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Today's News

  • EARLIER: County hit hard by job losses

    2008 has been a bear for local industries.

    By the end of the year, more than 10 percent of the industrial jobs that were here in January will have been gobbled up by economic issues that have plagued local employers.

    Shelby County began the year with nearly 5,400 industrial jobs, but by the end of December, 568 of those will be no more.

    And that's assuming that no more cuts are announced between now and then. Most recently announced were cutbacks at Leggett & Platt in Simpsonville, which will let 85 people go by December.

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  • A Christmas blessing

    Even with the country officially in a recession, two large annual charitable events that feed the needy will help ensure that most people in Shelby County will not go hungry on Christmas Day.

    Christmas at Claudia's and the Annual Community Christmas Dinner at the Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency will be held Dec. 21 and Dec. 25, respectively.

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  • EARLIER: Shelby County Christmas Parade set for Saturday

    Time to grab your coats and watch some floats.

    The Shelby County Christmas Parade will take place this Saturday at 10 a.m. along Main Street. There is no fee to enter the parade, and all Shelby County organizations and businesses can register a float or group up until Friday.

    Charlie Kramer was selected to be Grand Marshall of the parade. Kramer has been the Shelby County Tourism Director for 16 years and lives in Simpsonville. He said being selected Grand Marshall is something he never imagined.

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  • School plans might change

    Next month the Shelby County Public School System is hoping to start construction on a new $40 million school building.

    That much is certain.

    But the grade-level of the students who initially go to school there when it opens in 2010 might be changing.

    This Thursday night the Shelby County School Board will consider forming a Transition Planning Committee for the proposed secondary school building.

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  • Teen missing since Thursday

    Police are asking for the public's help in locating a teenaged girl who has been missing from her home in Shelbyville since Thursday.

    Amber Dawn McKinney, 16, was last seen leaving her home on Jonathan Circle on  Thursday morning to go to school, according to Shelbyville Police.

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  • 11th Teen Court convenes

    The 15 students sitting in the jury box listened to a mock trial in the Shelby circuit court room Monday night. In the future, the cases will be real and the defendants will be one of their peers.

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  • SCHS to start Hall of Fame

    Shelby County High School's 48 years have been highlighted by significant achievements, including National Merit Scholars and Major League Baseball players, two Kentucky Mr. Basketballs and Governor's Scholars.

    And now it's time to recognize those achievements with a Hall of Fame.

    A Hall of Fame Foundation is being created to allow the public to recommend individuals for the athletic Hall of Fame and the academic Distinguished Alumni.

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  • EARLIER: State could cut 4 percent from school budgets

    Faced with growing shortfalls in the state budget, school districts across Kentucky are bracing for deep cuts in the funds they receive from Frankfort.

    Shelby County Schools Superintendent James Neihof said he received an email from State Education Commissioner Jon Draud last week asking him to estimate how a 4-percent cut in the district's general budget would affect the quality of local education.

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  • 1968: St. Nick gifts going to Armed Forces in Vietnam

    Information was gathered from previous years of The Shelby Sentinel, The Shelby News and The Sentinel-News. You can reach the writer at sharonw@sentinelnews.com.

    If anyone has an old photo that they would like to run with this column bring it and the information into The Sentinel-News office or e-mail it to the writer at sharonw@sentinelnews.com. We are also looking for mystery photos. If you have a picture you can't identify, send it in and we'll ask our readers for help.

    10 years ago, 1998

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  • PART I: Living through the Great Depression

    About six months ago, when I decided to write a column for the anniversary of the 1929 Market Crash, I had no idea how timely it might be.

    Oct. 29, 1929. 79 years ago today, was engraved in the public mind as "Black Tuesday." The next day, The New York Times reported:

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