Alexcia Simmons has been named the Kentucky Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for her sound character, leadership skills and willingness to give back to the community. [WDRB] The public has been invited to open-house events for the east-end crossing of the Ohio River Bridges Project. [News & Tribune] [...]

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Oldham County’s school superintendent is pushing for increased security upgrades that could cost the district between $1.5 and $1.75 million. [WDRB] The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has turned back a challenge from a bidder who claimed it submitted the least expensive and best deal for the downtown portion of the Ohio River Bridges Project. In a [...]

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We’re closer and closer to hitting our goal and launching our new project. Consider helping make that happen. [Support Our New Project!] Quick, everybody freak out over rising gas prices! The world is gonna end! OH NOES!!1! [WDRB] Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad announced Wednesday that his department was revising its pursuit policy to [...]

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This week the Transportation Lady highlights the Governor’s Ambassador Awards ceremony and a KYTC employe whose lifesaving actions resulted in the Outstanding Customer Service award: Way to go.

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Steve Beshear has gotten bored with connecting with state employees and his constituents, as you are well aware. The once-required weekly video address (for state employees) now comes once every few weeks, if at all post-election. But he released a “special message” yesterday about the Governor’s Awards in the Arts Ceremony taking place today at [...]

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All but one of the 51 students hurt in Friday morning’s school bus crash have been released from the hospital. The student is listed in good condition at Kosair Children’s Hospital. [WDRB] A dozen witnesses testified on Thursday about the hours-long waits, multiple trips and misinformation they experienced in getting the voter ID cards required [...]

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How do you make poor Kentuckians even more poor? Tax their food. Which is what the Steve Beshear-Jerry Abramson “tax reform” folks want to do. [AP] Who will get hired to build the new Ohio River Bridges Debacle? Federal rules prevent guaranteeing bridge jobs will go to local workers. [C-J/AKN] Another day, another shooting in [...]

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A new preservation program is focusing on saving Louisville’s shotgun houses. [WDRB] You can’t even ride a bike in Louisville these days without some road rage nut from Bardstown hitting you. [C-J/AKN] A Louisville man allegedly told his cousin he planned to take the fall for his stepson’s murder, instead of his teenage son taking [...]

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More than 100,000 Jefferson County residents don’t have health insurance, but nearly half of them would qualify for Medicaid if the state expands the government program under the federal health reform law. [C-J/AKN] Some Louisville families say a local recycling company is making it difficult for them to “love thy neighbor.” That’s because a nearby [...]

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Does Louisville really need a “director of performance improvement” to be hired by Greg Fischer? At the tune of $112,000 per year? She’s supposed to “bring the best of private sector accountability, transparency and efficiency to metro government.” This story reads like a straight-up press release. [C-J/AKN] Here’s Jim Ramsey complaining about budget cuts. He [...]

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