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Today's News

  • Old Stuff: Couple collects farm nostalgia

    Before Nintendo and Wii, farm kids played with pedal tractors.

    Before electricity, farmers lit their homes, their way to the barn or their trek into town at night with kerosene (which they called "coal oil") lamps. And before kerosene, they used whale oil or candles.

    Shelbyville couple Marvin Crouch and Deanie Logan, who both grew up on farms, collect a little bit of that farm nostalgia. Crouch has a collection of pedal tractors; Logan collects lanterns - kerosene, whale oil and candle. The lantern collection is a hobby that takes them back to their days on the farm.

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  • Brakes hit on golf cart alternative

    After several weeks of debate and research by the Shelbyville City Council, the golf cart alternative now seems to be running on fumes.

    Ever since it was first brought before the council for discussion, the primary concern with allowing golf carts on Shelbyville streets has been public safety.

    At the meeting Thursday, council member Shane Suttor shared some safety statistics he found during his research. Suttor told the council that far fewer people are injured in golf carts than automobiles, and most reported golf cart injuries take place on the golf course, not the road.

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  • Library holds reading program

    Shelby County librarians are hoping that a new reading program will promote literacy locally and give the community a common story to discuss.

    Pam Federspiel, director of the library, said the library's "One Book, One Community" program is an effort to encourage the entire community to read the same book, at the same time.

    Federspiel said books have a strange power of bringing people together and giving them a shared experience and story.

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  • Rocket soccer drops LexCath 1-0

    The Shelby County boys' soccer team is gaining confidence by the day, and the season hasn't even started yet.

    The Rockets played their first preseason scrimmage Thursday, topping Lexington Catholic 1-0 on the road.

    "I didn't think we were great, but the guys kept fighting and fighting and didn't let (Lexington Catholic) have anything easy," first-year head coach B.J. Andriot said.

    A late switch in the team's formation to strengthen the team's midfield made the difference. Andriot added a midfielder and the Rockets started to take control.

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  • County, constables to settle suit

    Fiscal court and five of the county's constables who sued for back pay, blue lights and benefits reached an agreement last week that will resolve the dispute.

    The constables will get their pay restored but will not get the blue lights and benefits they sought.

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  • Leadership Kentucky comes to Shelby

    Business and community leaders from across the state will converge in Shelbyville on Thursday and Friday for a conference on Kentucky's economic development and the state's equine industry.

    Every year Leadership Kentucky, a non-profit educational organization, selects a group of business and community leaders from across the state to participate in a series of informational meetings. Once a month for seven months, the participants travel to various locations across the state to gain insight into the complex issues that are facing the state.

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  • School board seats open

    Three seats on the Shelby County Board of Education are up for grabs this November. And with less than four days before the filing deadline, no one has yet put their name in the hat for the jobs.

    Board members, Brenda Jackson and Sam Hinkle said they intend to file before the Aug. 12 deadline and run for the current positions.

    Allen Phillips, who has been on the board for close to 20 years, said he has not yet decided if he will run for reelection. Phillips currently represents the southeast side of the county in district 3.

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  • Simpsonville ordinance would spell out interchange zoning

    The Simpsonville City Commission took first reading Tuesday on an ordinance that would specify what businesses can and cannot go on land near the interchange at Buck Creek Road and I-64.

    The list was generated in meetings by city officials, representatives of residents who live in the interchange area and officials from Triple S Planning and Zoning. Triple S also held public hearings on the new regulations, which, if adopted, would be added as a text amendment to current Triple S Zoning rules.

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  • Man jailed for rape of juvenile

    A local Hispanic man was arrested Saturday night and charged with first-degree rape and unlawful imprisonment, according to police.

    Osman Cerna-Perez, 25, of Shelbyville, is charged with locking a mentally-challenged 17-year-old girl in a bathroom and raping her, said Shelbyville Police Detective Bruce Genry.

    According to the police report, Perez "physically restrained the victim and placed his left hand around the victim's throat."

    Gentry said that several of the elements that constitute first-degree rape were present in the situation.

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  • The glory, honor, and (dark side) of China

    Regardless of which country walks away from Beijing with the most medals, China will likely be the real winner of this year's Olympic Games: that is, if it can avoid getting a black eye in the media.

    The fact that the games are being held in China is truly quite amazing.

    Just 40 years ago, the thought of China hosting such an event would have been absolutely absurd. At that time, China was a backward, volatile, third world country dealing with starvation and under the reign of a madman named Mao Ze Dong who caused the death of millions of his own countrymen.

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