Citrus digest
Boy, 3, drowns in pond behind home
School's task: take sadness out of holiday
BEVERLY HILLS -- To the 17-year-old girl, this Christmas would be a time of anguish. The holiday season marks the first anniversary of her mother's sudden death from pneumonia.
Flashing light plan doesn't please all
HERNANDO -- Employees at Kim's Pastaria enjoy serving veal parmigiana and other Italian dishes. Less pleasant is another task they face from time to time: calling 911 to report the traffic wrecks they witness on nearby State Road 200.
Digging for diamonds in belly of a beast
It all started with a phone call. Two of them, actually.
School worker was treated too harshly
Whether we cheated on a test as teenagers or cheated on our taxes as adults, we all expected there to be consequences for breaking the rules.
It is not too late for hotel's new owners to make amends
Editor: Re: Rift could push club to meet elsewhere, Dec. 19 Citrus Times:
The week in review
VOTE DELAYED: The County Commission delayed by at least 30 days consideration of a $4.2-million deal to buy a new Motorola communications system for the county's law enforcement, fire and ambulance crews. Commissioners, led by chairman Jim Fowler, sought a monthlong delay because they wanted staff to make certain the county's new equipment would fit with any state or national plan for emergency preparedness.
Holiday basketball tournaments
'Tis season for tourneys
They will play, they say, because playing beats practice.
Coach-turned-ref is earning his stripes
CRYSTAL RIVER -- When he was a young soccer coach, Dave Soluri thought he knew it all.
