Three prominent Louisville business leaders have joined former Kentucky Kingdom operator Ed Hart in a new $40 million proposal to reopen the abandoned amusement park in 2014. The other three: Bruce Lunsford, Mary Moseley and Ed Glasscock. [C-J/AKN]
Some doctors say Kentucky’s crackdown on prescription pill abuse is forcing legitimate patients to wait on pain medicine. [FOX41/WDRB/Whatever]
The rest of the mainstream media may just gloss over Keith Hall being on this Indian company’s board of directors. But. Uh. We’re pretty sure you can figure out what’s going on here with all that coal. [Page One]
A woman accused in a shooting in West Louisville was back in court Wednesday morning. [WAVE3]
The 21c Museum Hotel proposal for renovating the First National Building in downtown Lexington received conditional approval from the city’s courthouse area design review board Wednesday. [H-L]
Your meemaw can’t even go to the Family Dollar in Portland these days without being robbed in broad daylight. Also, please don’t let your meemaw roam around with $26,000 in cash in her purse. [WHAS11]
Louisville’s Air Pollution Control District is taking a look at Louisville’s rising temperature. In a meeting today, board members discussed the city’s declining tree cover and how a lack of protective legislation is contributing to the problem. [WFPL]
For the second time in less than three months, murder suspect James Mallory is charged with assaulting staff at Metro Corrections. [WLKY]
Mayor Greg Fischer has named Virginia Peck, a longtime federal housing official, as director of the Metro Department of Community Services and Revitalization. [C-J/AKN]
Speed Art Museum director Charles L. Venable is leaving the museum to take a job with the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Venable will leave the Louisville museum next month. [Business First]
You’ve read us for several years and now you’ve got the chance to help create our new ad-free project. Your contribution can be public or private (but you have to tell us in writing that you want it to be public) – it’s up to you. [Our New Project]
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1 G'town Reader // Aug 16, 2012 at 10:35 am
ALSO – Don’t let your Meemaw, or any other relative or friend, DEFRAUD the Medicare or Medicaid systems. It is continued fraud, by users & suppliers, that puts these lifelines on the brink of insolvency, fueling drastic proposals by heartless Republicans & others. (This Portland robbery victim admits to committing fraud. The one other such perp that I was acquainted with at least uses a bank safety deposit box.)
2 datass // Aug 16, 2012 at 6:13 pm
A reliable source says Ed Hart’s proposal was accepted by the Fair Board. Any confirmation of this?
3 datass // Aug 16, 2012 at 6:39 pm
False alarm. Beshear is fucking with him again.
4 Jeff // Aug 16, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Ky Kingdom is nothing but a boondoggle. No structure or piece of machinery has been maintained in years. None of it was built or engineered to be neglected this length of time. The next time you drive around the “Circle of Champions” take a look – buildings are literally falling apart. I doubt that $40 million will be all it takes to restore the park.
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