[Times photo: Kevin White] Flames damage 3 Hudson houses It takes 31 firefighters, 19 vehicles, two bulldozers and a helicopter to contain a brush fire near homes in Hudson.

June 10, 2000

AvMed planning to pull out of Pasco
The not-for-profit HMO is dropping Medicare coverage in Pasco and Hernando counties at year's end because of financial losses.

If the grass is greener, it may signal a cheater
Just weeks ago, a perky green lawn was a source of homeowner pride.

Spat with a judge costs man a lawyer
A defendant in a murder case argues with a judge and won't agree to cooperate if given a new attorney. So now he'll go to trial without one.

Doctor: Mother too sick for trial
The third physician says the woman, accused of murder, suffers from a deep depression.

Fitzpatrick murder trial delayed again
DADE CITY -- The long-delayed murder trial of Michael Peter Fitzpatrick, who has been in jail for more than three years, was delayed again Friday so the defense can interview more potential witnesses.

The Links of Lake Bernadette reports vandalism
ZEPHYRHILLS -- Vandals struck The Links of Lake Bernadette this week, driving a car on the golf course and spinning circles on a green, tee box and fairway, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office reported.

Jail inmate under watch after trying to stab self
The inmate has been in and out of state custody for years. In the 1988-89 fiscal year his medical bills used nearly all of $125,000 the sheriff budgeted for inmate medical care.