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At its meeting Feb. 14 the Shelby County Board of Education decided on budget cuts that could eliminate more than 25 positions.

However, Superintendent James Neihof noted after the meeting that growth in the district could mean that the number of personnel lost would not be that high.

At Thursday’s meeting the board will gets its first look at that projected student population, with a recommendation on school allocations and staffing guidelines from Director of Finance Greg Murphy.

It appears that Horizon Group Partners has taken a big lead in the outlet mall race.

Horizon, a Michigan-based company, on Monday submitted its planned unit development (PUD) to the Triple S Planning Commission, meeting the deadline to be on the commission’s agenda for its meeting on March 20.

Triple S Executive Director Ryan Libke said the company’s PUD is very similar to the preliminary plan that it submitted last year with its zone change request.

“There were no real changes other than removing one outlot,” he said.

When Shelby County’s 109 Board proposed a new solid-waste facility and began a series of public meetings in mid-January, a consistent question emerged: Can we get curbside garbage pickup and recycling in Shelby County?

The Shelby County Fiscal Court’s legislative committee will meet with the board Thursday to discuss the possibility of Shelby’s joining the ranks of surrounding counties that do provide that service to residents.

Arson investigators are asking for the public’s help in gathering information about a fire Sunday in Mount Eden that knocked out some phone lines for several hours.

The fire broke out at 146 Mount Eden Road in Spencer County at about 4 a.m. Sunday morning, and the Mount Eden Fire Department arrived to find the structure fully involved, said Fire Chief Doug Herndon.

“Arson is likely to be the cause of the fire,” Herndon said.