Metrosafe dispatchers tell WDRB News that a child was found with a BB gun on a JCPS school bus Thursday afternoon. That should make you feel extra-safe. [WDRB] There’s a push in Frankfort to go even further in preventing grocery stores from selling wine and liquor. But when you look at the money that’s been [...]

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Let’s not act like this is a surprise.An unexpected shutdown at General Electric’s Appliance Park will put more than 500 jobs in Louisville in flux. [WDRB] Almost half of the 46 federally rated nursing homes in Jefferson County have been deemed below or much-below average, a non-profit advocacy organization says. Meanwhile, Julie Denton wants to [...]

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Anyone have a favorite web developer/graphic designer? Send them our way. Hiring folks for a new project. [Jake] Kentucky lawmakers are hotly debating whether to legalize industrial hemp. But do Kentucky farmers think hemp could help grow profits? [WDRB] If John David Dyche really wanted people to care about him getting cut at A Kentucky [...]

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This week the Transportation Lady spends her minute focusing on Kentucky’s HERO Campaign for designated drivers:

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We’re closer and closer to hitting our goal and launching our new project. You can help. [Support Our New Project!] The city of Louisville can no longer define a firearm as a “deadly weapon.” That’s the indirect result of a new state law in Kentucky that prevents local governments from regulating or enacting gun laws. [...]

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This week the Transportation Lady discusses officers being honored for their efforts against impaired driving: Drive sober or get pulled over.

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Greg Fischer and his people fired the Metro Parks whistleblower, retaliated against him and swept the drunk driving incident under the rug. They continue to speak poorly of said whistleblower. The whistleblower, on the other hand, seems to be the only adult in the whole mess. Here’s a comment he left this morning: Joey Sears [...]

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Fears of a foul odor had Buechel and Newburg residents marching outside Metro Hall on Tuesday. Residents and business owners are worried that they’ll be smelling sewage whenever we see rain. That’s why they’re calling for changes to what’s called the Buechel Basin project. [WDRB] Here’s the headline: Sewage overflow pipes run into Indianapolis poor [...]

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And just who are his primary backers? Mayor Greg Fischer on Friday questioned the science underlying the Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District’s enforcement action against bourbon-aging warehouses. That position put Fischer at odds with his own experts and more in line with the bourbon industry. [C-J/AKN] A group of former Kentucky Kingdom workers have [...]

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The United States’ southern border bristles with technology and manpower designed to catch illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. Since 1986, the government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on fences, aircraft, detention centers and agents. [NPR] Police say a suspect shot himself after a high-speed chase and brief standoff in south Louisville Wednesday afternoon. [...]

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