The effort raised more than $1.1 million and loaned money to more than 120 small businesses in Floyd and Clark counties.

Right now, the owner of the stores is in jail and a lot of his employees quit -- but a handful of them are still working to keep the doors open.

The Oldham Chamber submitted 6,000 signature cards to the Oldham County Clerk Monday, in support of the organization’s request for expanded alcohol sales in the county.

The proposed 153,000 square-foot store would fill a long vacant space along Bardstown Road where Showcase Cinemas once stood.