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  • Growth Summit planned

    Downtown business owners are encouraged to unite to save local businesses.
    Local business owners Missy Lutz and Roger Slade will be hosting Growth Summit, an opportunity for local businesses to collaborate about helping one another.
    “Our thinking is that we can be more successful by working together than separate,” said Lutz.
    Lutz said she hopes businesses will also join together to bring more events to the downtown area in an effort to liven it up.
    “During events it will be our goal to encompass every business,” said Lutz.

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  • Better ISO rating equals lower premium

    The Harrison County Fire District is encouraging all property owners to consult their insurance providers about lower premiums due to better ISO rating in the county.
    According to Charles Allen Carson, assistant chief of the Harrison and Cynthiana Fire Departments, the Harrison County ISO rating has improved from a level 9 to a level 8.
    Since the forming of the Harrison County Fire District in 2005, fire personnel have worked with taxpayer’s money to provide a safer community in the form of modernizing the county’s fire response.

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  • Raising money for the Chesnut family

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  • Commissioner tells how reps selected for new rec board

    Discussion in the Cynthiana City Commissioners’ room became heated Tuesday when  Commissioner Billy Grayson called for an appointment of city representatives for the newly formed Parks and Recreation steering committee.
    Grayson announced that the Harrison County Fiscal Court was appointing magistrates Missy Lutz and Frank Henson to serve along with the Recreation Department chairman Robbie VanHook. Added to those three would be the two city representatives.
    Chris Turley questioned how the fifth member (VanHook) was chosen.

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  • County precincts affected by redistricting

    The Harrison County Fiscal Court looks to amend an ordinance which previously was set to redistrict magistrate lines.
    According to County Clerk Linda Furnish, House Bill 302 was signed by Gov. Steve Beshear on Feb. 10, which redefines the boundaries for congressional districts in Kentucky.
    Those new boundary lines have affected Harrison County’s magisterial districts, which were re-drawn in 2011.
    Furnish informed the court that an amendment would be needed to eliminate the need for additional precincts.

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  • Artist of the Month

    Cynthiana artist Herby Moore  is pictured with a painting of the 1926 Kentucky Derby winner “Bubbling Over,” that he began in 1953 while he was serving in the Army. Moore is the Cynthiana Harrison County Chamber of Commerce’s featured artist for the month of March. Eleven of Moore’s paintings will be displayed at the Chamber building during the month.

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  • Harrison County Farmers Market to hold logo contest

    The Harrison County Farmers Market is asking for help in designing a new logo for the market. Any resident of Harrison County may submit an entry. We want to encourage the students of Harrison County Schools to participate.

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  • Students unhurt in Tuesday afternoon wreck involving school bus

    Students on Harrison County school bus  No. 202 had quite a scare Tuesday afternoon when their bus was rear-ended on U.S. 27 South about 4:30 p.m.
    None of the 15 students on board were injured. They were transferred to another bus to complete the route.
    Information regarding the driver of a truck that hit the bus in the rear is not available at this time. However, a passenger was transported by Brown Ambulance Service to Harrison Memorial Hospital.

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  • Supreme Court upholds redistricting order

    On Friday afternoon, the Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the Franklin Circuit Court’s order that state legislative races for the 2012 election cycle shall be conducted pursuant to the boundaries that were in effect immediately prior to the enactment of House Bill 1. The Court reiterated that the filing deadline for candidates for state Senator and state Representative was Feb. 10, 2012.

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  • Escaped prisoner picked up Wednesday

    A Harrison County woman was caught following her escape from Harrison County Circuit Court Tuesday after being sentenced to five years in jail.
    Tara Fryman, 29, was taken into custody Wednesday and served a second degree escape charge for running from police after being sentenced.
    According to Det. Paul Olin, once Fryman was in custody she ran from officials a second time by “slipping her cuffs,” while being processed at the sheriff’s department and ran toward the Justice Center.

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