New dance comes to WGHS
Selma Street Dance will be Friday, Aug. 18, from 8-10 p.m. for students and staff.
The dance costs $1, but Kona Ice will be selling snow cones for $3-$5 during the dance.
Students will be able to participate in a dance off, hula hoop contest, limbo contest, yard games and volleyball.
No outside guests are permitted, but WGHS students can write down song requests on the banner in the cafeteria.
Green sentenced to 15 years in prison after fleeing New Year’s Eve Crash
Willie Green was sentenced on Friday for to up to 15 years in prison for fleeing the scene of a drunken car crash on New Year’s Eve in 2014.
The crash, which injured 2016 WGHS graduate Emma Casey and killed her boyfriend Xander Wohlstadter, occurred at about 9:30 p.m. when Green lost control of his Mercedes and broadsided Wohlstadter and Casey. Casey was in a coma for about two weeks with skull, pelvis and rib fractures.
In April, Green entered a blind guilty plea to cases of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, leaving the scene and two counts of armed criminal action.
Green’s lawyers requested a three-year sentence whereas Assistant Circuit Attorney Mary Pat Carl recommended 22 year sentence.
Green could be eligible for parole after about seven years.
Parents’ Club prepares for graduation party
Parents’ Club will host its annual Senior Party directly after graduation on Friday, May 19. Check in will begin at 10:30 p.m., and the students will be locked in until 5:30 a.m.
The theme is a play on late night television- “Late Night with the Class of 2017” and will feature a casino, games, raffles, food, prizes and various entertainment, all raised and paid for by the Parents’ Club.
Parents of underclassmen will volunteer by helping guard the event while graduation is going on and then helping with cleaning up the next morning when then event is over.
The party is alcohol and drug-free.
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