Today's News

Two school bus drivers from Shelby County have been named the best in the state, and with the many narrow roads and hairpin turns they must negotiate, they don't take the honor lightly.

The Kentucky Association of Pupil Transportation named Rev. Robert Marshall as the state's School Bus Driver of the Year and Phil Morgan as the state's Special Needs Driver of the Year.

George Blakeman, transportation coordinator for the district, nominated them for the awards and said both men are great at what they do. They were chosen from similar nominations from all other districts.

Though star Candice Wiley shot 71 -- including her first-ever hole-in one -- the Shelby County High School girls golf team won its regional Monday at Weissinger Hills on the back of its No. 5 player.

Wiley's 1-under-par took medalist honors, and with No. 2 player Michaela Manley having posted an 81, the Rockets appeared to be winning in a rout.

But Manley reported that she accidentally had turned in an incorrect score -- she actually had shot 82 -- which required her to be disqualified.

The driver of a tractor-trailer was injured Monday morning when his vehicle overturned on Interstate I-64 West.

Brian Stradford, 40, of North Carolina, was transported to Jewish Hospital Shelbyville for injuries he sustained when his rig left the roadway and turned over on the grass, spilling a full load of scrap metal and rupturing a fuel tank.

Simpsonville Fire Chief Walter Jones, whose department responded to the accident that happened at the 26-mile marker, said that Haz-Mat teams cleaned up the diesel spill of about 60 gallons.

723 miles.

That's how far Wall Street is from downtown Shelbyville.

That might seem like a long way, but the proposed $700 billion bailout of failing mortgage finance companies will hit pretty close to home.

It would cost taxpayers in Shelby County alone $80 million.

Some people are calling Wall Street's current financial crisis the worst since The Great Depression, causing many nationally and locally to question the wisdom of the bailout and the overall financial stability of the country.