Business

No task elicits procrastination like preparing federal tax returns, and as the April 15 deadline approaches professionals said more and more people continue to delay the process.

The IRS expects to receive about 148 million tax returns this year, and as of March they had received 107 million returns, with about 91 percent filed electronically.

Cynthia Jenkins of Bagdad, who filed her taxes Wednesday at H&R Block, said preparation is the key to getting it done quickly and efficiently.

Shelby natives among new trustees at Georgetown

Shelbyville natives Sarah “Bookie” Hayes Wilson and Guthrie Zaringare among five Georgetown College alumni recently elected to the Georgetown College Board of Trustees. They began their terms of service in January and join Shelbyville resident Bob Hieb, a long-serving trustee.

More than a year after vanishing in smoke and flames, a longtime downtown restaurant has risen from the ashes but in a different location.

After burning to the ground in a March 2013 fire that also took down two other buildings in the 600 block of Main Street, Fiesta Mexicana is preparing to reopen very soon in a standalone building at 1815 Midland Trail.

Except for some finishing touches, work on the restaurant is basically complete, so much so that it was ready for a final inspection yesterday.

Deeds are compiled from data posted on the Shelby County Clerk’s Web site. Property descriptions are based on the best available information provided in the database and may in fact refer to property and thoroughfares no longer formally identified. Financial terms include any value of the property stated on the deed, even if that amount did not change hands.

Deeds March 5-12

First Capital Bank of Kentucky to Stephen and Ann Younce, Lot 7, Old Dominion Farm, 5$500,000