Today's News

The Kentucky State Police have reported that a convict has escaped from the Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington and could be in this vicinity.

Post 12 officials report that on Saturday at 8:33 p.m., Charles Ray Locke escaped.

Kentucky State Police trooper Ron Turley said Locke may be headed to the Daviess County area.

The Shelby County Fiscal Court met Tuesday night and approved the following items of business for the county:

• Second reading of an ordinance relating to the placement of satellite dishes

• First reading of an ordinance relating to the following budget amendments: repayment from governtment agency of $4,850; and an insurance reimbursement of $17,978 to go in general fund

• First reading of a zone change for 68 acres on Zaring Mill Road at Kentucky Street from AG to F-C

When veterinarian James Coots first started pulling calves in the county, his fee to the farmer would run $9 or $10 assuming there were no complications.

That was in 1968.

Now, after more than 40 years in practice, Coots is retiring. His last day at Shelby Veterinary Clinic will be Dec. 31.

Coots, who specializes in large-animal practice, said the time has come to slow down.

"In large-animal practice you have to get out of the way sometimes," Coots said. "And I don't get out of the way as fast as I used to."

When the Shelby County boys’ basketball team takes the court against Anderson County Saturday night, how many will be there to notice it?

I’ve talked to a lot of people that don’t even realize that the game is being played Saturday.

Usually the gym is packed, hot, and you can’t find a seat.

The girls’ game kicks things off, and the heat, both literally and in conjunction with the student sections and rivalry, boils over into and through the boys’ game.