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A shooting suspect that police have been pursuing since Sunday afternoon remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.

The search is continuing for James Anthony Watkins who is wanted in the shooting of a Hispanic man who was shot twice Sunday morning at an apartment complex in Simpsonville.

Shelby County Sheriff Mike Armstrong said the man, whose name has not been released, is recovering at the University of Louisville Hospital and is in stable condition.

Armstrong said the motive for the shooting is not clear at this time.

The Shelby County Judicial Center will be locked up and dark on Monday, Kentucky’s first mandated furlough day for judicial employees.

This is the first of three such days – Sept. 4 and Oct. 15 are the others – in which all judicial employees except exempted elected officials will remain home and not be paid as part of an effort to balance the Judicial Branch’s budget after the General Assembly reduced its total available funds by $25.2 million.

A spill and a bit less swill got the 23rd Annual Shelbyville Horse Show got off to a somewhat rough start Wednesday night that was followed by a big finish.

High temperatures and changes in the refreshment policy for guests seemed to contribute to a smaller-than-usual crowd early in the evening, but the show itself started off with a bang.

With tears glistening in her eyes, former children’s librarian Sherry Bogard said farewell to “her kids,” hugging as many of the crowd of 50 children as she could Wednesday at her last story time session at Clear Creek Park.

Bogard has been conducting a story time hour at the park each Wednesday since late June, when she was fired from the Shelby County Public Library in late June.