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News Archives 2004 (clicking on article description will provide full article text in a new window) We apologize for the numerous broken links. The local newspaper upgraded their website (which is great), however, it rendered useless the links from almost 5 years of newspaper articles. The webmaster's suggestion is to attempt an archives search of the article headline/title on the newspaper's website. Again, we're sorry for the inconvenience. |
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January 2004
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1-9-2004
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Take it easy: 35 mph on county roads SentinelNews.com Wilson suggested to magistrates that all of the county's 283 miles of roads post a maximum speed limit of 35 mph, with some roads clocking in less than that. All subdivision roads, Wilson said, should be 25 mph. |
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| Bush plan welcomed by many SentinelNews.com President Bush on Wednesday outlined to Congress a proposal to reform immigration law and bring temporary legal status to the millions of undocumented immigrants already working in this country. |
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1-14-2004
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Agrotourism stabs at more businesses SentinelNews.com The question posed Monday night was whether, under newly proposed agri-tourism regulations, a farmer can fashion farm objects, like hay forks, and then sell them. By the end of Monday's Shelby Fiscal Court workshop, magistrates didn't form an answer. |
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| Montclair meeting eyes problems SentinelNews.com More than 20 percent of Montclair's homes and lots need action -- demolishing buildings, removing garbage and ending possible illegal apartment buildings or animal cruelty. |
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1-16-2004
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Montclair meeting was standing room only SentinelNews.com Riggs told the residents he was not out to change Montclair's uniqueness. It is a community that boasts of new brick homes next to horse pastures. Large vegetable gardens neighbor smaller yards adorned with bird baths. In Montclair, pigs snort while breezes carry the sound of chimes. |
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| Magistrate mum on district zoning change SentinelNews.com All eyes of Shelby County Fiscal Court magistrates were on Magistrate Allen Ruble at the court's Jan. 6 meeting. Magistrates watched and waited for a second on a motion to uphold a Triple S Planning & Zoning Commission denial of a zoning change in Ruble's district. |
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1-21-2004
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Shelbyville residents celebrate the life of Dr. King SentinelNews.com The Rev. Robert Marshall greeted the standing-room-only crowd yesterday at St. John United Methodist Church as local residents honored the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
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| Firehouse has burning need for volunteers SentinelNews.com Some Finchville residents heard about saving lives and the rewards of community service at a meeting Thursday night trying to establish a firehouse in the area. |
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| Magistrate to seek roadside cleaning crew SentinelNews.com When travelers cross into Shelby County in the future, they may see green road signs proclaiming the county as Saddlebred Capital of the World. The state's Transportation Cabinet still has to approve such bold signs. |
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February 2004
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2-4-2004
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Finchville resident rough on park SentinelNews.com A meeting Thursday in Finchville was supposed to be about what residents wanted in the proposed community park. Instead, many of the 35 Finchville residents said they didn't want the park at all. |
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2-6-2004
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County Judge's first year establishes A-B-Cs SentinelNews.com When he was candidate for Shelby County judge-executive, Rob Rothenburger ran on the slogan: the ABCs. That acronym translated to accountability, basic needs and communication. |
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| County ready to give cash SentinelNews.com For the second time this fiscal year, which ends June 30, Shelby Fiscal Court magistrates will be giving out a chunk of money to charitable organizations. |
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2-10-2004
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Shelby County prepares to get drivers to ease up on the gas WHAS11.com Shelby County drivers, beware! There is word a big slowdown is coming just around the bend. As the county grows so have safety concerns. It's fueling a move to lower the speed limit on hundreds of miles of county roads. |
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2-11-2004
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Finchville park throws community for a loop SentinelNews.com Shelby Fiscal Court Magistrate Jim Robertson thought that planning for and buying a community park in Finchville would be received warmly by residents in that community. |
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2-13-2004
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State will help with county litter SentinelNews.com For the time being, the Shelby County Landfill Commission can save some money. The commission won't have to pay for a full-time person to pick up garbage on roadways. |
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2-18-2004
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School board members recognized SentinelNews.com February is School Board Recognition Month, and Shelby County Public School Board members were treated to high praise and several pre-Valentine's Day surprises Thursday. |
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2-20-2004
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County committees meet SentinelNews.com In his second year as county judge-executive, Rob Rothenburger changed the magistrates in county committees so that magistrates will work with different aspects of county government. |
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2-23-2004
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Agricultural tourism rules get new look SentinelNews.com Just as the nine-month journey of easing zoning restrictions for farms that promote tourism seemed on its last legs to approval, a roadblock was set up at Monday's Shelby Fiscal Court meeting. |
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March 2004
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3-5-2004
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Speed limit reductions approved by Fiscal Court SentinelNews.com After hitting a bump in the road that delayed the vote, Shelby County Fiscal Court magistrates unanimously approved an ordinance to lower speed limits on county roads. |
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3-10-2004
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A new zoning office? SentinelNews.com Shelby County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger is keeping tight to his vest a new idea to revamp of the Triple S Planning & Zoning Commission office and how a planner would operate in that office and the county. |
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3-17-2004
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Changes could be coming for zoning office SentinelNews.com When a plan was revealed last week to revamp the Triple S Planning & Zoning Commission office, County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger said, "No one is happy with the planning and zoning office." |
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| Shelby constable killed in eastern Kentucky crash SentinelNews.com Shelby County Constable Ronald Gargala Sr. was killed Sunday night in a one-vehicle crash on the Mountain Parkway in eastern Kentucky |
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April 2004
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4-2-2004
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Road supervisor Plomer Wilson retires SentinelNews.com After 16 years of snow plows, salt and patching potholes, County Road Supervisor Plomer Wilson called it quits Wednesday and retired from his position. |
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| Magistrates not happy with new development plan SentinelNews.com Shelby Fiscal Court members came to a consensus at their workshop Tuesday to break away from the recently released Comprehensive Plan and start the process again -- even if their power to do so is limited. |
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| All Net specializes in IT solutions SentinelNews.com Even though Chris Meredith harbored childhood dreams of becoming an astronaut and Jeff Peterman was sure he'd play shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies, the self-described "computer geeks" said once they met, setting up their own technology consulting firm was a given. |
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4-7-2004
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Health Department breaks ground on new facility SentinelNews.com Silver shovels touched a bit of dirt Monday to turn ground for a new 10,800-square-foot Shelby County Health Department building at 11th and Henry Clay streets. Expected to be completed by Christmas, the building will replace the 2,500-square-foot building on Washington Street. |
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4-9-2004
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Magistrates want more time on county's overall plan SentinelNews.com Zoning, once again, sparked debate at a Shelby Fiscal Court meeting Tuesday night. Magistrates had agreed last week to send a letter to Triple S Planning & Zoning Commission to ask that body not to adopt the newly proposed Comprehensive Plan -- at least, not until the fiscal court itself reviewed the plan and conducted a series of forums to get public input. |
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| Fiscal Court to build MacFarland Land extension road SentinelNews.com A community group president and outspoken critic of the county's solid waste board was named to that board Tuesday. Doug Butler, president of West Shelby County Organized for Preservation, or WSCOP, will join County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger and City Councilman Don Cubert to the county's 109 Board for solid waste. |
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4-21-2004
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Magistrates want residents' zoning ideas before plan approval; forums set SentinelNews.com Once again, residents are being called on to help with future development in the county. At a Shelby Fiscal Court workshop April 13, magistrates developed a fast-track schedule for public input on the proposed Comprehensive Plan. |
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| County government gets website on-line SentinelNews.com Much of county government is under construction -- on the Internet, that is. In their quest to jump into the 21st Century, county department leaders and Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger are building Web sites for their aspects of county business. |
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| 1,200 home Saddle Ridge hits snag SentinelNews.com In a special meeting Thursday, the Simpsonville City Commission for the second time asked Shelby Fiscal Court to allow Simpsonville to annex 219 acres of the proposed Saddle Ridge development. |
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4-23-2004
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Fiscal Court gives zoning funds for a planner SentinelNews.com After some debate and with a bit of trepidation, Shelby County magistrates decided Tuesday to spend at least $30,000 the next fiscal year as a contribution for the salary of a planner for zoning. |
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4-28-2004
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Development: Good news, bad news for emergency responders SentinelNews.com Development acts as a doubled-edged sword for the county's emergency services, fire chiefs and emergency services departments heads said at the first meeting held by fiscal court for the Comprehensive Plan -- a document for future development. |
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4-30-2004
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The sound of safety: Warning sirens installed SentinelNews.com The county pays Emergency Management Director Charlie Frazee to think about things the rest of us don't. One of those things is warning people of tornadoes and release of hazardous materials. |
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May 2004
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5-7-2004
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Quashing critics, judge proposes new county budget SentinelNews.com ... "The savings have not been touched," Rothenburger announced Tuesday. Rather, it increased by more than $105,000. "This is money that is invested in certificates of deposit and accruing interest for Shelby County." ... |
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5-12-2004
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County employees' benefits in budget SentinelNews.com ... Shelby Fiscal Court magistrates engaged in a long discourse Tuesday on health and worker's compensation coverage for county employees' spouses who are self-employed. ... |
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5-21-2004
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Saddle Ridge gets final approval in 5-3 vote SentinelNews.com In a 5-3 vote Wednesday night, members of Shelby Fiscal Court approved what will be this county's largest subdivision -- the 1,221-home Saddle Ridge, to be built at the old 350-acre Whistle Stop Farm behind and to the east of Simpsonville Elementary School. |
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5-28-2004
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County planner to be sought by zoning SentinelNews.com Triple S Planning & Zoning Commission voted earlier this month to advertise for a county planner. Although there may be some disagreement who the planner should work under, engineer Kerry Magan believes the planner should be under the planning commission, otherwise he will have too many bosses -- those being the elected officials of the legislative bodies -- and the position will become politicized. |
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June 2004
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6-2-2004
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Shelby spared brunt of storms SentinelNews.com Shelby County was bruised but not battered by a triple round of storms that passed through the region over the past six days. |
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6-9-2004
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Horse owners may organize to change zoning SentinelNews.com Some horse farm operators in Shelby County -- particularly saddlebred owners -- say development is squeezing out their farmland and changing the quality of this county. |
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| County plans to raise road shoulders in dangerous spots around the county SentinelNews.com ... "We're taking a look at the roads and prioritizing the bad spots and will be building those shoulders back up with rocks," Rothenburger said. Once a road supervisor is hired, the county will consider milling down some roads before resurfacing rather than adding another layer to existing asphalt, he said. ... |
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6-11-2004
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Comp plan meetings finally come to an end SentinelNews.com Many Shelby County residents refuse to forget last month's Shelby Fiscal Court vote to approve the 1,221-home Saddle Ridge development, and that was the case at a meeting Tuesday. |
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| Shelbyville man says Reagan's presidency started life changes SentinelNews.com Finchville resident Steve Metts was reminiscing about the Ronald Reagan presidency earlier in the week. He praised Reagan for bringing the Soviet Union to its knees, for pushing tax cuts that led to a long period of prosperity and fighting against what he considered the social evils of the day, like abortion |
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6-16-2004
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Henry appointed road supervisor; jail addition OK'd SentinelNews.com Shelby County Fiscal Court magistrates voted Tuesday to name State Highway Department Foreman Carl Henry as the county's next road supervisor. Henry will take the place of Plomer Wilson, who retired in April. |
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6-18-2004
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Waste Management dumps outlying customers SentinelNews.com Lillian Alwes, who lives on Cropper Road, put out her trash for Monday morning pick-up this week, but the trash collectors did not come. |
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6-30-2004
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County starting renovation of old jail SentinelNews.com County government is giving the old jail a facelift. One of the county's oldest and most distinctive buildings, the old jail will be restored as much as possible to the way it looked in 1891, the year the entire structure was finished. |
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| County to close Bonniemere bridge SentinelNews.com The bridge that crosses Guist Creek Lake by way of Bonniemere Road will be permanently closed on Friday, according to the Shelby County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger. |
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July 2004
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7-19-2004
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Officials to devise traffic plan for interstate shutdown SentinelNews.com Saying choked U.S. 60 traffic is a nuisance to drivers and an impediment to emergency vehicles, city and county officials met Monday to devise a plan to deal with shutdowns of I-64. |
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| 488-home subdivision proposed for Ky. 55 South SentinelNews.com Triple S Planning and Zoning will hear plans Tuesday night for a 488-home subdivision proposed for land on Ky. 55 South just south of I-64. Mike Meinze, owner of ISF Properties, is proposing to build the homes on about 130 acres of land off Gordon Lane. The property, across from the Breighton Industrial Park, is zoned agricultural. ISF is asking for a zone change from agricultural to R-3, which is residential, single-family only. |
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| 'Worst I've ever seen': Storms keep clean up crews busy SentinelNews.com Some Shelby Countians who may have been playing golf or fishing this weekend will instead be wielding chain saws and rakes as the county digs out of the aftermath of Tuesday's and Wednesday's storms. |
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7-25-2004
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Fiscal Court overrules Triple S on Tapp property SentinelNews.com Magistrates voted 5-2 to overturn Triple S Planning and Zoning's rejection of a zone change for the Tapp and Schutte properties on U.S. 60 about a mile west of Simpsonville. |
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7-28-2004
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County ends fiscal year with $2.2 million surplus SentinelNews.com For fiscal year 2003-04 county government did better than live within its means. It ended the year with $2.2 million left over. The county had estimated it would spend $15.8 million last fiscal year, but by June 30, County Treasurer Paula Webb had signed checks totaling $13.6 million. |
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August 2004
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8-2-2004
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Court will vote on Tapp property rezoning, electioneering ban SentinelNews.com Shelby County Fiscal Court appears set to approve a zone change Tuesday that would allow for a 248-home subdivision on 131 acres of land west of Simpsonville. In a move that caught opponents of the development off guard, fiscal court, at its July 6 meeting, voted to overturn Triple S Planning and Zoning's recommendation to deny a zone change on the George Tapp and Mike Schutte properties from agriculture to R-1. ... |
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8-8-2004
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Resident: Do 'something' about dangerous roads SentinelNews.com Robert Bates offered no clear-cut answers, but insisted that the local leaders do something to make county roads safer. Bates, who lives on Fox Run Road in northern Shelby County, told Shelby Fiscal Court members Tuesday night that narrow county roads aren't safe with today's drivers. ... |
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8-19-2004
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Rockbridge Road residents skeptical about sewers, road work SentinelNews.com Rockbridge Road residents told Shelby County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger and Magistrate Tony Carriss they would like a safer road, but at the same time they worried that widening the narrow road would bring unwanted development. ... |
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September 2004
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9-2-2004
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Fiscal Court will look at increasing construction fees SentinelNews.com Shelby County Fiscal Court's Finance Committee, in a meeting Monday, drew up a schedule of permit fees that will be presented to the whole court at its next regular meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 7, when the court will hear first reading on the ordinance that would change the fee schedule. ... |
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| Middleton Heights residents blast speeders, development SentinelNews.com Roads in Middleton Heights have become speedways with drivers routinely hitting 50 to 60 miles per hour, residents told county officials at a meeting Thursday night. ... "They think Sunset (Sunset Way) is a freeway," a resident told Shelby County Sheriff Mike Armstrong. |
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| Agro-tourism growing in importance SentinelNews.com In response to the changing nature of the agriculture industry, Shelby Fiscal Court members recently proposed additions to local laws that would promote agri-tourism. ... |
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9-5-2004
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Officials hammer out plan for I-64 disruption SentinelNews.com City, county and regional transportation and planning officials Wednesday mapped out a strategy for dealing with diverted traffic in the county when an accident or chemical spill shuts down I-64. ... |
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| O'Keefe named Simpsonville constable SentinelNews.com County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger recently appointed retired Army Col. James O'Keefe constable of Magisterial District 2, according to a Wednesday press release from the county's Republican Party. |
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9-14-2004
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Fiscal Court OKs zone change for Hill N Dale property SentinelNews.com Residents of Hill N Dale showed up at the Stratton Center for the second time this summer to stop a planned development on 6 acres in their subdivision. For the second time, they lost. ... |
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| Tapps sue fiscal court over zone change denial SentinelNews.com Last Wednesday, attorney Mark Dean filed suit in circuit court on behalf of George and Christine Tapp, claiming fiscal court acted unlawfully when it denied a zone change from agricultural to R-1 residential on their 73 acres of land west of Simpsonville. ... |
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9-15-2004
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County extends search for planner SentinelNews.com ... At the meeting, County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger, Shelbyville Mayor Tom Hardesty and Simpsonville Mayor Steve Eden decided to open up applications for the planner position for another 30 days and advertise on a national planning association Web site. ... |
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9-23-2004
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Heritage, Finchville festivals set for Saturday SentinelNews.com ... He said Shelby County Sheriff Mike Armstrong and Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger have both agreed to take the risk of getting wet by sitting in the dunking booth. ... |
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9-30-2004
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Magistrates lean to $6.4 million jail addition SentinelNews.com Fiscal court magistrates, at a workshop Monday night, decided it may be penny wise and pound foolish to build a116-bed addition to the Shelby County Detention Center when a $6.4 million,186-bed addition may be more likely to pay for itself. ... |
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October 2004
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10-25-2004
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Fiscal Court OKs increase in building permit fees SentinelNews.com Getting a permit to build or remodel a residence in the county will cost a little more starting next week. Fiscal court Tuesday morning boosted residential building and permit fees but did not increase the cost for commercial and industrial building permits. ... |
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| Circuit court clerk says county needs to improve conditions for her staff SentinelNews.com ... The circuit court clerk's office, district court, the district and circuit courtrooms are all state offices and rented from the county. The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in Frankfort pays rent to Shelby County for the use of about 62 percent of the courthouse. The AOC also pays a share of maintenance costs. ... |
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| A 'Storybook Christmas' parade set SentinelNews.com With a chill in the air, local officials are already preparing for the 2004 Shelby County Christmas Parade, to be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. The theme is "A Storybook Christmas." ... |
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November 2004
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11-2-2004
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Clerk, GOP chair spar over voting procedures SentinelNews.com ... The county's chairman of the Republican Party, Charles Bates, said given the likelihood of a high voter turnout, the potential exists for long lines at the polls, especially in western Shelby County, where the GOP has its highest concentration of voters. Bates said County Clerk Sue Carole Perry needs to do more to ensure that voters in the Simpsonville and Persimmon Ridge areas have a chance to vote. ... |
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11-4-2004
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Court considers new ag tourism rules SentinelNews.com Fiscal Court Tuesday heard first reading on an ordinance that would change planning and zoning rules to allow more flexibility for so-called agri-tourism in the county. |
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11-11-2004
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Switching on the season SentinelNews.com It may be early November but the Christmas season has officially begun in Shelby County. County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger and Shelbyville Tom Hardesty threw the switch to light up Shelbyville. |
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11-19-2004
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Court approves new ag rules that would allow non-traditional agriculture SentinelNews.com The changes allow farmers to sell on their property "value-added agricultural products, and complementary products produced primarily in Shelby County and Kentucky." Under old regulations, farmers were allowed to sell only those products produced on the farm. |
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| Court rejects plans for 488-lot development SentinelNews.com Shelby Fiscal Court magistrates Tuesday morning said no to a plan by a developer to build 488 homes on 138 acres of land on Gordon Lane near the Breighton Industrial Park. The court unanimously backed a motion by Magistrate Betty Curtsinger to deny the zone change. |
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December 2004
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12-5-2004
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County will use loan to finance $6.4 million jail addition SentinelNews.com In a special meeting Monday, Shelby Fiscal Court gave formal go-ahead to a $6.4 million addition to the Shelby County Detention Center that will more than double the size of the current 118-bed jail. |
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12-14-2004
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Grant will bring more sidewalks to Bagdad SentinelNews.com Thanks to a recent grant from the state, pedestrians and bicycle riders in Bagdad can stay on the sidewalks and out of the streets. The county will get $66,000 from the state to build sidewalks along both sides of Ky. 12 and along Hyatts Store Road and Harrods Lane. |
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| County hit with another zoning suit SentinelNews.com Mike Meinze, owner of ISF Properties, filed suit in Shelby Circuit Court asking the court to void Fiscal Court's denial of a zone change request on 130 acres of land near I-64. Meinze proposed to build 488 homes on the land, which is currently zoned agricultural. The property is on Ky. 55 South near the I-64 interchange and across from Breighton Industrial Park. The plan called for the project to be completed by 2011. |
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| Court thwarts Rothenburger's Triple S appointment SentinelNews.com Shelby County Judge-Executive Rob Rothenburger's plan to add "new blood" to the Triple S Planning and Zoning Commission got stalled Tuesday night when magistrates voted 4-4 on his recommendation to replace current commissioner Eddie Kingsolver with Reggie Van Stockum. |
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12-25-2004
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Fiscal Court approves sheriff's, clerk's budgets SentinelNews.com Fiscal court magistrates on Tuesday approved the projected 2005 budgets for sheriff's department and the county clerk's office. |
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| Ice, snow leave region out in the cold SentinelNews.com For fans of a traditional Christmas, waking to Thursday's snow blanket was a perfect start to the holiday season. But anyone who had to drive in it would probably disagree. |
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12-29-2004
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Crews getting a grip on icy roads SentinelNews.com County road workers Leon Brunner and Jackie Smitha sat in Carriss' grocery store Tuesday morning eating lunch and taking a break from clearing roads. The men had logged almost 40 hours of overtime over the last six days. |
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