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A proposed pipeline that would take a Louisville Water Co. line to Frankfort, via Ky. 53 along I-64 in Shelby County is continuing to move forward. The project calls for a 24-inch pipeline that can provide 10 million gallons of water a day to the communities along its proposed route adjacent to the I-64 right-of-way where officials say there will be minimal impact on privately owned land or undeveloped areas.

It was like a scene from a horror movie.

Randall Childers took a call from his daughter, Heather, about 7 p.m. on Feb. 5. She told him Union University in Jackson, Tenn. where she was a junior, was under a tornado warning and she asked him what she should do.

"As I was telling her to cover her head, all of a sudden I hear glass breaking, a lot of racket, she screamed and the phone went dead," Childers said. "I was welling up with tears in my eyes. We were five and a half hours away. There was nothing we could do but pray."

Shelbyville Code Enforcement has been awarded some of the state's best scores by Insurance Services Office.

Using the Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule, ISO examines information regarding how building codes are enforced in the community. On a scale that goes from 1 to 10, with 1 being the best rating and 10 being the worst, Shelbyville Code Enforcement received a rating of Class 3 for both personal and commercial construction.

After receiving heavy criticism for questionable campaigning practices, U.S. Rep. Ron Lewis publicly apologized last week for waiting until minutes before the filing deadline to withdraw his bid for Congress.

Just before the filing deadline on Jan. 29, Lewis withdrew from the race to represent the Second Congressional District, which includes Shelby County, in the U.S. House of Representatives. His withdrawal came just seconds after his chief of staff, Daniel London, entered the race.

Some criticized Lewis for trying to set up London to win the nomination.