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Today's News

  • Readiness measures show students not quite

    Shelby County Public Schools came away with mixed results in the 2011-12 EXPLORE and PLAN test results released by the state on Tuesday.

    EXPLORE tests are given to eighth-grade students and PLAN to sophomores, and the results are used to help gauge college and career readiness. The tests are put together by ACT, Inc., the same company that administers the ACT test, which is used as an entrance measure for college.

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  • Collins’ engineering program now certified

    Collins High School's Project Lead The Way program received national certification last week.

    The PLTW Pathway to Engineering program started in 2010 at Collins, and four different courses are offered to students starting in eighth grade.

    Project Lead The Way is a nonprofit organization, which provides science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programs along with a rigorous curriculum.

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  • Ag Report: March 2, 2012

    2 Shelby beef farms listed

    on angus association registry
    Dutch Creek Beef of Pleasureville and Heritage Farm of Shelbyville have been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association.

    Dutch Creek had six registered Angus cows included in the Association's 2012 Pathfinder Report, and Heritage Farm had two.

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  • NEW BUSINESS: Evans House & Structural Leveling, LLC

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    Raymond J. Evans Jr. in front of the home of Paul David and Georgia Heightchew, which was raised, leveled and repaired after it had split into.

     

    Address: 3244 Taylorsville Road, Shelbyville.

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  • Business Briefcase: March 2, 2012

    Kentucky unemployment fell
    in 2011 but still trails nation

    Kentucky’s annual unemployment rate declined to 9.5 percent in 2011 from 10.2 percent in 2010, and nonfarm employment gained 21,200 jobs, according the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
    The U.S. annual unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent in 2011 from 9.6 percent in 2010.

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  • Brown Jordan opening facility in Shelby County

    The newest tenant for the Kingbrook Industrial Park in Simpsonville is about ready for the trucks to start rolling in.
    That’s Brown Jordan International, an outdoor casual furniture company based in Louisville, and in about two weeks it will open in the building off Buck Creek Road that formerly was occupied by Kingbrook Window and Door.
    “We’re close – I think the move-in date is the second week in March,” Brown Jordan President Chris Carmicle said via telephone from Mexico, where he was visiting one of the company’s facilities. “We’re excited about coming to town.”

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  • HOLLAND: How much will you need to retire?

    How much money will it take for you to retire in style? Will $1 million do the trick? How about $5 million? Or perhaps you can get by on less.
    If the question leaves you scratching your head, you’re not alone. Fewer than half of American workers have estimated how much they’ll need to retire, according to the Employee Benefits Research Institute. The biggest risk retirees may face is running out of money while they’re alive. It’s an all-too-possible scenario, even if you have substantial assets.

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  • Here's how to decipher disabled parking rules

    Did you ever wonder who determines how many disabled-parking spaces a business or public facility should have and where they should be placed?

    Gail Renfro, director of Human Resources for the Shelby County Fiscal Court, said those specifications are regulated by the Kentucky Office of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

    “The ADA determines how many [parking] spaces a business should have,” she said.

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  • Wills bids for release on bond

    Jody Wills, the Shelby County woman serving a 10-year sentence for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer, will try again next week to earn her release.

    Wills went to prison in December, when Shelby Circuit Judge Charles Hickman revoked her probation for failure to honor her restitution schedule.

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  • Update: SCPS cancels after-school care, some evening events

    Shelby County Public Schools is notifying parents that due to the potential of dangerous storms after-school care has been cancelled along with some evening events.

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