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In the wake of Boy Scouts of America’s decision to accept openly gay scouts, at least one Shelby County troop will be shut down.

Bill Pacey, who has been a leader with scouting for 17 years and since 2000 has been the scoutmaster off Troop 137 in Finchville, said he will shut down the troop as of Dec. 31, the day before the BSA’s decision goes into affect.

Two survivors of prostate cancer are urging men all around the community to do all they all can not to fall victim to the disease.

And in this case, Tony Carriss and Wade Hembree said, the prevention is simple: Just come out to the 13th annual Men’s Health Fair being held at Jewish Hospital Shelbyville from 8 a.m. to noon on  Saturday morning.

Despite a bevy of moved dirt, rock and even a 6.5-acre lake, Horizon Group Properties along with representatives of the city of Simpsonville made things official Tuesday with a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of Outlet Shoppes at Louisville.

After two years of speculation and development work, this retail center – now said to be 374,300 square feet of space – is under way on a 50-acre parcel at Exit 38 of Interstate I-64, just south of the intersection of Buck Creek and Veechdale roads.

State will bump gas tax again on July 1

Kentucky state law will kick in on July 1 and automatically raise the state's gas tax 2.4 cents a gallon. The law has raised the state's gas tax in nine of the last 10 years.

The state will collect an additional $72 million in tax revenue as Kentucky's tax on a gallon of gasoline goes to 32.3 cents, almost twice the gas tax we were paying a decade ago.

The law partly ties the gas tax rate to the average wholesale price of gasoline.