Business

Now 28 years old, Renea Sageser figures she has spent 24 years of her life dealing with therapy in some way.

It began when she was a child going through several years of speech therapy herself. Then during her senior year of high school, her mother was involved in a traumatic automobile accident, resulting in a serious head injury.

Sageser took on the caregiver roll as her mother endured intensive therapy.

Shelbyville soon will lose one of its most popular shopping destinations.

Goody's Family Clothing Store started a liquidation sale Thursday and, along with all of the 282 other stores in the chain, will close its doors in the next few months. 

The announcement, which was made public on Wednesday, was released before store employees were notified.

On Wednesday afternoon a cashier admitted that she had heard customers talking about the closure but had heard nothing official from local and national management.

In this day in age when economic woes flood the headlines and more and more people struggle to pay their bills, Ervin Benner has it figured out.

"Back when we were busy, you didn't pay attention to it, you paid the bills and moved on," Benner said. "Now you have to watch your money because the economy is slow, and that's right off the top of your pocket."

Benner owns Terhune Body & Frame Shop in Shelbyville, and he has implemented a way to cut his yearly gas expenses by thousands.

One of the oldest tractor and farm supply companies in the county announced this week that it has merged with two other Kentucky retailers in order to increase its inventory and better serve its customers.

Shelby Supply Co. has merged with Dixie Farm Stores and Bowen Farm Supply stores to form a new John Deere equipment dealership called Limestone Farm Lawn and Worksite, with six outlets across the region.

Mark Burks, the owner of Shelby Supply, said the new company will help expand the expertise and resources of these former dealerships.