Today's News

A fluid spill at the intersection of Freedom’s Way and Midland Industrial Dr. on Monday morning shut down Midland Industrial and Haven Hill Road until late afternoon while crews cleaned the mess up, officials said.

Emergency Management Agency Director Paul Whitman said a truck carrying a 55-gallon drum of hydraulic fluid to a plant in the industrial park lost the drum just after turning onto Midland Industrial from the bypass at about 11:30 a.m.

Site preparation work is under way this week in Simpsonville on the site of the Outlet Shoppes at Louisville.

The out mall, being built at the intersection of Buck Creek and Veechdale roads, just south of Interstate 64, is in the preliminary stages of site development, and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife was on hand Thursday to clear the fish from the 6.5-acre pond on the property before it is drained. The fish are going to be adopted in the FINs program.

County employees would receive get a small raise this year, if the proposed 2013-14 budget presented Tuesday night by Shelby County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger gets final approval.

In his budget presentation Rothenburger said he was recommending a 1.74 percent pay increase for full-time employees.

Rothenburger called the $18.1 million budget, which is a shade more than last year’s budget of $17.8 million “a balanced budget.”

Rothenburger commended his department heads, including the road department.

Issues involving the downtown Village Center District in Simpsonville – at least changes involving those long-range plans – dominated the discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Simpsonville City Commission.

Commissioners voted to close out payment for the first phase of the sidewalk project for the downtown corridor and also approved on first reading a text amendment for a zone change for that corridor to allow for moderately sized LED signs.