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Freezing rain and icy roads proved to be treacherous for Harrison County drivers Wednesday afternoon.

Harrison County deputy Chris Shields said the sheriff’s department responded to eight separate accidents between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Another three vehicle collisions in the county occurred later that evening and night, Shields said.

Shields said five of the incidents happened on bridges throughout the county.

Local volunteers gathered Thursday morning to make Christmas a little brighter for others.

With the First Church of God filled with boxes and food, volunteers packed the Food Pantry’s holiday boxes for those in need of food this holiday season.

“Our numbers have doubled these past couple of months,” said Food Pantry chairman, Margaret Watson.

Watson said she didn’t believe the increase was due to the holiday season, but instead from the economy crunch.

The Christmas spirit isn’t scarce on Elmarch Avenue.

For decades, Cynthiana and Harrison County residents have come to 102 S. Elmarch and 102 N. Elmarch to admire the abundance of Christmas lights and decorations.

“I thought we was gonna have to get a cop,” said Charlie Carson about the traffic from onlookers.

“They start asking us in October, ‘When you gonna put up your Christmas lights?’” said Charlie’s wife Peggy.

Another of the individuals accused for his alleged role in one of six area bank robberies, has entered a guilty plea to his charges.

Miguel David Ayala, 30, Cynthiana, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Lexington on Dec. 10 to aiding and abetting bank robbery.

According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Lexington, Ayala admitted that on March 19, he drove Jeffrey Allen Pratt to Mt. Olivet to rob the Integra Bank. He told authorities he waited while Pratt robbed the bank and drove him from the robbery.