Smallest paychecks earn attention
BROOKSVILLE -- A day after they relented and agreed to pay a fleet manager a competitive $52,500 wage, Hernando County commissioners discussed ways to better pay employees on the lower rungs.

Apology lets man escape hate crime charges
A Pinellas man won't face prison after he says "I'm sorry" to a man he attacked and yelled racial slurs at on a golf course.

Hernando organizes plea for help with HMOs
Worried about Medicare HMOs fleeing? Petitions headed for state and federal agencies will be on the county Web site and at public libraries.

Woman killed when car hits pole
A Spring Hill 57-year-old, known for her friendliness and selflessness, loses control and crashes into a street light.

Slurs mar Sullivan signposts
HERNANDO BEACH -- To advertise County Commissioner Paul Sullivan's pursuit of a second term, Sullivan's backers began posting campaign signs Tuesday.

Legislators deny Medicare blame
Editor: Re: Government should do more on health issues, July 18 letter to the editor by Joseph J. Nicholas:

Extension of well field ban still prudent move
When he addressed the Hernando County Commission back in 1995, Utilities Director Richard Radacky only needed two sentences to crystallize the issue.

Flyover finds 60 pot plants
A wrong turn led Hernando County sheriff's deputies to seize 60 marijuana plants, some of them 10 feet tall, from a vacant lot where officials say a Weeki Wachee man was growing them.

NSJGA championship tees off this weekend
BROOKSVILLE -- More than 60 junior golfers will compete for year-end honors this weekend in the Tournament of Champions at World Woods, the season-ending event in the North Suncoast Junior Golf Association schedule.