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  • City gives first nod to raising liquor fee

    Those who sell mixed drinks or package liquor could be paying more to the City of Cynthiana.
    Commissioners approved the first of two readings required to pass an ordinance increasing the fee on liquor sales Tuesday night.
    The increase from 2 percent to 4 percent would not become effective until May 1.
    City Clerk Charleen McIlvain told commissioners at a special meeting last week that between July 1, 2011, and Jan. 20, 2012, the city received $257.52 in administrative fees on the sale of restaurant liquor.

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  • Nationally ranked

    The Harrison County High School varsity cheerleaders returned home with hardware from the UCA National Cheerleading competition in Orlando, Fla. The cheerleaders, coached by Jessica Reynolds, finished fifth in the nation following a Sunday finals competition behind two other Kentucky schools, Southwestern in Pulaski County and Perry County Central.

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  • Teen injured in ATV/sledding accident Friday

    A Friday evening ATV wreck sent one juvenile to the UK Hospital in critical condition.
    According to a Harrison County Sheriff’s report, the juvenile was severely hurt following an ATV accident which occurred around 6:45 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10, on McDowell Road.
    According to the investigation conducted by Deputy Nathan Gasser, two juveniles were playing in the snow; one was pulling the other behind an ATV on a plastic sled when the accident occurred.

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  • Brown files new fees in bankruptcy case

    After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. District Court, attorneys for Kay Brown have filed an amended fee schedule.
    As last reported, the U.S.  District Court trustee  Samuel Crocker, questioned Brown’s hiring of three law firms to oversee her bankruptcy proceedings.
    Crocker called the retainers Brown paid “substantial.”
    According to Crocker, Brown had already paid $199,789.44 to the firms of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston and The Bolog Firm, both of Maryland, and Spurgeon and Tinker of Lexington.

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  • Cigarette makers to serve federal time

    A federal judge sentenced local cigarette manufacturers to prison for their admitted roles in avoiding tax payments on their cigarettes over a two-year period.
    Robert Ammerman, 71, will serve 18 months in jail and his son, Mike, 47, will serve 15 months. The Ammermans are the owners of Farmers Tobacco Co. of Cynthiana, makers of Kentucky Best cigarettes and other brands.

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  • UPDATE: Second child dies in Oddville Avenue fire

    A candlelight vigil is being planned for 6 p.m. Sunday night in front of the Harrison County Courthouse. In the event of inclement weather, the Cynthiana Fire Department at City Hall will open its bay doors for the ceremony. Lois Gross of the St. James AME Church is planning the event.

    According to Dale Kendrick, minister at Salem Church of Christ where the Chesnuts once attended, the family lost all tangible belongings in their home. He said Journey Church at Harrison Square is accepting donations of clothes and home furnishings.

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  • Ammermans sentenced in federal court


    The father and son owners of Farmers Tobacco Co. in Cynthiana will serve their sentences at a federal prison.
    Robert Ammerman and Mike Ammerman received 18 months and 15 months respectively for knowingly and intentionally making or caused to be made false statements as to information required to be kept with regards to federal tobacco reports.
    The Ammermans entered guilty pleas to the charge in June 2010 to avoid a federal indictment.

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  • Kay Brown attorneys respond to court trustee's challenge of fees

    After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. District Court, attorneys for Kay Brown have filed an amended fee schedule.
    As last reported, the U.S.  District Court trustee  Samuel Crocker, questioned Brown’s hiring of three law firms to oversee her bankruptcy proceedings.
    Crocker called the retainers Brown paid “substantial.”
    According to Crocker, Brown had already paid $199,789.44 to the firms of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston and The Bolog Firm, both of Maryland, and Spurgeon and Tinker of Lexington.

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  • Motorcycle accident on Grandview Drive kills one


    A 55-year-old Cynthiana man has died as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
    Marty Garnett, a resident of Confederate Drive, died Monday at the University of Kentucky where he was airlifted Saturday morning.
    According to Sgt. Wilbur Gross of the Cynthiana Police Department, Garnett was headed south on Grandview Drive at Taylor Drive and failed to maneuver a curve. He struck a wall in the entrance median and went airborne. Gross said that Garnett’s 1958 Harley Davidson FL 1200 Hydra Glide traveled 32-feet before coming to a stop.

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  • Cynthiana man dies in car-truck collision Friday


    Accident re-constructionist Deputy Dean Hutchison of the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department is still investigating a fatal wreck that occurred at 7:14 p.m., on Lafferty Pike Friday, Feb. 3.
    According to Deputy Hutchison, Curtis Becker, 49, of Cynthiana was traveling north on Lafferty Pike in a 1991 Toyota Camry, approximately one mile from KY 36.
    Deputy Hutchison said when Becker rounded a curve he began to lose control of his vehicle.

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