Today's News

Shelby County Public Schools is going to have a lot of hiring to do this summer.

Karen Downs and Steven Rucker, principals of Clear Creek and Heritage elementary schools, respectively, have told administrators they will not return next year.

Adding them to the three principals — Collins High School’s Anthony Hatchell, East Middle’s Christine Powell and Wright Elementary’s Lynn Gottbrath — who announced their retirements earlier this year, it means the district will be searching for new principals at five of its nine schools.

Margaret Hall and her whole family were born and raised in Shelby County, and she's hoping that local connection can get everyone to log on to their computers.

Hall, who's 14-year-old son Glenn was born with a rare chromosomal disease, partial trisomy 6Q, and is confined to a wheelchair, is trying to get votes through the Website www.mobilityawarenessmonth.com to win a wheelchair-accessible van.

Today I’d like to take a few minutes of your time to talk about what I believe is perhaps the saddest word in the English language.

Now, some might suggest that the saddest word is a medically-related word such as “inoperable” or “‘terminal,” and I certainly am not minimizing those. Others might think the saddest word is more philosophical, such as “almost.”

The KY 55 yard sale kicked off yesterday, and its organizers in Finchville say this will be a record-breaking year.

“We have more [vendors] than ever this year, we’ll have at least thirty, counting all those inside and out,” said Annie Eades of Finchville, who again is heading up the event in at the Finchville Ruritan Club.

The scene was hectic Wednesday afternoon, as people bustled around setting up their wares, both inside in the facility’s gym and outside under huge tents.