Today's News

The 2014 Shelby County Horse Show, which begins tomorrow [Wednesday] promises to be bigger and better than ever, organizers say, and it’s partly due to the way the fair schedule was structured this year.

“It’s [horse show] still part of the fair, but because it’s not part of the fair week, where the livestock animals are here, we can put stalls up in the livestock barn, which means we have more stabling available,” said show secretary, Beth Snider.

Horse Show Manager R.H. Bennett agreed.

Birdwatchers, gardeners and backyard enthusiasts are busy filling their red plastic feeders with sugar water as summer approaches in hopes of attracting a large selection of the swift, speedy, allusive hummingbird.

The species include the smallest bird in the world – the bee hummingbird – and they can fly up to 30 miles per hour. When diving, their wings can flap 200 times per second, and they can travel at over 60 miles per hour.

Hummingbirds hover, fly sideways, backwards and have even been known to go upside-down.

Shelbyville could soon join the ranks of cities with citizens scouring the landscape looking for rolls of cash.

A phenomenon that began just three weeks ago with a Twitter account in San Francisco is very close to starting in Shelbyville, if one man has his way.

“No one knows my identity or that I plan on doing this. Not even my family. I plan to keep my identity a secret,” he said via E-mail, even refusing to share his name with The Sentinel-News.

The Triple S Planning Commission has a brief but highly anticipated agenda for Tuesday’s regular meeting.

Diageo will present its development plan for the 300-acre Diageo Distillery and & Warehouses facility planned for Benson Pike during the commission’s 6:30 p.m. meeting at the Stratton Center.

Diageo is the No. 1 spirits producer in the world, with office in 80 countries, and is behind some of the leading alcoholic beverages on the market today like, Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, and Captain Morgan, among many others.