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Clifford Harris, 56, of Waynesburg, died Sunday, April 5 at the Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford. A native of Lincoln County, he was born Wednesday, March 11, 1953, to the late Paul and Flora Jane Wesley Harris. He was a 15 year employee of Al's Radiator Shop and a member of Parlor Grove Baptist Church. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Michael Harris. Survivors include his wife, Linda Witt Harris of Waynesburg; a son, Clifford Shane (Amanda) Harris of Broughtontown; a daughter, Dawn (Gene)

A domestic dispute on River Crest Lane near Hubble led to a shooting Monday night around 9:45. Deputy Rob Oney arrested Julius T. Singleton, 38 at the home he shared with his girlfriend, Tiffany Dawson, 26. Singleton was arrested after Deputies Ryan Kirkpatrick and Ashley Powell determined he shot Dawson in the head after an argument. Singleton was charged with 1st degree assault and two counts of wanton endangerment. The endangerment charges stemmed from the fact that there were two children, age three and six, in the home at the time of the shooting.

If Neal Prather was around to see it, he'd be proud of the new playground at Logan-Hubble Memorial Park. The spiffy slide and climber combo is made of some 35,000 recycled milk jugs and comes with a 100-year guarantee. Kids will be whee-ing and laughing around it into the 22nd century. Prather, a Garrard County native, did not know his name would be attached to the playground when he died earlier this year. But his widow, Diane, wanted to honor her husband's memory and donated $25,600 for the new equipment.

LANCASTER - Garrard Judge-Executive John Wilson announced Tuesday Garrard County Fiscal Court received a gift of nearly $26,000 to construct a playground and swing set at Logan-Hubble Park. Diane Prather, the widow of Neal Prather, was looking for a way to give back to Garrard County, a community her husband loved. Prather mentioned the idea to Louise Robinson, who mentioned it to Wilson. "We talked about multiple projects in the county that we are currently pursuing, and Diane felt like the play area was something that Neal would have really appreciated," Wilson said.

HUBBLE - For more than six years, residents of this rural Lincoln County community have been living with a mix of sadness, anger and fear in the wake of the shooting deaths of two young men. On Monday, though, most of those feelings had disappeared - most, but not all. A half dozen residents of Hubble Road and Cherry Lane were asked how they reacted to the news that a suspect had been arrested Sunday and charged with two counts of murder in...

Editor's note: Randall and Jennifer Johnson are walking enthusiasts. This is the first part in a series about the places they visit to enjoy nature and get some exercise. They are neither hardcore hikers nor especially athletic. It's a kinder, gentler kind of hiking that requires mostly only a bottle of water and a desire to get out and go. My husband and I have one common interest. We like to walk. Now that the kids are grown and mostly out of the house, we felt the need to find something we could do together that we both enjoy.

Aug. 30 - Sept.1, 4106 Ky. Hwy. 590 (Hubble), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adult and boy's clothing, Home Interior, Halloween costumes, and lots more. Rain or shine.

An Angus Tour and Field Day is scheduled for Saturday at the Central Kentucky Angus Association pavilion, 2286 Fork Church Road, in northern Garrard County. Participants will meet at the pavilion at 9 a.m. and ride a bus to the tour events. Tour stops will be at Cliffside and C&H Cattle Co. where cattle will be on display; Akers Farm in Hubble to hear about ultrasound, herd health and lunch; Branch View Angus, Hustonville, to check out the working facilities, rotational grazing and cattle; and Tarter Gate Co., Dunnville, for a tour of production plant and view products.

HUBBLE - Four days before the anniversary of his son's murder, Rick Shangraw received a text message from his cellular phone company. It was a password for Internet billings that Shangraw was told he could not set himself. He was told the phone company would set it, then text it to him. The new password read "RYAN25. " Shangraw's son, Ryan Keith Shangraw, 20, and his friend, Harold "Bo" Upton III, 18, were gunned down five years ago today in Ryan's trailer in Hubble. The case remains unsolved.

100 years ago - 1906 Typhoid fever is at the threshold of an epidemic in west Danville. Physicians recalled that the number of cases are increasing and that, "conditions at present are such as to give much alarm to the residents of that portion of the county. " In Mercer County a report says that more than 200 cases are near the west end of Boyle. "The people of Danville should take every precaution possible by cleaning up their premises and avoiding in every way possible this dread disease.