Year in review
[Times photo: Maurice Rivenbark]
Arrests put a major dent in county crime
They looked into the camera lens and smiled as they posed near 13 cardboard boxes filled with 600 pounds of marijuana.
Residents mourn loss of several key people
The following notable Hernando County residents died in 2001:
Year's news stretched from oddity to tragedy
The tiger's eyes were gold, its hair straight as it moved suddenly inside a wooden pen.
Other news from 2001
These stories also made headlines in Hernando County during the year:
Spring Hill fire board forces chief to retire
SPRING HILL -- After a tumultuous year in which he twice was reprimanded publicly for mishandling taxpayer money, then kicked off the district's negotiating team during union contract talks, Chief Mike Morgan was forced into early retirement in November by fire commissioners. |
