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The Lifeguard life

Abby Siever has been a part of the aquatic’s program at the Clear Creek Park since 2011 and says she couldn’t imagine a more fitting job.

“I wanted a job where I could dress casual everyday,” she said.  “It’s a very laid back job, but it’s kind of cool because you can be an average everyday superhero.”

Siever began her role at the pool six years ago and recently took over as the lifeguard aquatics director.

Community rallies to hold on to...

Luke Morris has blessed Shelby County with his presence for some time, but residents fear their friend with constant smile may soon fade from the community.

“We all love him and can’t imagine him not being around,” said John Shannon, Morris’ Sunday school teacher of about 25 years at First Baptist Church.

Shannon explained that Morris is in a state guardianship program and due to some qualification issues, he may soon be moved into another program.

Paul talks healthcare reform

The hot button topic for the roundtable with U.S. Sen. Rand Paul: Healthcare.

Around 30 people turned out for Monday’s discussion at Shelby County Farm Bureau.

After short opening remarks, Paul let attendees introduce themselves and discuss their experience with health insurance.

One of the discussants said their family pays $40,000-50,000 per year for health insurance.

“That’s crazy,” Paul replied.

Bagdad pet sitter earns...

Kelly Catlett, owner of Waggs 2 Whiskers, has taken the next step in her animal loving business journey, becoming a certified professional pet sitter.

Catlett established her pet-sitting, Bagdad-based business five years ago and immediately became a part of Pet Sitters International, the world’s largest educational association for professional pet sitters, which represents nearly 7,000 independent professional in-home, pet-care businesses.

SHELBYVILLE CITY COUNCIL -...

 

When the Shelbyville City Council convened on Tuesday for a special called meeting, council members quickly nodded in favor of changes to the 911 inter-local agreement between Shelby’s three governing bodies.  Shelbyville Mayor Tom Hardesty said the discussion was necessary as the agreement had not been reviewed for several years.

The majority of the changes proposed focus on the makeup of the board.

HRC continues fairness discussion

The Shelby County Human Rights Commission picked up right where it left off from last month’s meeting, continuing the discussion on a proposed Fairness Ordinance.

Last month, commissioner Ronald Ford went over some of the high points of proposed changes, which would amend and expand the previous discrimination ordinance to provide protection based on sexual orientation or gender identity, covering the LGBTQ community.

SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION...

When the Shelby County Board of Education convenes for its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday the board will hear a transportation information report from Mike Clark, the district’s director of student services. 

SCPS Public Relations Coordinator Ryan Allan said the report will provide a breakdown of the number of drivers the district has and their training, as well as their safety record.  The report will also provide details regarding the number of routes, shuttles and busses for each school, the bus fleet, fuel usage and mileage.

FCCLA dominates at nationals

Nashville didn’t know what hit it last week as three Collins High School teams brought home medals from the FCCLA National Leadership Conference.

Collins Family, Career and Community Leaders of America head advisor Leslie Hulsey took two teams and Erica Roberts led the culinary team.

All three teams ended the five-day conference on a positive note, with the two FCCLA teams earning gold medals and the culinary team silver.

Hulsey said she couldn’t be more proud of her teams.

Fiscal court gives approval for...

A project that was years in the making to add an alternate water supply for the county received the approval of the Shelby County Fiscal Court in its regular meeting Tuesday.

Shelby queen competes in Miss...

The sun shined bright on Kentucky earlier this month as all six of the Bluegrass State’s competitors finished in the top 10 of the Miss United States Pageant in Orlando.

And taking second runner up in the Little Miss Division was Shelbyville’s Tayan Stansfield.

“It was a really, really fun week. It was really exciting,” her mother Tristen Stansfield said, noting they didn’t send her into the competition with high expectations because they knew she would face some of the top girls from across the country.