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Here’s the headlines ripped from this week’s edition of the Cynthiana Democrat:

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Willis indicted: Grand jury ups charge to attempted murder
Larry Willis, accused of shooting his wife on Aug. 22, has been indicted by a Harrison County grand jury.

Harrison CATS scores showing improvements
Harrison County Schools officials have found something to celebrate in this week’s release of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) scores.

Cows killed in Ky. 36 wreck
Two Wednesday morning wrecks resulted in the injury of a Lewis County man and the deaths of four cows.

Clooney visits at student’s call
Two years ago, Johnna Carey went on a mission trip to Honduras with her dad, Larry.

Band headed to London
The Harrison County High School Marching Band will be competing in the Cardinal Classic at South Laurel High School in London, Ky. this weekend.

Flat Stanley gets White House recognition
A classroom assignment has put a Harrison County Middle School student in touch with the most powerful man in the free world.

New church seeks to reach out to community needs
Outreach: That’s the goal of a set of volunteer organizations which have sprouted from a new church in Harrison County.

Headlines from The Cynthiana Democrat include:

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Willis makes bond: Retired cop posts over half million
A Harrison County man accused of shooting his wife is free on over half a million dollars in bond after spending almost a month in jail.

Deal or No Deal: Cynthiana woman will appear on game show Oct. 3 and 5
“I feel like I’ve stumbled onto the Yellow Brick Road sometimes,” said Alecia Whitaker-Pace Tuesday.

Connersville family loses everything in Friday fire
A fire that destroyed the home of Ken and Amanda McCarter, Connersville, on Friday, Sept. 21, has left them with nothing. The cause of the blaze is still unknown.

Couple pushes pedals from Athens, Ga., to former home in Cynthiana
As a couple, Shan Cammack and Matt Zbornik couldn’t be more opposite.
Off-duty officer leads colleagues to drug-related arrest
An off-duty Cynthiana police officer was able to lead his colleagues to a suspect after the officer unwittingly became part of the incident.
COMMONWEALTH: Barr case will soon go to the grand jury
Evidence against former Harrison County High School principal Robert Barr will soon be going before a grand jury, according to Commonwealth Attorney Doug Wright.
Band is back on top: Grand champion at Pirate Classic
Harrison County marched into Stanton on Saturday and struck off with all the booty at the Pirate Classic.
Trick or treat is Oct. 31
The Cynthiana City Commission announced Tuesday that Trick or Treat will be observed on the traditional Halloween night, Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m. for children 12 years and under.

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This week’s headlines include…

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SISTERS PERISH IN TRAGIC CRASH
Two Harrison County High School students were tragically killed in a two-vehicle accident Monday evening.

Barr administrator certificate suspended, teaching credentials under probation
Former Harrison County High School principal Robert Barr is eligible to return to the classroom. However, the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board has said no to an administrator’s position.

Decorated Scout earns coveted Eagle promotion
A local teen has joined the ranks of Boy Scout elite by earning his Eagle rank.

Band opens with three- four punch at Mason, Campbell contests
The Harrison County High School Marching Band has begun its 2007 competitive season. This year’s show is entitled “The West.” The show includes the music of Bernard Hermann, Aaron Copland, John Barry and Ennio Morricone. “The West” presents an interesting view on the Wild, Wild, West.

I don’t know what time the article was published, today, but sometime late this morning or early this afternoon, the Cynthiana Democrat published a story on the accident that occurred yesterday evening.

BREAKING NEWS: HCHS students mourn deaths of two classmates
By Becky Barnes, Editor
Two Harrison County High School students were tragically killed in a two-car accident Monday evening.

Their deaths have stalled many activities at the school as classmates and family mourn.

Sarah Riggs, 17, and Jennifer Riggs, 16, were in the front seats of a 1997 Camry, which Sarah was driving. They died at the scene. Backseat passengers Jake Stephens, 17, and Jennifer Edens, 16, were taken to Harrison Memorial Hospital.
All Homecoming activites that were planned for the balance of the week have been postponed. The football game against Bourbon County will go on as scheduled. However, high school soccer games and other activities have been cancelled through Thursday night.

More information will be released as it becomes available. See this week’s Cynthiana Democrat for the complete story.

The Lexington Herald-Leader has published an article as well. Two guestbooks are available for signing in remembrance of the teens.
As I drove back down the hill from picking the children up from school some twenty minutes ago I spotted two news vans making their way up church street towards HCHS. 27Newsfirst and WLEX18 are apparently going to have coverage for this story tonight. It’s, of course, a tragic tale which will be sure to grab at everyone’s heartstrings–two teenage sisters killed in a car accident during homecoming week, the school and classmates mourning, and homecoming events (all but the game itself) canceled.
I believe that Cynthiana was going to see the first homecoming parade in years, up until this event.
In regard to the parade, I believe that this was going to be the first parade in nearly fifteen years. I’m honestly uncertain of the last parade, or the date, but I believe that there hadn’t been a parade since the year that Bennie Doan had wrote a threatening letter in which he (writing anonymously) threatened to kill his daughter; if that was the last time, of a parade, then, yes, it’s been fifteen years – that was 1992. An interesting story there… maybe I’ll revisit it at a later date…

Well, in local news, there’s not much to speak of this week. Four stories listed on The Democrat’s website…

Police make drug arrest on Wilson
Traffic backed up along Church Street in Cynthiana Tuesday afternoon as marked and unmarked police cruisers zeroed in on Robert Troy’s 101 Wilson Ave. home.

Grand jury to hear Willis case
The case of a Harrison County man accused of shooting his estranged wife has moved to Harrison Circuit Court.

ARISE, AND BE BAPTIZED: Youth opts for God’s baptistry
When Sandra Brock was seven years old, she told her parents she wanted to be baptized.

Patient treated for snake bite at HMH Wednesday
Harrison Memorial Hospital officials confirmed Wednesday morning that a snake-bite victim had been stabilized at the hospital and transferred to a Lexington hospital.

The Willis case is probably the biggest story, unless you think the story about a kid enjoying baptism is more newsworthy than the story of a man shooting his wife in the head…
Three previous articles have been written on the story… They are as follows:

Wednesday shooting: Woman shot at former RECC general manager’s home
A woman was airlifted to UK Medical Center Wednesday after being shot multiple times. The Harrison County Sheriff’s office confirmed that a call came into their office at 11:31 a.m. of shots fired in the vicinity the 716 Smith Martin Lane home o…
UPDATED: Ex-RECC chief arrested in shooting
A Harrison County woman is in UK hospital and her husband is in jail following a shooting Wednesday morning. At 11:31 a.m., the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of shots fired at the residence of Larry and Ruby Willis, 7…
Willis pleads not guilty; bond set at $500,000
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 2 p.m. today in the case of a Harrison County man accused of shooting his estranged wife last Wednesday morning. Larry Willis, 51, pleaded not guilty to a first degree assault charge Monday at his arraignment in…

Yeah, other than that… no news…