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  • Downtown eyesore to be demolished

    A downtown eyesore is coming down.

    At last Tuesday evening’s city commission meeting, city attorney John Lair said a judgment has been reached regarding the building at 213/215 S. Main St.

    Lair said the city can now begin the process of demolishing the building.

    The building, owned by William Ray Asbury, suffered fire damage after an Aug. 9, 2002, fire.

    “We’re on the trail, finally,” Mayor Jack Keith said.

    For the complete story, see this week’s print edition of The Cynthiana Democrat.

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  • Library’s summer program invites patrons to ‘Dive into Reading’

    Local librarians are encouraging children to take a “Dive into Reading” this summer.

    The children’s summer reading program will start on June 12 and end on July 24. There will be games and prizes at the kick-off.

    Kinzie Gaunce, youth services librarian for the Cynthiana-Harrison County Public Library, said the theme for this year’s program is water related.

    She said participation in the summer reading program has seen some good turnout in past years.

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  • Accused killer linked to Sunday jail disturbance

    Accused murderer Bass Webb was allegedly involved in a disturbance at the Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center over the weekend.

    According to Sgt. Jennifer Taylor, public information officer for the Detention Center, Webb and four others, three of whom are also facing murder charges, the dispute started when the five men were told to put on regular shoes after playing basketball in shower shoes Sunday evening.

    Once the incident began, the men then allegedly refused to return to their cells.

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  • Carter joins patrol of Cynthiana Police

    Cynthiana has a new police officer in 25-year-old Joshua Carter.

    Carter graduated April 2 from the police academy at Eastern Kentucky University. He’s now on the road with training officer Sgt. Eric Kendall working the third shift for the  Cynthiana Police Department.

    Carter received the physical fitness excellence award at the academy and was ranked among the top 20 percent of all police officers in the United States in physical fitness. The standing was based on his completion of a 300-meter run, mile and one half run, push ups, set ups and bench presses.

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  • Sign disputes left in hands of P&Z for resolution

    The Harrison County Fiscal Court decided to let  political sign complaints proceed through planning and zoning channels without intervening.

    Linden Platt, interim administrator for the zoning commission, said it is unlikely that the sign issue will be resolved before the primary and possibly not before the general election.

    Platt said there are three areas of violation that have come up with the 2010 election. The first was the early placement of signs.

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  • Flood threat doesn’t stop city’s water treatment plant

    With the threat of rising waters comes the concern about the city’s clean water and the water treatment plant off Ladish Road.

    “Everything is fine here,” said supervisor Harry Johnson. “There’s no problem...”

    While Johnson said the river level had reached the flood stage of 20 feet on Monday, it is still too low to disturb the water treatment plant and its operations.

    “If the river gets to 23 feet, that’s where there will be a problem,” Johnson said.

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  • Woman rescued from Hillside apartment fire

    Crews battled an afternoon fire at Hillside Apartments off Elmarch Avenue around 4:30 p.m. yesterday.

    Cynthiana Fire Department Chief Jay Sanders said the fire originated as a grease fire in the kitchen of apartment 404.

    “One apartment received fire damage,” Sanders said Monday morning. “The rest of the 12 units received smoke damage.”

    Sanders said one resident was rescued from the third floor of the building.

    “It was an excellent response and a good save,” Sanders said.

    The scene was cleared by 6:50 p.m.

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  • Two men charged in gun thefts

    Two men were arrested after allegedly stealing guns from a Robinson Renaker Road home.

    Eric Griffieth, 34, was arrested last Thursday and charged with third degree criminal mischief and two counts of first degree burglary.

    Darrin Wagoner, 40, was also arrested for third degree criminal mischief and one count of first degree burglary.

    For more on this story, see this week's Cynthiana Democrat.

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  • Webb refuses Tuesday court appearance

    Accused murderer Bass Webb refused to be brought to court Tuesday for a pretrial conference.

    Michael Laws, assistant commonwealth attorney, said that for the second time since being charged with the July 31, 2009, murder of Bryia Runiewicz, Webb refused to be transported from the Fayette County Detention Center for a scheduled court appearance.

    For more on this story, see this week's Cynthiana Democrat.

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  • PTO officer back in court

    The Northside Elementary School PTO treasurer who was indicted last month on forgery and theft charges was back in court Tuesday.

    Stacey Harney, who faces nine counts of forgery and one count of theft by unlawful taking, appeared with her attorney James Brannon for arraignment.

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