Loper comes through with Paws to Paws donations
Loper Elementary School has been donating loads of items for the past 15 years to the Shelbyville/Shelby County Animal Shelter from its Paws to Paws donation drive. Friday’s haul might be the Shelbyville school’s biggest to date. Members of the Loper Elementary School student council hauled out load after load of boxes, bags and carpets from a school bus Friday morning, braving the bitter cold. The students ignored the single-digit morning temperature for a good cause, delive
Excel Center celebrates another graduating class
It has been nearly 18 years since Richard Ramsey did not graduate high school as an 18-year-old. On Friday at the Strand Theatre in downtown Shelbyville, Ramsey rectified that issue, serving as valedictorian of the Excel Center’s graduating class. Ramsey was one of 22 adults that crossed the Strand stage and received a Core 40 high school diploma that now vastly improves each one of their standing in the working world. “I overheard several of the kids quietly talking to the f
FUSE promotes Cummins as executive director
Families United for Support and Encouragement (FUSE) has announced the promotion of Sara Cummins as executive director, starting on March 1. Formerly as the development director the past three years, Cummins has led fundraising efforts for the organization. Through restructuring efforts by the board of directors, Cummins will continue those fundraising efforts while adding additional responsibilities in operations management and marketing. As a result of the restructuring, FU
Plymate family celebrating 90 years in business
Four generations of Plymates and two disastrous fires have created one healthy company based firmly in Shelbyville. Todd Plymate, current president of Plymate Incorporated, calls the fires “God’s way of doing long range planning for us.” Following a remodeling of its downtown production facility in 1967, Plymate Cleaners suffered the first of two devastating fires. That forced the local business to its current location on the city’s southwest side. In 1988, a second major fir
Morristown students deliver gift cards to unsuspecting recipients
On an otherwise gloomy morning, Morristown High School students gave 12 people a reason to smile under circumstances that normally might produce a frown. Two students, accompanied by principal Jeremy Powers and English teacher Jim Helsley Jr., were taken around Morristown Tuesday morning by police chief Henry Albrecht to surprise residents and passersby with gift cards to Walmart and Kroger. The gift cards were paid for through a fundraiser at the high school that normally ra
Medal of Valor awarded to former Shelbyville firefighter
What started as a typical day flared up quickly a few months ago for former Shelbyville firefighter Adam Gaudin. He rescued a woman trapped inside a burning building. The initial 911 call came in as a domestic disturbance on the east side of Indianapolis, but when the emergency crew arrived, flames were shooting from an apartment building. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) personnel on scene reported a person was trapped inside. Within minutes, Gaudin faced t
