Wal-Mart withdraws plan for superstore
Faced with opposition to its site west of U.S. 19, the developer bows out just hours before a commission meeting to discuss a land use change.

Candidate asks for closer look into road delay
Candidate Millie King concludes the builder claimed excessive rain days while working County Road 491.

Man hit by lightning at golf course has his condition upgraded to good
Don Crist, the Crystal River pharmacist who has remained hospitalized since being struck by lightning along with three other people June 13 at Citrus Hills Golf & Country Club, had his condition upgraded Tuesday to good. Crist, 66, had remained in critical, then serious condition at Shands at the University of Florida hospital's cardiac intensive care unit in Gainesville since being struck by lightning. He was standing beneath a covered golf bag rack when he took the brunt of the lightning strike, said emergency workers who responded. He had just headed in from the course as bad weather approached, as had the other victims. The other people injured, two golfers and a course employee, each were discharged from hospitals the following day.

Fight ends with 1 man stabbed, 1 man arrested
A Crystal River man is charged with aggravated assault after a fight in which a Homosassa man was knifed.

Rules ease for burning, fireworks
Recent rainfall leads officials to reverse earlier restrictions on outdoor burning in the county and to end a prohibition on fireworks in Inverness.

Becker overlooked as strong candidate
Editor: Re: Superintendent candidates should keep campaign civil, June 15 opinion column by Jeff Webb:

AAU nationals a reward for 5 dedicated gymnasts
LECANTO -- You can bet the house on it -- the car too.