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  • Simpsonville man dies in head-on crash

    A two-vehicle collision on the overpass at I-64 and Ky. 55 late Tuesday afternoon has claimed the life of a Simpsonville man and left his wife and another woman in serious condition.

    Joseph Wilson, 68, of Veechdale Road in Simpsonville, was pronounced death at the University of Louisville Hospital, where he and his wife, Sarah, were airlifted after the crash.

    Beatrice Centers, 59, of Taylorsville, was transported by ambulance, according to Jason Rice, a detective with the Shelby County Sheriff's office.

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  • Grads, young and old

    When Kattie Grissom was 16, she was tired of high school and decided to drop out.

    She wanted to get started with her life. So for four years she tried to find a good job without a diploma - it wasn't as easy she anticipated.

    "It's just impossible," she said. "Now you have to have diploma."

    Grissom discovered that to have the job and life she wanted, she would have to go back to school and get her GED.

    And that's exactly what she did.

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  • Teachers endorse Young for state Rep.

    Two local teachers' associations endorsed Bill Young for state representative yesterday.

    The Spencer and Shelby County Educational Associations held a press conference on Tuesday morning to announce their support for Young, a Democrat, as he challenges incumbent Rep. Brad Montell for the 58th district house seat this November.

    Young, who was an educator in the Shelby County Public Schools system for 28 years, said having the support of local teachers is "among his highest honors."

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  • Judicial center closer to reality

    Plans for the new judicial center, to be located in downtown Shelbyville, moved a step closer to reality when four of the parcels of land it will be situated on were acquired last week.

    Shelby County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger said there are 10 properties altogether which are allocated for both the building and the parking lot.

    Two of parcels closed on were owned by the city of Shelbyville and will be for the building site. The other two are located at 2nd and Main streets, which will be the parking site for the center.

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  • Charity sponsoring new home for Medley

    As a kid, Ben Medley used to play on his grandparents' .Bruce and Ann Langley's, farm near Bagdad. Within a few months, he'll be back there again.

    But this time, Ben, his wife, Emma, and his stepson, Tucker, will be living in his own house, a house completely accessible to the 27-year-old who has been in a wheelchair for nearly three years. Medley broke two vertebrae in his neck when he dove into a swimming pool in July 2005.

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  • 2008 Shelby County Fair Queen candidates

    The contestants must have reached her 16th birthday by Oct. 31 and shall not have reached her 22nd birthday by Oct. 31 of the year when the contest is held. Contestants will be judged from the standpoint of beauty, poise and personality.

    At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, they will compete in shorts attire, followed by formal attire at 7:30 p.m. There is also a private showing in bathing attire for judges only.

    Five finalists will be selected from the contestants, and a first runner-up and winner will then be selected.

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  • Crusade totals comparable to last year's $160K

    Though this year's WHAS Crusade for Children collection total fell short of last year's total by $24,714, that figure is misleading.

    The figures for this year and last year would actually be pretty close if not for a bequest to the Crusade in a will last year.

    This year's total was $162,077.18, compared to last year's of $186,791.43. But without last year's donation of $25,000 from Lola Register the total from 2007 would have been $161,791.43. That means firefighters collected about $300 more on the streets this year than they did last year.

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  • Board to talk contracts

    Although James Neihof has been in the role of superintendent of Shelby County Public Schools for a week and a half, he still doesn't have a contract to show for it.

    But that's something that the Shelby County Board of Education is set put in order at a meeting this Thursday night.

    Neihof, who was named the new superintendent in April, took office June 2 as the "superintendent designee." That means that he has all of the responsibilities of a superintendent but is not yet under contract.

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  • Former Judge-Executive Bobby Stratton dies

    Long-time Shelby County Judge-Executive Bobby Stratton died Saturday at Baptist Hospital Northeast Hospice Unit in LaGrange. Stratton was 86.

    A businessman and owner of Stratton Sporting Goods for 25 years, he was the county's judge-executive from 1981-2002. As judge-executive, Stratton presided over the building of the current jail, the buying of the courthouse annex and the building of the Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency and the Stratton Center, which was named for him. He extended water lines in the county and saw most of the county's roads get paved.

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  • Fair share of fun

    This year's county fair promises to be not only as full of fun as usual, but also better-organized, said fair board president Randy Tennill.

    "This year the fair will last a few more days, which will give us a few more days to work with," he said.

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