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Business

  • Tons of work ahead for winter weather

    With winter-like temperatures already settling in, it won’t be long before winter weather hits Kentuckiana.

    But our local road crews are armed and ready with tons of help – literally.

    Across the commonwealth, Kentucky uses about 415,000 tons of salt, and Louisville alone will have more than 35,000 tons available before the year’s first snow, including 20,000 tons stored underground.

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  • Business briefcase: Nov. 16, 2012

    Burk honored by Hosparus for helping patients, families

    Judy Burk, a licensed social worker from Shelbyville, has been honored by Hosparus with the Sister Marilyn Spink Service Award.

    Burk received the honor at an event last weekend. She joined Hosparus in 1988.

    The award recognizes her for “consistently going far above and beyond for our patients and families.”

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  • Business briefcase: Nov. 9, 2012

     

    Goody’s to open on Thanksgiving night

    Goody’s in Shelbyville announced it is beating the Black Friday rush by opening on Thanksgiving night.

    The store in Village Plaza will be open from 8 p.m. until midnight Nov 22 and will offer special sales incentives to shoppers.

    In Black Friday tradition, the store will reopen at 6 a.m.

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  • Celebration lights up merchants’ eyes

    Shelbyville’s 25th annual Celebration of Lights marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season downtown, and merchants on. Main and Washington street are readying for the big weekend that will bring large crowds downtown.

    “The weather is predicted to be great! Sunny and pretty warm.,” said Lisa Peck, owner of the Paisley Pig. “It’s not exactly what you’d expect for holiday shopping, but it brings more people out for the event.”

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  • Chamber honors its top contributors

    Business leaders enjoyed positive reinforcement Wednesday when Lt. Gov. Jerry Abramson praised Shelby County Chamber of Commerce members during a guest appearance at a chamber awards luncheon.

    “In Shelby County, the commitment of the chamber of commerce and what it stands for is very important to the fabric of the community,” he told a crowd of 160 that attended the luncheon at Claudia Sanders Dinner House.

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  • Business briefcase: Nov. 2, 2012

    PSC says natural gas prices are expected to hit 10-low

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  • Business briefcase: Oct. 26, 2012

    Gasoline prices take an unprecedented drop

    Gasoline prices have taken a large dip in the past week.

    Average retail gasoline prices in Louisville had fallen 12 cents per gallon as of Sunday, averaging $3.56 per gallon, according to LouisvilleGasPrices.com. This compares with the national average that has fallen 9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.67.

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  • Business briefcase: Oct. 19, 2012

    Food prices increased during third quarter

    Kentucky Farm Bureau’s latest Marketbasket Survey, conducted in September, indicates that average retail food prices in supermarkets across the state – including Shelbyville – have increased during the third quarter of the year, with the total cost of 40 basic grocery items reaching $115.91, a 2.6 percent from the second quarter.

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  • Book sale one of biggest

    This year’s annual Bookfest, a used-book sale to promote literacy in Shelby County, was one of the most successful yet, organizers say.

    “Our first year Bookfest went very well; it met our expectations, and we’re excited about planning ahead for the future,” said Kerry Johnson, publisher of The Sentinel-News.

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  • What unusual Shelbyville tower is all about

    Have you cruised down Midland Trail and noticed the emergence of a new structure on the north side?

    It’s a tall, wooden edifice that resembles a tower. Yet it seems to have come out of nowhere.

    Have you found yourself asking, “What is it?” and “Why is it there?”

    Well, first, it’s not an homage to the Empire State Building or anything.

    In fact, check this answer from Liz Alvarez:

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