Monday, January 12, 2026
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From the Grover Collection
The interior of the Kennedy Car Liner factory and women working are shown in this undated, black-and-white glossy photo found in the Grover Museum collection. Want to learn more about this piece or others in the collection? Contact the Grover Center at archive@grovercenter.org.
BZA to hear cases, review ordinance
The Shelby County Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday will hear two cases and preview an ordinance regarding residential accessory structure standards.
The board will first consider a special exception to allow a beauty salon at 3785 West State Road 44, Shelbyville, a three-acre property fronting the highway. Petitioners Travis and Lori Beck plan to construct a 20-by-32-foot two-story addition onto the east side of their residence. The first floor of the addition will consist of brick matching the exterior of the home. The addition would include a one-chair beauty salon in one room, and the business would serve no more than 20 customers per week. There would not be any additional employees. The county planning staff recommends approval with the stipulations.
The board will also consider a variance to allow for a 900-square-foot pole barn in the front yard of 2212 S 125 E, Shelbyville. The structure would result in the total area of all accessory structures on the property exceeding half the footprint of the house. Several neighboring properties include similarly-sized pole barns, but most accessory structures on those properties comply with the maximum size requirement. The house on the property, owned by Orville Burchett, faces County Road 125 E. The pole barn would sit to the side of the house in the front yard along CR 225 S. The septic system sits north of the house, limiting the developable area. The planning staff recommends approval with a stipulation.
The BZA will also review the Residential Accessory Structure Standards Ordinance. At the November 2025 meeting, the board suggested that Desiree Calderella, planning director, review previous variance approvals to determine appropriate accessory structure size regulations. A memo from the director includes a list of all variances the board has approved since 2019 in which the size of the constructed accessory structure equals or exceeds the size of the house. The staff notes that the size only becomes an issue when the lot is less than one-acre or the accessory structure exceeds approximately 3,500 square feet. The staff report proposes adjusted requirements, to be discussed.
The BZA meets Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. in the courthouse annex.
ON TO MIAMI
Local fans continue to celebrate as the Indiana University football team worked its way to the national championship game, to be held Monday, Jan. 19, in Miami. Top left, Joe Dickmann and his son Luke Dickmann and Mandy and Mike Bunton enjoy time in Atlanta last week. Top right: Shelbyville High School alumna Jessica Howard, a member of IU’s Marching Hundred, poses for a photo early this month outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Center: MaryAnn Wethington and Terry James show their view at the Peach Bowl. This isn’t James’ first time celebrating IU’s late season success. He was at the Rose Bowl in 1968. Lower left: Joe Dickmann shows his allegiance while walking past the hotel hosting the Oregon Ducks last week. Lower right: A Rose Bowl photo from Michelle Nolley shows the Goodyear blimp in action.
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Shelbyville will serve as the launch city for the Civic Renaissance Tour, a national and international civic renewal initiative led by Alexandra Hudson, author of “The Soul of Civility,” with local leadership from Pastor Ralph Botte of First Christian Church. The effort will begin with a public community event Jan. 29, followed by a leaders’ roundtable Jan. 30, aimed at helping Shelbyville residents and leaders build practical, long-term approaches to engaging across differences and strengthening civic life. More information is available here, and registration details are here.
On the docket today: Shelby County Commissioners meet at 8 a.m. at the courthouse annex, the Shelbyville Redevelopment Commission meets at 6 p.m. at City Hall and the Shelbyville Central Schools board meets at 7 p.m. at the administration building.
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HOOSIER NEWS: Led by investments around Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the Simon family has spent more than $26 million over the past two years acquiring several downtown Indianapolis properties to support a growing sports and entertainment district. The holdings complement two major projects already underway: a $78 million Indiana Fever training facility largely privately financed and a $400 million hotel and entertainment development backed by city and state subsidies. The family says it is still evaluating future uses for the newly acquired South Meridian Street properties as part of a broader long-term vision for downtown. (IBJ)
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LANDSCAPE SHOT
This landscape photo shows St. Paul, Indiana, at dusk last week. | photo by MACE HUNGERFORD
This Week in Shelby County Archive
by GEORGE L. STUBBS
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This Day in Shelby County History
Local headlines reported on or around this date in Shelby County history. Selections are curated by The Addison Times from Shelby County Public Library Genealogy Department materials.
2006: The Shelbyville Post Office experienced a run on 2-cent stamps, depleting its supply. The price for a first-class letter was increasing from 37 to 39 cents. One clerk reported having 1,000 transactions in just three days, and clerks in total sold approximately 14,000 stamps.
1996: Shelbyville’s Bridget Farren had recently opened Q-ZAR laser arena in Greenwood. It was one of the first laser tag facilities in the region.
1986: Shelby County physician Dr. Thomas Jean, 68, Morristown, died. Dr. Jean was a 1935 Shelbyville High School graduate who had later graduated from Indiana University and the IU School of Medicine. In 1983, he was named Morristown “Man of the Year.” He was an Army Corps veteran of World War II and was affiliated with Major Hospital. His wife, Nora Jean, survived, as did their five sons.
1976: A boxcar slipped off broken Penn Central tracks about a mile east of Shelbyville near State Road 44. The boxcar remained there for several days while rail employees said they were evaluating how best to rerail the car and repair the track.
1966: Lomark, 118 S. Harrison St., held a grand opening event.
A local 15-year-old boy who refused to go to school was sentenced to go to Boys’ School until he was 21 years old.
1956: Charles and Helen Leffler took over management of the T.P. Restaurant at the corner of Noble and East Washington streets.
1946: Morristown won the county high school basketball tournament over Fairland, 69-27. “Little Marvin Wood of Morristown had a field day in the final game, the ace Jacket guard pouring in 10 baskets and two free throws through the hoop for 22 points and the best individual scoring performance of the tournament,” The Republican reported.
1936: County school superintendent Thomas Fogarty asked local drivers to be more observant of the traffic rules regarding school safety. Vehicles were routinely passing stopped school buses while children were loading and unloading, he said.
1926: A local factory worker and Montgomery Street resident called the police on his wife, who had eloped to Detroit with a widower who had previously worked in a factory here. The woman was arrested in Detroit, and charges were pending.
1916: The downtown makeshift tabernacle for church services hosted county high school students to display their school yells, songs and bands. The preacher then preached a message denouncing card playing, dancing and “theatre-going,” The Republican reported.
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OBITUARIES
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