Today's News

A Simpsonville family is homeless after an early morning fire Wednesday destroyed their house on Conner Station Road, sending two people to the hospital.

The Simpsonville Fire Department responded to a fire at 3435 Conner Station Road, the home of Roscoe Scott, at 4:30 a.m., Assistant Fire Chief Ronnie Sowder said.

“The house was fully involved when we go there,” he said.

Sowder said the fire started in the laundry room, but he said he does not know what caused it.

Some retailers in Shelby County are banking that a modest rebound in the nation’s economy will translate into a more prosperous holiday shopping season.

The traditional day-after-Thanksgiving jumpstart to the annual big buying campaign kicked off early this morning for many local businesses, with many carrying extra inventory in anticipation of a strong retail showing.

Thanksgiving Day turned out to be a day of sorrow for one Shelby County family whose home was destroyed by fire.

Mount Eden Fire Chief Doug Herndon said the home of William and Teri Hornung, located on the 7000 block of Mount Eden Road in the Indian Trace subdivision, was completely engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.

“When we got there, it was fully involved,” he said.

Three fire agencies battled the blaze, as Herndon called in reinforcements from the Shelby County and Shelbyville Fire Departments.

If the sparkling elves, candy canes and cowboy boots could talk, they might say, “What took so long?”

For 16 years maintenance workers had plenty of time to haul the 100 light-up displays out of storage and painstakingly set them up along their 3-mile route. This year – because of the basic invasion of the Kentucky Horse Park by the World Equestrian Games  -- the annual Southern Lights attraction began to emerge about four weeks later than usual.