Today's News

Shelby County will be represented at the Little League baseball level on July 7, when the 11-13 year old team will compete in the state championship round held in Lexington.

Shelby will take on Western Lexington in a best of three-game series, and the team led by head coach Jonathan Carroll, is confident in its chances at the state level.

A benefit event on June 24 for young Addie Shields aimed at helping cover the costs associated with her cancer treatments garnered more than $36,000 in donations including this $5,000 donation from Shelby County Charities. Another benefit event, a horse show, is set for September 30.

Shields' father shared his appreication. "Thank you to everyone that took time out of your busy schedule to make this benefit a success. I am very grateful to all of you, my friends."

Shelbyville was home to the second of three forums across the state on Linking Agriculture for Networking and Development (LAND) Wednesday at Jeptha Creed Distillery.

Although Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles said the partnerships between the commonwealth’s $6 billion agriculture industry and the $30 billion manufacturing industry are officially forming at the state level, ongoing partnerships between local agriculture producers and local manufacturers have existed for decades.

While most people take simple things like counting the change in their pocket or reading the time on a clock for granted, Webb Bates does not.

Bates, a rising junior for both the Collins football team and the Titans’ swimming program recently fully recovered from a car accident in November of 2016 that left him with several physical injuries and without all of his mental faculties for weeks.

The placekicker says that it took four to five months of both physical and neurological rehabilitation to get back 100 percent healthy.