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  • ELECTION 2012: Shelbyville City Council: Shane Suttor

    Shane Suttor has kept his focus on the future during his three terms on Shelbyville’s City Council.

    Serving on the budget and multiuse path committees and working on the 7th Street Corridor project, Suttor, a Democrat, said some of the ideas they begin won’t be seen for a long time.

    “I think preparing for the future is very important,” he said. “Some of these projects, we won’t see anything for years down the road, but when development does occur, it will enhance the city.”

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  • Election 2012, Shelbyville City Council: Jon Swindler

    A lifelong Shelbyville resident, Jon Swindler has seen the city continue to grow while maintaining it’s small-town atmosphere.

    As a Republican, Swindler said it’s important to focus the city’s future on conservative responsibility.

    “We need to continue managing our budget to reflect conservative responsibility for the taxpayers dollars,” he said.

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  • Election 2012: Presidential race leaves gap atop primary ballot

    When Kentucky’s primary election rolls around on Tuesday, many of you may wonder if there’s any reason to go vote at all.

    With 38 states having already held their primary elections, Kentucky is largely left out of the presidential discussion.

    Of the four Republicans on the presidential ballot in Kentucky, even a vote for front-runner Mitt Romney won’t mean much.

    Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have pulled out of the race for the Republican nomination, and Ron Paul announced Monday that he is effectively suspending his campaign.

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  • Shelby County School Board: Land acquisitions allow district to complete sites

    The Shelby County Board of Education wrapped up a short meeting Thursday after approving the ability to purchase of three parcels of land and the gift of another parcel.

    The purchased property consisted of two areas that will encompass part of the new access road to the Southside project and another parcel at 208 8th Street to finish the acquisition of land for the Early Childhood Center at the former Northside Elementary School.

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  • Shelbyville City Council: City’s stormwater runoff requirements to get updated

    Fresh on the heels of her department’s upgrade to its facility, City Engineer/Public Works Director Jennifer Herrell will present an amended ordinance to the Shelbyville City Council at Thursday’s meeting.

    The ordinance is a requirement of the Kentucky Division of Water, and updates the city’s requirements for the control of construction site stormwater runoff.

    Herrell said this amendment would remove much of the technical data, instead moving that into a manual.

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  • News briefs: May 16, 2012

    Bridge work on Washington,

    Zaring Mill may cause delays

     

    Road work is going to hamper motorists trying to navigate portions of Shelby County these next couple of weeks.

    First there is bridge deck restoration and waterproofing going on at the bridge on Washington Street in Shelbyville where it passes over Clear Creek and on Zaring Mill Road where at Clear Creek.

    Both bridges are limited to one lane, and a temporary traffic light has been installed.

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  • Election 2012: District 4 Congress: Tom Wurtz

    Tom Wurtz, a business consultant in Fort Mitchell, is seeking to add a congressional seat to his list of accomplishments.

    Wurtz, 56, a Republican, is a newcomer to the political arena who says he believes his business skills he has developed leading The Sheakley Group in Cincinnati are badly needed in congress.

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  • County employees to get 1st raise in 3 years

    County employees will get their first raise in three years, thanks to some adjustments in the proposed county budget for 2013, which on Tuesday passed its first reading by Shelby County Fiscal Court.

    The budget, at $17,531,889, was $99,751 more than the $17,432,138 Shelby County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger had proposed in his tentative plan presented to magistrates May 1.

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  • Shelbyville Police to crack down on parking, seat-belt violators

    Shelbyville Police say they are about to crack down on those who park their cars illegally and motorists who are not wearing seat belts.

    Officers now are enforcing the 2-hour parking only regulations in the downtown area, and those who don’t comply will be fined.

    “The parking regulation signs have been posted; enforcement will begin immediately,” SPD Community Resource Officer Istvan Kovacs said.

    Vehicles parked in excess of the posted 2-hour limit will be issued a citation.

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  • Woman found dead camping at Lake Shelby

    A Simpsonville woman was discovered dead Saturday morning while camping at Lake Shelby, officials said.

    Pamela Chesser, 62, apparently died of a heart attack, said Shelby County Deputy Coroner Janet Morris.

    Shelby County Parks Board Chairman Hubie Pollett expressed his sympathies.

    “She apparently had some medical problems; it’s a sad situation for her family,” he said.

    Chesser was found at about 8:30 in a camper by her friend, Robert Martin, with whom she had gone camping.

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