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  • Warnings for a safe return with the IRS

    It’s tax time, and for many taxpayers, the time required and the complex nature of the task is more than sufficient motivation to find someone who will do the job for them.

    Shelbyville tax preparer Rosemary Riggs, of Mathis, Riggs and Prather advises local taxpayers to ensure they seek out a reliable tax preparer to assist them. While she said she is not aware of any shady operators in Shelby County, she has certainly heard of cases from neighboring areas.

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  • Business briefcase: Feb. 8, 2013

    Holland earns certification from financial planning board

    Brad Holland, owner of Holland Financial Group in Shelbyville and an investment advisory representative with Lincoln Financial Securities Corp., has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP board).

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  • Farms don’t freeze in winter

    The chill factor may be near zero this morning, the ground frozen hard and animals gathered up in an effort to feed off each other’s heat, but that doesn’t mean work stands still on Shelby County’s farms.

    The type of work being done by farmers on frigid winter days may depend on the type of farm being operated, but there is still more than enough to keep everyone busy.

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  • Business briefcase: Feb. 1, 2013

    Businesses in Shelby among state’s Best Places to Work

    Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Hosparus and Hilliard Lyons – three businesses with presences in Shelby County – are repeaters on a list of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky in the ninth annual competition conducted by the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management in conjunction with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

    Two other businesses with Shelby presences, Republic Bank and Baptist Health, also are among the 74 finalists.

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  • Wyler group takes over Bob Hook GM dealership

    Shelby Countians with General Motors vehicles in the driveway now have a new name to learn.

    The Jeff Wyler Automotive Family has purchased and taken over the Bob Hook Chevrolet Buick GMC of Shelbyville location at 700 Taylorsville Road.

    Jeff Wyler Automotive has a Honda dealership in Frankfort and a Toyota/Scion dealership in Southern Indiana among its numerous dealerships.

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  • Business briefcase: Jan. 25, 2013

    Attorney Chandler moves to join Neal & Davis

    Matt Chandler, an established accountant and lawyer in Shelbyville, is changing firms.

    Chandler is leaving Megibben, Robinson and Chandler and moving just up the block on Main Street to join Gregg Y. Neal and Todd Davis in Neal & Davis PLLC.

    Chandler, a native of Shelbyville, received his law degree in 2001 from the University of Kentucky College of Law. Before that he was a certified public accountant.

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  • City preservation reps from across state to gather in Shelbyville

    Shelbyville will be hosting some of Kentucky’s best and brightest next week as representatives from towns and cities all over the state gather for the 2013 Kentucky Main Street Program Winter Conference.

    This 3-day event, which will run Wednesday through Friday, will discuss the best ways forward for fostering economic and other general growth in their attendees’ communities, with the ultimate goal of making their towns the best they can be.

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  • Business briefcase: Jan. 18, 2013

    KentuckianaWorks sets sessions at JCTCS to recruit van drivers

    KentuckianaWorks, the workforce investment board for the Greater Louisville, which includes Shelby County, is offering a free training course for individuals who might want to become a long-distance moving-van driver.

    There is a demand for 250 van operators in this area, and these jobs pay $40,000 annually to start, with benefits, and the course to be provided will prepare individuals to qualify for those openings.

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  • Taxing their skills

    Did you ever think that tax preparation could be fun?

    Five people who have been volunteering their time for years doing free tax preparation at a local company say they actually look forward to tax season.

    “I have five very dedicated volunteers; we’re like one big family,” said Yolanda Bradford, owner of HJW Career and Financial Literacy Institute, Inc. in downtown Shelbyville and operated of a federally subsidized service for the elderly and low-income families.

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  • Business briefcase: Jan. 11, 2013

    Farm Bureau members head to annual meeting

    A group of volunteer leaders – some 500 members – from Kentucky Farm Bureau is headed to the 94th annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation, which runs Sunday through Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee.

    The group will help to shape Farm Bureau’s national policy agenda for 2013, take in numerous seminars and compete for some of the country’s top agricultural honors in a variety of contests. About 8,000 attend from the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

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