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Births announced this week are: Savannah Lee Irvin, Nov. 20, daughter of Kelly Ritchie and Travis Irvin; Van Conner Lee Murphy, March 22, son of Adam and Andrea Murphy.
Students in the construction class at Harrison County Area Tecnology Center are building a replica of the John Hunt Morgan Bridge as a class project. Plans are to move the bridge to the Handy Farm park.
First co-ed track meet competition will be this weekend in Rowan County.

By Nancy Deitemeyer
Omega chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority met on Thursday, March 13, at the home of Barbara Snopek.  
The January and February meetings were cancelled due to extreme weather.
Twelve members answered roll call by answering the question “What have you enjoyed about this winter?”  Some members actually found positive answers to this, most enjoying the snow.

Better Business Bureau serving Central and Eastern Kentucky is warning of a jury duty phone scam that tricked a Fayette County woman into paying a $500 “fine” for allegedly missing jury duty.
The woman tells BBB she received a phone call at home Tuesday night from a man identifying himself as an “officer” with the Fayette County Warrant Division.
He told her she had failed to appear for jury duty and was in contempt of court. He told her she must pay a fine over the phone to avoid being arrested immediately.

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Births announced this week are: Madison Renae Ward, March 19, daughter of John and Ann Ward.
Harrison County to start drug court. Drug courts are special courts offering substance abuse treatment as an alternative to jail time for non-violent criminal  offenders. This will in the long run prove more cost effective to the county and aid in cutting down on crime. The real purpose of a drug court is to treat addicts and make them productive members of society.