You can’t even live in Southern Indiana these days without having disgusting brown water flowing from your tap. [FOX41/WDRB/Whatever]
A Kentucky State Police trooper responding to a domestic violence call shot and killed a Frankfort man after he pointed a gun at troopers, state police said. [H-L]
Guess it’s time for taxpayers to spend $25 – $50 million to redo the traffic mess near the fairgrounds. [WAVE3]
A U.S. health panel may soon make HIV testing as standard a practice as checking cholesterol levels, a move that would fundamentally change how the virus is detected and treated. [Reuters]
It’s not Eastern Kentucky that’s trying to kill us all – it’s some Indiana fruit farm! [WHAS11]
Maybe JCPS wouldn’t need to raise taxes if there weren’t so many damn people making $100,000 at the district office? Jefferson County Public Schools wants to increase taxes as much as 3.4 percent this year to raise an additional $17 million that officials say they need to offset state funding cuts and continue instructional programs vital to boosting student achievement. [C-J/AKN]
A new pet food pantry in Muncie hopes to help struggling pet owners feed and keep their four-legged friends. [WLKY]
Kentucky has lost about 2,700 construction jobs in the past year, while Indiana has gained about 9,300, according to a news release. [Business First]
Two-hundred twenty-five students from 43 counties across Kentucky make up the Governor’s School for the Arts class of 2012. Students spend three weeks on Transylvania University’s campus immersed in the study of one of nine disciplines, from architecture to musical theater. [WFPL]
Twice as many business executives around the world say the global economy will prosper better if incumbent President Barack Obama wins the next election than if his Republican challenger Mitt Romney does, a poll showed on Friday. [Reuters]
The 10th Street pump station will be completed by the end of the month. Sewer billing is also being investigated. [News & Tribune]
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1 Rob Mattheu // Aug 21, 2012 at 6:05 am
FAIRGROUNDS TRAFFIC: Was in traffic from 6:30 until we parked at 8:30 for an 8PM concert at Fairgrounds. The problem was not so much the traffic control around the fairgrounds as it was poorly managed personnel at the gates. It was taking them forever to get each car through the gates. Instead of taking money from multiple cars in the line streaming in, each car had to separately stop at the gate and then wait for the gate person to go in and out of their booth to make change and do whatever they had to do. It’s also not clear where you need to go to park. When leaving, the lack of lanes and exits from the parking lot meant that we waited an hour and a half to get onto Ring Road.
JCPS: I don’t have a problem with $100,000 salaries for administrators if they’re doing a great job and working directly in the schools. Part of the problem is the state continually cutting funds to the local schools. Given how much Louisville puts into the state’s tax coffers, it would be nice to see some of that flowing back.
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