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Elections

  • Shelby County School Board: Superintendent’s review may use new standards

    Shelby County Public Schools Superintendent James Neihof wants to get ahead of the curve in how the district judges his performance.

    Neihof asked the Shelby County Board of Education at Thursday’s meeting to adjust his annual performance review to the pilot program of the state’s NextGen standards. The standards are set up through the same process as the school and teacher standards that are being implemented and the standards that will be coming for administration, as well.

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  • School board honors diploma recovery graduates

    The Shelby County Board of Education meeting was overflowing with guests on Thursday to celebrate the successes of four returning students and one overachiever.

    The board welcomed students who had returned to school to earn high school diplomas with the Diploma Recovery program after dropping out of school, and dozens of family, friends and former teachers were on hand to congratulate them.

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  • Massie controls his race

    Over a campaign trail encompassing 20 counties, Thomas Massie, a former Republican Lewis County judge-executive has emerged victorious in Shelby County in the 4th Congressional District race.

    Thomas Massie rolled to victory over William Adkins, a Grant County attorney, to replace Geoff Davis, a 4-term Republican incumbent. Shelby is new to the 4th District this fall.

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  • All 4 Simpsonville incumbents re-elected

    Voters in Simpsonville seem happy with their veteran city commissioners.

    They voted overwhelmingly to return to office four incumbents who have served as one commission since 2008, when Sharon Cummins first was elected.

    Vicky Wise, who has served on the commission since 1996, overcame a year of health problems to earn re-election, and she will be joined again by Scott McDowell, Cary Vowels and Cummins. Mayor Steve Eden, who has served 18 years, is in the middle of his 4-year term.

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  • Election Day opens smoothly

    Election Day dawned cold but sunny, although a bit rough around the edges for the Shelby County Clerk's office, that had a few problems getting some polling places up and running due to a shortage of election officers to work at the precincts, something that has been a problem in the past, said County Clerk Sue Carole Perry.

    "We had a hard time getting open because some precinct officers didn’t show up, you know, the usual thing," she said. "I prayed real hard last night and this morning both that everything would go well."

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  • Election 2012: Simpsonville City Commission: Vicky Wise

    Vicky Wise, the longest tenured member of the Simpsonville City Commission, quietly is pursuing a ninth term in the General Election.

    Wise first was elected in 1996, and only Mayor Steve Eden has served longer (18 years as mayor).

    Wise has not returned campaign information forms sent to her via E-mail nor responded to telephone messages, so she has provided no information about her plans in pursuing this term.

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  • Congressional candidates are two men with differing opinions

    They aren’t close in the polls, and they aren’t close in fund-raising.

    And Democrat William Adkins and Republican Thomas Massie certainly don’t agree on how they would govern the Kentucky’s 4th Congressional district.

    In fact, heading into November, the men vying for the open seat left vacant by resignation of 4-term incumbent Geoff Davis, aren’t close in any obvious way.

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  • Election 2012: Pleasureville City Commission: Pamela Bramblett

    Pamela Bramblett, an incumbent on 8 years on the Pleasureville City Commission, is seeking another term.

    A Pleasureville native, Bramblett, 59, is a retired state employee, having worked at the Department of Environmental Protection for 35 years. She is currently working in residential care at the Apple Patch, a facility for mentally challenged adults in Crestwood, something she has been doing for the past five years.

    “It’s very rewarding,” she said.

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  • Election 2012: Pleasureville City Commission: Victor Harrod

    Victor Harrod, a former Pleasureville City Commissioner, is running again after sitting out for a term.

    Harrod, 73, is a retired from the Ford Motor Company in Jefferson County, where he worked for 30 years.

    He is originally from Franklin County but has lived in Pleasureville for at least 20 years, he said.

    He now does some cattle and tobacco farming.

    Harrod said he decided to run for commissioner again because he thinks he could contribute to the overall well being of that body.

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  • Election 2012: Pleasureville City Commission: Diane Perry

    Diane Perry, an incumbent on the Pleasureville City Commission, is seeking her second term.

    Actually, Perry said, she has served a term and a half. She was appointed to finish the term of commissioner Gary Grigsby, who moved out of the district, and then she was elected the following term.

    Perry, 59, lives on the Shelby County side of Pleasureville. Originally from Spencer County, she has lived in Pleasureville for 23 years. She is bookkeeper at Rodney Perry Automotive in Pleasureville, a business she co-owns with her husband.

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