Today's News

David Hedrick is a man who knows about retirement. He has retired from at least two positions in his long-standing career as a musician and choral director. This past February, Hedrick retired….again.

This time, it was from his position as musical director of The Stephen Foster Story, in Bardstown.

Many Shelby County residents have sung and learned under the direction of David Hedrick as choral director at Shelby County High School. It was from here he earned his first retirement after 28 years teaching.

A Shelbyville man arrested in connection with a sex crime against a child could have more charges to follow, police say.

Joshua S. Nation, 30, of 471 Midland Blvd. was arrested Monday at his residence and charged with first-degree sodomy of a child under 12 years old.

The police report states that the 11-year-old victim told police that she had been sodomized orally on at least three occasions since April 1. Consequently, Shelbyville Police Chief Danny Goodwin said that more charges could follow pertaining to the same victim.

Simpsonville residents will be seeing more road construction around the city’s Interstate 64 interchange.

State contractors began Monday the widening of KY 1848, Buck Creek Road, extending from about a third of a mile south of I-64 to the entrance of the Shelby County Flea Market.

“They’re going to start putting signs up this week to let people know about the project, but the actual work won’t begin until the twenty-second,” said Andrea Clifford, public information officer for the Department of Highways District 5 office.

Jody Wills, jailed for failing to make timely restitution payments for the $720,000 she stole from her employer, now is not only out of prison but has been given a much-reduced payback schedule.

Wills had been sitting in prison for more than a year, serving out her 10-year sentence for embezzlement after having her probation revoked for not paying $600 per week to attorney Mark Dean, from whose escrow count she admitted stealing that amount.