.....Advertisement.....
.....Advertisement.....

Today's News

  • The gasoline rollercoaster

    Last summer, county Road Supervisor Carl Henry was spending $150 just to fill up his personal pickup truck. And the diesel trucks his road department crew drove were chowing down on $5 a gallon diesel fuel.

    So he does not need grief counseling over gasoline prices that have seemed to be in free fall the last several months.

    “It's tickling me to death to spend, what, half what I did before,” Henry said.

    Click here to read more...
  • Shelby County Grand Jury Indictments

    Shelby County Grand Jury Indictments

    Justin K. Cooper of Shelbyville was indicted for first-degree robbery, theft by unlawful taking (firearm), second-degree fleeing or evading police and public intoxication.

    William Jones Jr. of Madisonville, Ky. was indicted for flagrant nonsupport.

    Charles Mullins of Smithfield, Ky. was indicted on five counts of theft by unlawful taking (firearm).

    John S. Roberts of Frankfort was indicted for third-degree burglary.

    Click here to read more...
  • Fuel prices fall back to $1.55

    Many people were dismayed to wake up last Friday and find that gas prices had skyrocketed again.

    But on Monday, Friday's 30-cent-a-gallon jump in gas prices -- from $1.45 to $1.75 at some outlets -- had fallen back to about $1.55 per gallon.

    Even though the price is back down again, the seesawing up and down was enough to make people nervous.

    Click here to read more...
  • Triple S to look at satellite dish regulations

    When the Triple S Planning Commission meets May 20, it will address a text amendment to the Shelby County Zoning Regulation in the area of Satellite Dish Guidelines.

    Under the altered regulations, satellite dishes are broken down into two categories; those greater than three feet in diameter and those three feet or less in diameter.

    For dishes greater than three feet in diameter

    A Conditional Use Permit would be required under the new guidelines. The application fee would be determined by the Board of Adjustments and Appeals fee schedule.

    Click here to read more...
  • Public hearing on new water commission tonight

    A public hearing will be held at 7 tonight at the Shelby County Extension Office building to allow the public to offer their thoughts regarding the creation of a new water commission that would work toward obtaining more water sources for Shelby County.

    County Judge Executive Rob Rothenburger will lead the hearing on what would be called the "Shelby-Franklin Regional Water Commission."

    Click here to read more...
  • EARLIER: Family of slain man appeals to public to help find killer

    At an emotional press conference on Tuesday, the family of a man who was brutally murdered recently appealed to the public to help find the killer.

    "On behalf of my family and myself, we are pleading for the public that if there is anyone out there with any information, please call the state police at 502-227-2221,” Catherine Nichols read from a written statement.

    Click here to read more...
  • What we think: Beshear's ideas have some merit

     There are many arguments to be had and several votes to be taken, but we like the ideas for budget adjustments that Gov. Steve Beshear put on the table last week.

    Cutting expenses these days can be too quick and to the quick, but Beshear seems to have a reasoned and surgical approach to what is likely the hardest decision he will face in 2009.

    The economy of Kentucky is sagging along with the nation’s and operating under even greater threat of the possible failure by the automakers, which employ so many and contribute so much to the state’s coffers.

    Click here to read more...
  • Duckett case: 5 weeks, no killer

    More than five weeks after James Duckett was found brutally murdered in an execution- style manner at his home on Rockbridge Road, his killer remains on the loose.

    Police have appealed to the public and offered a reward to help locate the killer, but so far, no useful information has surfaced.

    But admittedly, the public has had precious little information to go by.

    Duckett's death sometime before Nov. 10 remains a curious web of minimal information and wild public rumor about a type of crime seldom seen in Shelby County.

    Click here to read more...
  • Shelby Energy workers unionize

    Local electrical workers are citing safety concerns as the reason they have voted to be represented by a labor union.

    Click here to read more...
  • New Business

    New Business

    Who we are: Neutral One

    Owned by: Lin Fan

    Where: 132 Midland Trail, in the shopping center by Tractor Supply

    Click here to read more...

Copyright © 2013

The Sentinel-News is your source for local news, sports, events and information in Shelby County and Shelbyville, KY, and the surrounding area.