Today's News

Anyone wishing to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs may do so Saturday at a prescription drug drop off set for 9 a.m. to noon.

The event will be held at the Emergency Management Agency office at 98 N. 7th St. in Shelbyville.

Assistant Shelby County Fire Chief Jeff Ivers said residents don’t have to worry about marking through names on medicine bottle labels.

“We will take care of all of that and will also recycle the containers,” he said.

Students in the Class of 2011 from Shelby County were more ready for life after high school than most in Kentucky.

Data released Tuesday by the Kentucky Department of Education shows that nearly 60 percent of 2011  high school graduates statewide left school unprepared for college or the workforce, but Shelby’s two high schools fared significantly better than that.

With the campaign for governor heading toward its final month, State Senate President David Williams, the Republican who wants the job, brought his platform for economic reform to the Stratton Center in Shelbyville early Tuesday morning.

An enthusiastic crowd of maybe two dozen of mostly Shelby County Republican leaders – and one curious student – listened attentively as Williams described not only what he thought was wrong with the business environment in the state but also the way Gov. Steve Beshear and President Barack Obama were doing their jobs.

For most investors – even those with significant wealth – a secure financial future doesn’t simply happen. Instead, it must be carefully crafted to help meet your most important goals and leave nothing to chance. Of course, the future is unpredictable and your own personal situation changes over time. That makes it all the more challenging to answer the most crucial of financial questions: Are you on track to achieve your financial objectives?