth Fontaine-Barr. But that’s far from all there is to see and do at Kress that weekend. ....
An ordinance that would create a citywide juvenile curfew will be presented for first reading consideration to the Tampa City Council on Thursday. ....
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A man who was accused of being involved in a Halloween weekend mass shooting in Ybor City was ordered by a judge Friday to remain in jail until trial. Dwayne Tillman Jr, 21, was charged with second-degree murder and attempted aggravated battery with a firearm, officials said. The State Attorney’s Office […] ....
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 20-year-old during a Halloween weekend mass shooting that left two people dead. ....