Vol. 100, No. 22	May 28, 2008

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Graduation for CCHS Class of 2008 is Monday

By Donna Carman
Editor

Casey County High School Principal Barry Lee will hand out diplomas to his first graduating class Monday night as ceremonies are set to begin at 7 p.m. in the CCHS gymnasium.
Lee is scheduled to speak to the Class of 2008 on “Your Next Journey,” according to graduation advisor Kyle Durham.
The seniors will march into the gym to the strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” played by music teacher/band director Amy King on the piano and band member Emily Wooton on the flute.

Casey News to change leadership

Vaught announces retirement; Carman to be new general manager

By Donna Carman

Editor

One long-standing era at The Casey County News will end in June and another will begin as Casey's award-winning newspaper moves toward a managerial change.
Randall Vaught, who has been with the paper 36 years (24 as general manager and publisher) recently announced his retirement, effective June 30.

Liberty house fire under investigation

A house fire last Wednesday night may be the work of arsonists.
According to Liberty Fire Chief Donnie Wilson, it took less than an hour to put out a fire at a vacant house on Woodrum Ridge Road.
"It looked like someone had broke into it and set the fire," Wilson said.
Kentucky State Police Detective Alex Wesley confirmed that the fire was, and is, still being investigated and that the house had been "potentially set on fire."
The house at 178 Woodrum Ridge Road was owned by Tracey Huntsinger, but no one was living there at the time.
"(The house) had no electric, no utilities hooked up," Wesley said.
Liberty Police Officer Randy Dial assisted in the investigation.

Missing Shelby County woman has Casey ties

By Lisa King
Landmark News Service

A Shelby County woman with Casey County ties is still missing after a massive search has turned up no traces of her.
Maj. Danny Goodwin with the Shelbyville Police Department, which is heading up the search, said Tuesday that police have "no clue" of the whereabouts of Maxine Ethington.