Today's Features

Kathy Ranard, coordinator of Shelby County Clean Community, was selected as 2010 Fiscal Court Employee Of The Year at the county’s annual banquet held at Claudia Sanders Dinner House.
“Kathy is the coordinator for Shelby County’s Clean Community Program, and she works hard to ensure that our roadways are litter-free, administers beautification projects, and enforces litter and nuisance ordinances throughout the county,” said Magistrate Hubert Pollett, who presented the award.
Ranard expressed her appreciation of receiving the award.

Sorrow touched the hearts of many in Shelby County on Tuesday with the loss of a man who was well-known not only as a local business man for half a century but also for his generosity and love for his community.

Joseph E. Burks, 89, was the husband of 66 years of Mary Anderson Burks, and father to Joseph E. II, Carl David, Mark Athel, John Jay Crittenden (deceased) and Paul Morgan Burks and Bonnie Burks Gray.

Ardith and Ronald Bohannon will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Cropper Baptist Church C.L.C. building. All family and friends are invited. No gifts please.

The Bohannon's are parents of two daughters, Susan Edington (Dan) of Madisonville and Rhonda Bohannon of Cincinnati. They have two grandchildren, Cassie and Johnathan Edington.

Catherine May Page and Matthew Scott Burgin were married Sept. 25 at the Church of the Annunciation in Shelbyville.

Parents of the bride are Marty and Rachael Page of Finchville. The groom is the son of Jack and Michelle Samples of Bagdad and the late Jeffery Scott Burgin. Grandparents of the bride are Jim Conti, Harold and Merilynn Page and Pauline Butler, all of Louisville, and the late Mary Catherine Conti and Delores May Page. Grandparents of the groom are Alvin and Janet Burgin of Mount Eden, Bill and Alma Coulter of Taylorsville and the late Selbert and Nell Samples.