Local News

A fluid spill at the intersection of Freedom’s Way and Midland Industrial Dr. on Monday morning shut down Midland Industrial and Haven Hill Road until late afternoon while crews cleaned the mess up, officials said.

Emergency Management Agency Director Paul Whitman said a truck carrying a 55-gallon drum of hydraulic fluid to a plant in the industrial park lost the drum just after turning onto Midland Industrial from the bypass at about 11:30 a.m.

A man whom Shelbyville Police said held a woman at gun and knife point for five days last week was arraigned Tuesday in Shelby District Court.

Gary Harris, 48, was arrested May 7 and charged with first-degree sodomy, first-degree unlawful imprisonment, fourth-degree assault and first-degree wanton endangerment.

The woman, his girlfriend, was rescued by patrolmen Tuesday after being held by Harris at the point of a 14-inch hunting knife and gunpoint on his home on Bland Avenue.

Site preparation work is under way this week in Simpsonville on the site of the Outlet Shoppes at Louisville.

The out mall, being built at the intersection of Buck Creek and Veechdale roads, just south of Interstate 64, is in the preliminary stages of site development, and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife was on hand Thursday to clear the fish from the 6.5-acre pond on the property before it is drained. The fish are going to be adopted in the FINs program.

A small group of women who attended a self-defense class at the extension office Tuesday night may not have come away with a black belt in martial arts, but they may have learned something that could save their lives in the future, organizers of the class said.

“It was a really hands-on class, and I feel sure that everyone who was there walked away feeling more confident about their self-protection,” said Elizabeth Pulliam, executive director of Shelby Prevention.