Bushnell officer charged in scuffle at restaurant
INVERNESS -- A Bushnell police sergeant faces charges of battery and disorderly intoxication in connection with a fight at TJ Michaels Restaurant and Lounge last month.

Close care facility now, state asks judge
The River Oaks assisted living facility in Crystal River is breaking laws and endangering residents, an agency says.

Doctors: Insurance driving us from state
Many of the county's physicians will go to Tallahassee Thursday to ask for changes in malpractice laws.

Pro photographer to instruct workshop
OCALA -- The Florida Outdoor Writers Association Inc. is offering photographers of all levels a public workshop, Photographing the Outdoors, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Ocala Hilton, State Road 200. The workshop will be instructed by nationally known wildlife and nature photographer Joanne Williams.

Catholics jubilant about Jubilee
Saint Benedict raises a toast to 50 years of existence today with a special Mass, dinner and enduring murals.

Citrus digest: Two charged in gun incident
LECANTO -- Two men, both age 18, were arrested Thursday and accused of threatening two other students with a gun at the Lecanto school complex. One of the victims told a Citrus County Sheriff's Office deputy that Ryan Andrew Avery of Homosassa pulled the gun from the glove box of a car he rode in. The deputy stopped the car and determined there was a loaded gun there, an arrest report showed. Marijuana also was found in the ashtray and in Avery's shorts. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and remained at the Citrus County jail Friday in lieu of $25,000 bail. Avery and the driver of the car, Jeffrey Francis Allyn of Citrus Springs, both were charged with possession of a weapon on school property, possession of marijuana and altering a firearm because the serial number had been altered or removed. Allyn was released from the jail Thursday after posting $6,000 bail.