HMO protest takes on feel of a funeral [Times photo: Douglas R. Clifford] Two dozen Hernando seniors stage a procession across the county line to rally against the departure of Medicare HMOs.

Howard Troxler
Everyday tiff erupts in ultimate ugliness
You are a parent. Outside your house one afternoon, you hear neighborhood kids fighting, the way that 10- or 11-year-olds sometimes do. (Thank goodness, none of them are yours.) You go out and break it up and tell everybody to go home.

Top stories
A boy sunny amid storms still missing
CLEARWATER -- Zachary Bernhardt has seen plenty of turmoil in his 8 years.

Super Bowl cab plan steams Tampa drivers
A plan to bring in 200 cabs from Pinellas and Pasco has Hillsborough drivers worried that they'll lose business.

Trial to wait as doctors probe suspect's sanity
LARGO -- On a night in April 1999, prosecutors say Jessy Joe Roten took his assault rifle and fired at the home of a multiracial couple, killing their 6-year-old girl.

Reward program puts educators on the spot
Principals at low-rated schools face the thorny prospect of singling out a few good teachers for extra money.

Proposed electric bill tax killed
The 6 percent tax would have paid to light streets in unincorporated areas. Residents who actively opposed the tax are relieved.

Road rage murder suspect denied bail
"This man should not be out," said a tearful Patricia Malagon, sister of the shooting victim.

Food Network show tastes Tampa
TAMPA -- The camera never lies, so when the Food Network glides through Tampa this week, hopping from restaurant to restaurant for a special to air in January during Super Bowl week, what do you think the nation will see?

Missing housemate is stopped in Georgia
CRYSTAL BEACH -- The missing roommate of a couple who died last week in what is thought to be a case of cyanide poisoning was detained briefly on a traffic violation in Georgia on Friday, but he walked away afterposting bail of $144.

St. Petersburg woman sues over tire blowout
CLEARWATER -- Susan Rall was driving alone in her Ford Explorer on Interstate 75 in north-central Florida when, she says, her Firestone tire suddenly suffered a blowout and the vehicle flipped over.

Al-Najjar case will revert to prior court
A federal judge sends the secret evidence case back to immigration court after scolding the judge.

Find your town or area Bayonet Point Bay Pines Belleair Belleair Belleair Bluffs Belleair Beach Belleair Shores Beverly Hills Brandon Brooksville Brookridge Carrollwood Citrus Park Citrus Springs Clearwater Crystal River Dade City Del Rio Dover Dunedin Egypt Lake Elfers Floral City Gulfport Hernando Holiday Homosassa Hudson Indian Rocks Beach Indian Shores Inverness Kenneth City Lacoochee Lake Magdalene Land O'Lakes Largo Lealman Lutz Madeira Beach Mango-Seffner New Port Richey N. Redington Beach North Brooksville Oldsmar Palm River Palm Harbor Pinellas Park Plant City Port Richey Redington Beach Redington Shores Ridge Manor Ruskin St. Petersburg St. Pete Beach Safety Harbor Saint Leo San Antonio Seminole South Brooksville South Pasadena Sun City Center Spring Hill Tampa Tampa Palms Tarpon Springs Temple Terrace Town N'Country Treasure Island Weeki Wachee Weeki Wachee Acres Wimauma Wesley Chapel Zephyrhills Citrus County Hernando County Hillsborough County Pasco County Pinellas County
© Copyright 2000 St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.