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  • The Final 4 – at last – is the best of all

    ATLANTA – Here is what you find during a Final 4: equal parts Mardi Gras, Derby infield and Times Square, mixed with an overture of basketball and warmed slightly by the fervor that only well-funded and sometimes well-oiled fans can generate.

    Here is what you will not find during a Final 4: calm and apathy.

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  • News Digest: April 7, 2013

    County, city officials meet tonight about garbage

    Leaders of Shelby County and Shelbyville will get together again Wednesday to discuss ways they can work together to create a curbside trash/recycling pickup plan for all the county’s residents. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Tulip Room at Shelbyville City Hall on Washington Street.

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  • Shelby magistrate journeys to see UofL's Final 4 victory

    ATLANTA – Tony Carriss’ first trip to a Final Four was a memorable one.

    Carriss, a Shelby County Magistrate, and a University of Louisville graduate, got to see the Cardinals’ men’s basketball team claim its third national championship in person Monday night.

    Carriss made the drive down from Shelbyville to Atlanta with his son, Ryan, to see the Cards beat Michigan, 82-76, in the Georgia Dome for their first title in 27 years.

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  • Man held in Shelby turned loose in Fayette

    Police are looking for a man who federal marshals consider to be armed and dangerous after he was mistakenly was released from the Fayette County Detention Center.

    Rodney Dewayne Bell, 28, had been jailed for a short time at the Shelby County Detention Center, after being arrested in Anderson County on drugs charges, because the detention center houses Anderson County inmates, said Tony Aldridge, a captain at the Shelby County Detention Center.

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  • Lousiville's Slaughter nears record for 3-point baskets

    Antonita Slaughter didn’t just make history Sunday night, she made six 3-point baskets.

    The latter helped Slaughter, the first Shelby County woman to play in an NCAA Final Four, and the University of Louisville earn a spot in the national championship game.

    Slaughter scored a game-high 18 points – on the strength of 6-of-10

    shooting from 3-point range – as the Cardinals rallied from a

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  • $2.1 million USDA loan to fund water plan for Shelby

    A federal loan will allow North Shelby Water Company to build infrastructure that will provide an increased amount of water for the community.

    USDA Rural Development State Director Tom Fern announced last week that North Shelby had received a $2.1 million loan that will be used to install a 12-inch water transmission main, a booster pump station and other items.

    “USDA is proud to work in partnership with North Shelby Water Company on this much needed improvement project,” Fern said in a release announcing the loan.

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  • Shelby vets want new home

    Some of the two dozen active members of the Shelbyville VFW think they would benefit from having a new building.

    Others think that being able to move from Post 1179’s small headquarters on the 600 block of Main Street is just a pipe dream.

    But not Charles Turner and Barry Campbell.

    Turner, a retired Shelby County dairy farmer and Korean War veteran who served in the Navy, is trying to get the other members more motivated in that direction, but he isn’t having much luck.

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  • Shelby County, Shelbyville to meet about trash plans

    The curbside trash/recycling movement will take another step forward on Wednesday when Shelbyville and Shelby County officials meet again to discuss the possibility of joint legislation.

    Because of a conflict at Stratton Center, the meeting has been moved to the Tulip Room at Shelbyville City Hall, starting at 6:30 p.m.

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  • Final Four: Shelby fans red and ready

    University of Louisville fans around the county proudly have been displaying their flags, shirts and hats this week as the Cardinals’ men’s squad prepares for a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Basketball Tournament Final Four in Atlanta and the women’s team also gets ready for the Final Four in New Orleans.

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  • Shelby County Fiscal Court: Jail expects growth next year

    Shelby County Jailer Bobby Waits said Tuesday night that he expects the detention center’s population to increase by about 11 percent in 2013-14 and that new revenue will cover that additional expense.

    Waits told Shelby County Fiscal Court that he is projecting about 300 inmates on the average for the next fiscal year, up from 270 this year, and will need slightly more than $3.81 million to operate the facility, an increase of $182,779 – about 5 percent – from 2012-13. Magistrates approved that budget on first reading.

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