Today's News

Flames leapt high into the frigid predawn air Wednesday as dozens of firefighters from several departments struggled to combat both the flames and Mother Nature at a devastating blaze that destroyed three downtown businesses.
But before firefighters even got on the scene, a heroic Shelbyville Police officer, who had spotted the flames while responding to a burglary alarm at the site – possibly triggered by the fire – rescued four men living in an apartment above a burning restaurant.

Simpsonville Mayor Steve Eden delighted about dozen onlookers Tuesday night at the city commission meeting by reading to them a letter he had sent to the East Kentucky Power Company, suggesting that a planned substation be built on the northeast side of Interstate 64 and away from their residences.

A longtime director of Shelby County E-911 filed suit Friday in Shelby Circuit Court for wrongful termination.

Cayla Hackworth, E-911 director from 2001 until March 28, 2012, claims in her suit that she was unfairly fired from her position because her employer claims she did not attend to her duties properly while she was on medical leave.

The suit names as defendants Shelby County Fiscal Court, County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger, the county’s seven magistrates, the E-911 Board and its chairman, Rusty Newton.

Now that mandatory curbside pickup for county residents is no longer being considered, plans for a new solid-waste facility will move ahead without further delay, officials say.

The county’s 109 Board, the entity in charge of solid waste in the county, met Wednesday to iron out details for a facility that would replace the Convenience Center in Waddy and the Recycling Center on 7th Street, to serve as a combined service.