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  • Awaiting retirement

    Longtime Jailer Bobby Waits has been named Jailer of the Year and is a former three-time president of the Kentucky Jailer’s Association.

    He has served as Shelby County Jailer for 20 years and during that time, has taken the county’s corrections facility from a hundred year-old old building housing less than 50 inmates to a state of the art 316-bed detention center.

    Now, two decades later, he is stepping down.

    But not because he wants to, he said.

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  • SIMPSONVILLE CITY COMMISSION: Property tax goes down

    The Simpsonville City Commission passed a second reading to set the city’s annual tax rate, following a three-year trend of lowering the tax rate.

    At its meeting Tuesday night, the commission approved a rate that is 2 tenths of a cents lower than the current rate. The new rate of .096 cents per $100 of assessed value replaces the current rate of .098.

    Mayor Steve Eden expressed satisfaction with being able to set a decreased rate again this year.

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  • Reynolds takes the helm at Awake Ministries

    When two of Shelby's longtime charitable organizations, the Serenity Center and the Open Door of Hope men's shelter, merged into a single organization in February, they envisioned a move that better suited those in need and provided more services.

    Now, with a new leader at the helm, that vision has an even sharper focus, as Awake Ministries continues the mission of both.

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  • Officials to vote on reducing solid waste tax

    When the 109 Board – the entity in charge of solid waste disposal for the county –meets on Tuesday, it will make a decision on whether to reduce its tax, officials say.

    Rusty Newton, chair of the 109 Board, said he is confident the proposal will pass, thus reducing the current .034 cents per $100 of property valuation to .030. At the same time, the board is expected to increase the price being charged for people to dispose of trash, from 3 cents to 3.5 cents per pound, he said.

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  • Snagging safe sun spectacles

    The long anticipated eclipse is just three days away.  However, with NASA approved spectacles becoming as scarce as the top Christmas toy, chances are if you don’t already have a pair, the main event could pass right before your closed eyes.

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  • SHELBYVILLE CITY COUNCIL - Tax rate stays flat

    The Shelbyville City Council closed out its public hearing with no members of the general public in attendance to speak regarding the proposed ad valorem tax rate Tuesday afternoon.  The council then voted unanimously in favor of maintaining the tax rate at 27.2 cents on each $100 of assessed value of all taxable real property and 33.5 cents on each $100 of assessed value of all taxable personal property.

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  • TRIPLE S PLANNING COMMISSION - Gribbins farm division passes

     Triple S Planning commissioners approved the allowance of a 2-acre agricultural tract on Steve Wood Road when they convened Tuesday for the regularly scheduled planning and zoning meeting. 

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  • The journey of a book

    Shelbyville’s Ronald “Reggie” Van Stockum, Jr. has an impressive list of skillsets to share with the community: lawyer, teacher, biologist, actor and musician.  But as an author, Van Stockum is expanding his reach well beyond our region.

    Most recently his written work has touched those across Kentucky and beyond through a book called, The Wondrous Journey of Food.

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  • Christ Community Church opens second location

    A local church Sunday launched its second location with the opening of a new church in the heart of Shelbyville.

    Blake Lawyer, pastor of Christ Community Church in Governors Square said that he and the entire congregation was excited to open the new location at 1900 Midland Trail, across from Hardees restaurant.

    Bobby Carnes, pastor, will lead the service, which begins at 10 a.m.

    “Bobby is the Midland pastor – he leads the launch team planting the church,” said Lawyer.

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  • SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD - Preliminary tax talk

    No tax rate action has been taken as of yet, but on Thursday Susan Barkley, the district’s director of finance, presented the certified property assessment report for the 2017-2018 school year and said she had good news.

    “After receiving the certified assessment information, I’m happy to say that the amounts included in the tentative budget were within two percent of what we are now calculating based on the certified assessments,” she said, noting that gave the district an increase of about $478,000 of what was included in the tentative budget.

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