Business

Christmas shoppers across the country and the world have probably laid eyes on material made in Shelby County without ever realizing it.

If you’ve shopped at Victoria’s Secret, you have probably seen the plastic display shelves containing makeup. Maybe you can recall the plastic open/close sign you see when entering a Big O Tires. Europeans may have seen the giant plastic European-style Santa Claus Lego figure resting atop display shelves of the popular toy.

McDonald's has plans to open a store in Waddy this spring, company officials said.

Jim Frans, director of operations for McDonald's in Shelbyville, said that a new location is expected to open at a new truck stop coming to Waddy.

Love's Truck Stop will be located just off the Interstate 64 and is expected to open sometime between March and June, Frans said.

"The weather will be the determining factor," he said.

Frans said the McDonald's will employ from 40 to 50 people, and that hiring for managers will begin in March.

Who we are: January was National Radon Action Month, and one Shelbyville company was even more aware of than most people. Alpha Radon Services, LLC, owned by Kent & Carolyn Kile, is Shelby County's first Radon mitigation and measurement company.

Sylvia’s Closet, the longtime consignment shop for children in downtown Shelbyville, is for sale – but it’s not going to be closed.

Norma Reidy, who has owned the boutique at 416 Main Street for 9½ years, 5 at that location, says it’s time for her to make a change, but she’s not going to, well, close up shop.