[Times photo: Ron Thompson] School bus drivers and Teamsters Linda DeBusk, left, and Barbara Wagner joined with fellow teamsters and supporters in picketing outside the School District offices in inverness Monday.

June 6, 2000

Teamsters win tentative accord
Blue-collar workers get a contract from the school district, but the union is peeved with the pay raise offer.

Latest blaze may be arson
Monday's brush fire is thought to be one of about 100 blazes that were deliberately set, fire officials say.

Youth care facility revises plan
Public outcry may have swayed the Brown Schools to modify part of a treatment and service plan for severely emotionally disturbed clients.

Drug store proliferation adds to the area's ills
SPRING HILL -- "We knew it was going to be bad," said a Hernando County spokesman, who said he was too embarrassed to be identified, "but we had no idea it would be this bad."

Cement plant proposal earns state approval
Florida Rock got the okay on its plan after it clarified the location and addressed groundwater safety concerns.

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