Business

A Shelbyville company that can trace its roots back to the early days of the nation will Tuesday celebrate 50 years at its local location.

“The plant, in 1967, was part of Revere Copper and Brass, which was actually founded by Paul Revere,” said John Wherry, a former CEO who is a board member of Revere Packaging.

Officials at Village Plaza say they are excited about a new pet store that will move into the now vacant space formerly occupied by Hibbert Sports. 

"It's a really cool store," said Jerry Karem, owner of Village Plaza, of Petsense, a chain retail outlet store found in outlet malls and rural markets across the country. 

Karem said that Petsense specializes in pet supplies and pet services, but does not sell dogs or cats. 

 Procrastination gets the best of all of us from time to time, but if you’ve been putting off filing your taxes this year it’s time to get on the ball.

With the April 17 deadline quickly approaching, many are scrambling to gather their documents and complete their forms at the last minute, while some are still avoiding the task altogether.

Unfortunately this is not one of those situations that will go away on its own if you ignore it long enough.

Failure to file can result in a penalty of an addition 25 percent of taxes owed.

Temperatures might be low enough in Shelby County to make a polar bear shiver, but the housing market continues to heat up after a hot 2017. 

Triple S Planning Commission Executive Director Ryan Libke informed commissioners during Tuesday’s meeting that the market is flourishing.

For December, he said, the commission issued 42 total permits.  Of those, 19 dwelling units were created, he said.

Those numbers put the commission at 718 permits issued for the year, 518 of which were dwelling units.