Tattooing of runaway leads to arrest
One young man is charged with illegal tattooing; two others also are arrested.

He brings celestial bodies to bedrooms
A banker type by day has a creative sideline that is earning glowing reviews: painting "starscapes" on ceilings.

Utility's new owners plan few changes
The two Panhandle towns that are buying Florida Water Services expect no layoffs, rate increases or change in central offices.

Daughter of slugger failed to find donors
Her efforts to obtain Ted Williams' body could collapse under the weight of legal bills.

Former champion is making rounds again
Predicting the weather for Saturday's races at Citrus County Speedway should be as easy as foretelling this year's Mini Stock title winner. Almost since the first night of a season hampered by rain, all signs have pointed to 33-year-old driver Robbie Yoakam.

Out for the season, Reed still is in Panthers' hearts
LECANTO -- It was supposed to be a routine trip.

National science honor is quantum leap for student
CITRUS SPRINGS -- At the Citrus Regional Science and Engineering Fair awards ceremony in February, 15 middle school students became eligible to apply to participate in the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge. Rebecca DeCesare, a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Citrus Springs Middle School, took that challenge. She was selected as one of 400 semifinalists out of more than 1,700 entries from 43 states and the District of Columbia.

AMERICA the beautiful
Young photographers share their images of what makes this country great.

City manager makes a provocative exit
A letter to an incinerator owner and Phil Lilly's own resignation letter raise hackles in Crystal River.

Neighborhood: Foster family is a business
The association says it will sue the family because they have made a business out of taking in foster children.

Citrus digest
Business owner enters council race

Letters
Judge metes out justice in strange ways
Editor: The courtroom of Judge Ric Howard seems to have lost a balance of the scales of justice. Recently, two highly publicized cases have appeared in court with unseemly judgments.