Cops & Courts

A teen is recovering from a gunshot wound he received New Year’s Eve, police say.

Shelbyville Police Chief Danny Goodwin said that on New Year’s Eve, police were dispatched to 116 Berea St. at 4:42 p.m. after receiving a call about a possible shooting.

“We had a male juvenile who was shot and was transported to the University of Louisville Hospital, and it is currently under investigation,” he said. “That’s all I can say at this time.”

District court

The following cases were heard by Judge Donna Dutton:

Jesse Wyatt, no operator's/moped license and disregarding traffic control device, traffic light – guilty – 60-day sentence, serve 10 days, balance conditionally discharged for 2 years and $163 fine and costs.

One lane of westbound Interstate 64 near Simpsonville was closed for nearly 11 hours Thursday after tractor-trailer pulling loaded tandem trailers crashed through a guardrail and nearly upside.

The driver, whose name had not been released, escaped uninjured when his rig left the roadway at Mild Marker 29, in the construction zone at the Bullskin Creek bridge east of Simpsonville, sometime around 4 a.m.

District court

The following cases were heard by Judge Linda Armstrong:

Eduardo Cruz-Ortega, fourth-degree assault domestic violence minor injury – plead guilty – 30-day sentence.