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A Shelbyville man who is charged with second-degree assault in the beating of his girlfriend was arrested Tuesday after fleeing from police, Shelby County Sheriff's Det. Jason Rice said.

Rice said Ronnie Palmer, 37, got into an argument with his girlfriend Monday at their home on Mill Circle Road and the argument became physical. The couple went to Jewish Hospital Shelbyville.

A calf that was killed Wednesday night in a mauling attack in Waddy is not the work of a pit bull that was taken into custody in January as a suspect in earlier attacks, and later released after no hard evidence could be found to implicate him, officials say.
That puts the investigation into the maulings back to square one, said Animal Control Director Rusty Newton.

Maggie Terry, an educator of 20 years, has been named Teacher of the Year for Shelby County.

Terry, an algebra teacher at Shelby County High School, received an engraved trophy and flowers at a ceremony Tuesday night at Claudia Sanders Dinner House from her principal, Eddie Oakley, and Superintendent James Neihof.

Terry, who also was named Shelby County High School Teacher of the Year, was selected by a team of administrators from Shelby County School’s Central Office, led by Deputy Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer Lisa Smith.

Pension reform and the legalization of hemp, two issued addressed in the recent state Legislative session, were the key topics discussed Thursday by state Rep. Brad Montell (R-Shelbyville) and state Sen. Paul Hornback (R-Shelbyville) at a meeting in Shelbyville.

Montell told a crowd of about 50 people in Stratton Center for a legislative breakfast sponsored by the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce that he was pleased with the pension reform bill, Senate Bill 2, that passed near the end of the session in mid-March.