[Times photo: Mike Pease]

Mutilated animals are found at cemetery
For the fourth time in a little more than a year, animals apparently killed in a ritualistic manner are found at Lake Carroll Cemetery.

Get your money's worth at kids' camp
It's great that there are summer camps to teach your child how to turn a cartwheel, ace a perfect serve or score that crowd-rousing touchdown. You'll find endless ads for fat camps in the back of magazines. Christian camp? Science camp? All there for the taking.

Contrasts adding competition
The owner of Dusty's Grill says she tries to foster a family atmosphere.

Festival promises water mixed with a little learning
UNIVERSITY NORTH -- If the past two months of dry weather haven't heightened your appreciation for Florida's water supply, A River Runs Through It should do the trick.

Lady Gryphons look to regionals
CITRUS PARK -- Since winning its first district championship last week, the Sickles High Lady Gryphons track team has set its sights on a strong showing at regionals and next week's state meet.

Gryphons tracking improvement
CITRUS PARK -- The Sickles High Gryphons had been coming closer to winning a big track meet, moving up in the team placement at the Nash-Higgins, Manuel-Griffin, Western Conference and other major events, but never winning.

Buzz on Hunter's Green panther turns to roar
Though a trapper finds no evidence of a Florida panther or escaped cougar, more residents say they have seen it and parents continue to keep their children inside.

Crackdown on speeders is planned
Motorists who whiz through Original Carrollwood should take heed: Deputies will be on the lookout May 17.

Public hearing set on disputed land deal
A developer wants to buy land from the county that some residents say already has been set aside for public use.

Judge may decide on basketball goal
The community's covenant committee asks its attorney to seek an injunction forcing a homeowner to remove the goal from his driveway.

County vote stokes train depot project
Commissioners will decide next week whether to allow the replica to be built on county property at U.S. 41 and Lutz-Lake Fern Road.

Plan may limit Publix, shopping center size
Planners recommend that a Lutz shopping center be restricted to two-thirds the size of the developer's request. It would house a Publix store.

Growth helps pay off county's road debt
A commercial boom around Citrus Park Town Center means the county is able to pay off a debt to the mall's developer more quickly. That, in turn, means other needed road improvements may get attention.

Father accused of child abuse
UNIVERSITY NORTH -- A husband and father faces several charges, including child abuse and possession of cocaine, after allegedly taking his 6-month-old son with him to buy crack cocaine, authorities said.