Relive the top news events of 2000 through year-end coverage from the staff of the St. Petersburg Times. Stories

Jan Glidewell

Early morning frost can't quell bird count
Bad weather has never stopped Murray Gardler in the 49 years he's been birding.

Volunteers guard the system's young
Guardians ad litem stand up in court for children who have nothing else to protect them, officials say.

A remount and a new course
Wendy Cisek rides again, but still grapples with the dramatic changes caused by her brain injuries.

Unpaid hospital bills emphasize need for reform
Editor: Mr. Thomas D. Barb, executive director of Brooksville Regional and Spring Hill Regional hospitals, has presented the hospitals' status report for the year ended Sept. 30, 2000. It reports that uncompensated care totaled nearly $146-million. That is, the hospitals collected only 30 cents on each dollar charged.

Brooksville man charged in huge drug ring
Buried cash and drug runners posing as tourists were part of the man's scheme to distribute hundreds of pounds of marijuana a month, authorities say.

Best of the millennium
Lists, lists. We all love them. The true close of the millennium seemed like the perfect time for another, and seemed to marry well with one of our other beloved topics: debating who are the great athletes of them all.

Government meetings
Here is a listing of public meetings scheduled for this week in Hernando County: