Defending her winnings [Times photo: Stephen Coddington] Ashley Augustine, 10, pleads her case to keep the two goldfish she won at the Floral City Strawberry Festival. "She's been dying to have an aquarium for four years now," said her mother, Michelle Augustine-Fretz. "Somebody just offered to give us their old fish tank, so I guess it looks like Ashley is going to get her wish."

TV's Patient Channel assailed
A consumer group says drugmakers' ads target a hospital's vulnerable captive audience. Not everyone agrees.

Wrestler muscles his way to finals
Crystal River's Brady Pratt comes close to snaring the school's first state title in wrestling since 1993.

Inverness' Smith gets fast start
Season openers in racing are not meant to be a show-me session.

Thoughts on the road to region semifinals
Citrus forward Joel Miller, a 6-foot-2 three-year starter, arrived at Citrus when the Hurricanes weren't highly regarded.

Citrus no stranger to Orlando Jones
Hurricanes have Tiger by the tail, players say.

Jan Glidewell
Invasion of privacy not something to shrug off
In case you weren't listening closely, that "thunk" you just heard was another chunk of your civil rights hitting the floor in the name of homeland security.

Editorial
Settlement request for rifles way off target
Jeffrey Smith said he was only trying to be helpful. But his proposed settlement with Citrus County for an injury he suffered at the new courthouse addition is causing more trouble than he ever imagined.