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This architect's sketch portrays what the new judicial center is expected to look like when it completed in nearly two years.

By Lisa King/Sentinel-News staff writer

In one of the last steps before the actual ground breaking, officials got together Tuesday to take a final look at the completed plans for the new judicial center.

Next school year most colleges in the state and across the nation will increase their tuition by an average of 9 percent.

That increase might make some parents think that college is out of reach for their child, but one local parent is hoping to shed some light on how to lower the price of higher education.

Patti Wilson, a mother of two, will host a college information forum next week in order to instruct prospective college students and their parents in the art of how to get academic scholarships.

 After a 4-2 vote, the Shelbyville City Council approved a revised schedule of rates and charges for Shelbyville water and sewer Thursday.

The ordinance calls for city water rates to increase by 5.8 percent, and sewage rates by 4.5 percent.

Tom Doyle, manager of Shelbyville Municipal Water and Sewer, stated that the increases would bring in the revenue necessary to balance the budget for the Municipal Waterworks and Sewer System.

Ida and Thomas Durr were still listed in critical and serious condition, respectively, at the University of Louisville Hospital on Friday, where they were transported after being involved in an accident on I-64 East Thursday afternoon.

Thomas Durr was in the hospital's surgical intensive care unit, and Ida Durr was in the coronary care unit.