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Today's News

  • Police identify female found in creek, but withholding name

    Police have identified the young woman whose body was spotted floating in Clear Creek Monday by a train conductor, but aren't releasing her name because she is a juvenile and family members haven't been notified yet. 

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  • Frankfort man dies on I-64 in Shelby when truck crashes into garbage truck

    A Franklin County man was killed on I-64 yesterday when he ran into the back of another vehicle in his pickup truck.

    Kentucky State Police investigators have identified the victim as Charles E. Moore, 38, of Frankfort. KSP spokesperson Ron Turley said the fatal crash happened at 3:34 p.m. Thursday when Moore, who was traveling westbound on I-64, drove his Toyota pickup truck into the rear of a large recycling truck driven by William Gram of Indiana at about the 35 mile marker.

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  • I-64 will be closed at KY 55 in Shelby County next 2 nights

    A new overpass is open and new ramps off Interstate 64 onto KY 55 in Shelbyville are open.

    Now it's time for the big disruption, with lane closures and detours for the next two nights when the old overpass will be demolished.

    Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials have said that the eastbound lanes of I-64 will be closed tonight, beginning at 7, and the westbound lanes will be closed Tuesday at the same time. Both will reopen at 5 the following morning -- if weather and other elements cooperate.

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  • Shelby suit to go before Supreme Court today

    Shelbyville attorney Mark Dean will have his day today in the Kentucky Supreme Court.

    Attorneys for Dean, who sued Commonwealth Bank & Trust for not noticing that his secretary was embezzling millions of dollars from him, and the bank will present oral arguments at 10 a.m. before all seven state supreme court justices at the Kentucky Supreme Court in Frankfort in the case of Mark Dean vs. Commonwealth Bank & Trust Co.

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  • Shelby man protests switch from Insight to Time Warner

    The migration from local cable, Internet, and phone service provider Insight to Time Warner Cable is under way in Kentucky, but if one local protestor is to be believed, everything isn’t going 100 percent smoothly.

    The swap began Monday, and those who previously used Insight as their phone provider were required to reset and then complete their voicemail setups in order to receive voicemails.

    Former Insight Internet users, starting this Monday, will have to complete an Internet and E-mail registration process in order to continue having access.

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  • Shelby County Fair: Cows mooove in to open show

    Cows of all breeds, shapes and sizes paraded around the livestock facility within the Shelby County Fairgrounds on Thursday, officially marking the beginning of the Shelby County Fair.

    The district dairy show, beginning at 9 a.m. and lasting for much of the day, saw more than 140 heads of cattle pass through the barn doors. Girls and boys from all across the state and 20 from Shelby County competed. The show is conducted by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and staffed and supported by the Shelby County Cooperative Extension office.

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  • ‘Weight: The Reality Series’ to promote healthy lifestyle

    Controlling weight and staying physically active is a daily struggle for many Americans, spawning numerous reality TV shows like The Biggest Loser.

    One University of Kentucky senior is looking to combat the problem with a reality program of her own – “Weight: The Reality Series.”

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  • News Digest: June 14, 2013

    Redistricting special session looms for General Assembly

    The prospect of spending at least five days in Frankfort later this year is something state Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer (R-Georgetown) said he finds unappealing.
    “I don’t like special sessions,” Thayer told The News-Graphic.
    But like it or not, another special session looms over Thayer because the Kentucky General Assembly, yet again, has been unable to complete its business during a regular session.

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  • Supreme Court to hear Shelby County suit

    A Shelbyville attorney who sued a bank for not noticing that his secretary was embezzling millions of dollars from him will see his case reviewed in the state Supreme Court.

    Oral arguments will be heard at 10 a.m. Friday at the Kentucky Supreme Court in Frankfort in the case of Mark Dean vs. Commonwealth Bank & Trust Co., a suit Dean filed in January 2009, accusing the bank of a violation of a Kentucky Uniform Commercial Code, as well as aiding and abetting fraud and illegal activity and breach of duty of ordinary care.

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  • Shelby County Fair ready for Thursday opening

    The 151st Shelby County Fair is rearing up and almost ready to go, and some final preparations to rides and vendors were being made Tuesday morning.

    The Shelby County Extension Office spent more than two hours setting up the area inside the livestock facility, where many of the animal shows, including the first official event of the fair, the District Dairy Show, will be held.

    What they are most excited about? A solution to the “poop problem.”

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