AVON PARK — Riding the school bus home, a 5-year-old kindergartner cried when his mother wasn't home one day to greet him. The boy should have been at his school's after-school program, but was sent home on a school bus. Fortunately, a stay-at-home neighbor spotted the child and notified his mother. But about a month later it happened again; the kindergartner was bused home when he should have remained at school. Once again the neighbor took the child in. A call to the school district resulted in a "lackadaisical" response, according to Stacy Sorton, whose son attends Avon Elementary School. ...more

November 19, 2007

"A Christmas Story" is coming to the Carrollwood Playhouse for the first time. ...more

November 14, 2007

Bill Robinson is going to build a condominium tower at Bayshore and Bay to Bay boulevards. ...more

October 24, 2007

Weekend trolley service is coming to downtown Tampa next month, part of an effort to get partiers to their cars and thin out traffic at Channelside. ...more

October 22, 2007

A new program through the University of South Florida's SeniorNet program, LifeBio.com, has seniors writing about their lives. ...more

October 10, 2007

Dear Readers: Since we began publishing the BayLife Insider pull-out section in the Friday Extra magazine this summer, one of the most common questions we're heard from our readers is whether we can do something about the size of the comics and puzzles. The answer is yes. ...more

October 5, 2007

Some victories are bigger than others. Armwood High School head football coach Sean Callahan has won two 4-A state championships - and could win a third this season. But even if he does, he likely will never have a more satisfying win than the 26-7 one his Hawks pinned on Plant High two Fridays ago. In effect, Callahan won a double-header. ...more

September 12, 2007

Some victories are bigger than others. Armwood High School head football coach Sean Callahan has won two 4-A state championships - and could win a third this season. But even if he does, he likely will never have a more satisfying win than the 26-7 one his Hawks pinned on Plant High two Fridays ago. In effect, Callahan won a double-header. ...more

September 12, 2007

Set in the Reconstruction Era of the 1880s, the musical 'Moonshine' centers on two feuding, moonshine-making families in Tennessee. We bring in love, deceit and old-time religion, Terry Abbott said. The show opened Friday and runs Fridays and Saturdays this month. Show time is 8:15 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m. 'Hillbillies Gone Wild' pre-show. Tickets cost $12. It's playing at the James McCabe Theater, 506 Fifth St. in Valrico. ...more

September 12, 2007