We love us some Proof and 21C but let’s not pretend that proof is the best place to eat in all of Louisville. [Zagat]

Gregory O’Bryan, the guy accused of killing Andrew Compton, is due in court for a pre-trial hearing today at 8:45 A.M. [What Happened To Andrew?]

Wow. We thought the mainstream could do better than a whitewash when it came to Bud Shart… Schardein. But, uh, nope, obviously not. Wow wow wow. [C-J/AKN]

This is also how the story is being told on local television stations. Three sentences that mentions nothing of the scandal, nothing of that $200,000 bonus for being corrupt, nothing of the problems the city faces. Wow. [WAVE3]

Oh, wait, here’s a four sentence story about Schardein’s “retirement” from the Metro Sewer District. [WLKY]

Fortunately, there are a few media outlets in Louisville that won’t let the city forget what really went down with that scandal. [WFPL]

Do America’s infrastructure problems go beyond crumbling roads and bridges? [HuffPo]

On a scale of 1 to Greg Fischer on the day he gets to leave office, how excited are you that Time Warner has been given the go-ahead to purchase Insight Communications? [FOX41]

Publisher of A Kentucky Newspaper, Arnold Garson, is retiring on March 2. You knew this was just a temporary dumping ground for him. Did he even bother putting Kentucky plates on his vehicle? [Deep Newspaper Thoughts]

The head of Metro Parks got to drive drunk in a city vehicle and still kept his job. So why should we expect little issues involving metal detectors to be resolved with ease? That department is at least as screwed up as Metro Animal Services. [WHAS11]

There was a giant drug bust in Jack Conway’s backyard this week, right as he started talking again about how he’s cut off the pill supply from Florida. [Page One]

The Bourbon Women Association is apparently a thing and it has some sort of $25 event series coming up. It’s bourbon, so we obviously had to mention it. [Business First]

There’s a ton of Democratic infighting over redistricting in Frankfort and Jefferson County is at the center of it all. [Page One]

Everybody still freaking out over the tornadoes yesterday? While not rare for January in the region, they’re still not what you expect. And 60 degrees, even. [FOX41]

Yesterday, former prosecutor Carol Cobb filed to run for Commonwealth’s Attorney in Jefferson County. [Press Release]

Let’s see how many friends of Brent McKim can file motions in support of the Jefferson County Public Schools student assignment plan. [WAVE3]

We just woke up from a day-long seizure caused by laughter over the MSD board voting on a new ethics policy. Meanwhile, Greg Fischer is trying to merge MSD with the Water Company while pushing for privatization and no one is batting an eyelash. [WFPL]

Really, how long can this JCPS-busing fight go on? People will literally go insane trying to wait until April 18 when the case is before the Kentucky Supreme Court. [WHAS11]

If Greg Fischer and Steve Beshear really had a grasp on Kentucky’s economic situation like, say, Indiana’s controversial governor, wouldn’t they be on a plane chasing down UPS executives to try to get those jobs moved to Louisville? [Business First]

Tom Owen, Tina Ward-Pugh and Brent Ackerson will host a meeting tomorrow night to discuss concerns over the “Bowman Field tree situation.” 7:30 P.M. at the Douglass Community Center gym, 2305 Douglass Boulevard. [Press Release]

Since weather in Louisville is hardcore news (we’ll contain our indifference for the moment)? Go look at this footage of storm damage. Please note that a video will autoplay and you’ll be subjected to an ad. [WLKY]

Don’t forget that bourbon legend Joy Perrine was on a fancy drinking show and you should watch it. [The 'Ville Voice]

Nothing will make you more proud to be a Kentuckian than having some of her magic at Jack’s Lounge or Equus in Louisville.

So take a look at the latest show, filmed in part in Louisville:

Kentucky Proud!

Louisville’s Metro Sewer District has severed ties with its board attorney, Larry Zielke, after hundreds of millions of years. Only because of a scandalous audit. And everything will continue getting swept under the rug. [C-J/AKN]

One of your area legislators says Frankfort can have a nice session this year. We’ll believe it when we see it. [Page One]

Metro Parks is hosting a public meeting on the 17th to discuss plans for A.B. Sawyer Park. 7:00-8:30 P.M. at Lyndon City Hall, 515 Wood Road. [Park Planning]

At least one mainstream media outlet is remembering that Steve Beshear has only recently – as in, the past two weeks – been interested in tax reform. They’re even remembering that David Williams called for a tax reform commission more than a year ago. [WFPL]

How excited are you that Greg Fischer will deliver his second State of the City address on the 12th at Downtown Rotary? [Deep Mayoral Thoughts]

Papaw Beshear wisely rejected the University of Louisville Hospital merger request. Again. [WHAS11]

Really, it’s just silly for counties like Jefferson and Fayette to be forced to have constables. This is just another reason why. At least this guy didn’t shoot a woman. [H-L]

Remember that time Louisville had a bridge disaster and no one could get anywhere at all, ever, forever and ever? [FOX41]

Greg Fischer is going to Michigan today to meet with Ford. For what reason, he doesn’t know. Meanwhile, his folks continue to buy and sell metro government. [The 'Ville Voice Here & Here]

Changes to the Jefferson County Public Schools student assignment plan have been approved. [WAVE3]

The Kentucky Derby Museum is hosting an Urban Bourbon exhibit. We hope it’s not just some advertising stunt for some bad bourbon that’s overhyped when there’s tons of great products in the Commonwealth. [Business First]

JCPS board folks decided to approve merit pay at four failing schools in hopes of making improvements. [WLKY]

The New York Times knows what’s important and this Christmas it was focused on Kentucky bourbon. Though, don’t go ruining it with things like apple brandy or a cinnamon stick, wtf. Glad to see Maker’s 46 getting some mainstream attention. [NYT]

NuLu is getting some major love from an EPA grant and will receive a neighborhood design consultation. [Press Release]

A whopping 16 people have applied to take Robert White’s position as chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department. [FOX41]

The Associated Press piece about the applicants is apparently such a big deal that it was also published in the Herald-Leader. [H-L]

We’re still shocked that no one tried to shine green lasers at Santa Claus over the weekend. [C-J/AKN]

Merry Christmas! Someone got killed in Old Louisville over night. Great way for their family to round out the holidays. [WAVE3]

The Humana Foundation gave $200,000 to eight Louisville nonprofit organizations. Center for Women and Families, Coalition for the Homeless, ElderServe, The Healing Place, St. John Center, St. Vincent De Paul Society, Volunteers of America, Wellspring. [Business First]

Louisville on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is a lot like Any Small Town, USA on Friday at 5:00 P.M. Everything is closed and the world nearly comes to an end. [Consuming Louisville]

Don’t forget that not everyone has it as good as you. Around 600 meals were served at the Salvation Army Center of Hope on Christmas. [WHAS11]

Jim Ramsey’s massive pay raise – from $478,939 to $600,000 – just his base pay – got comfortably hidden in a Friday afternoon news dump. [WLKY]

Our phones exploded all weekend with calls about the Metro Sewer District and Gerald Neal. We had no idea how widespread the corruption was or how badly people were pissed. [Page One]

Despite a petition from the president of the Louisville Metro Council, the city is still pursuing its lawsuit against the LIFE Institute. [WFPL]

Will the new board members at Kentucky Farm Bureau continue the organization’s history of being ignorant and homophobic or have the times changed? [H-L]

You know you shed a tear when Sexytime Herman Cain suspended his presidential campaign so he has more time for sexytime. [HuffPo]

A date has been set for the Kentucky Supreme Court to hear the Jefferson County Public Schools student assignment case. [FOX41]

You can save 10% if you do some holiday shopping at the Frazier Museum during your lunch hour. You can also just skip a few hours of work and tour the place. [Consuming Louisville]

A pretty white girl is still missing and the media cannot stop talking about it. A young gay boy’s body has never been recovered and we’ll never hear another thing about it. Countless non-white people go missing every day and we also never hear about that. [WAVE3]

Heaven Hill lost 6,400 gallons of its alcohol this weekend. Losing that much bourbon is enough to cause any bourbon lover to have a heart attack. [Business First]

Greg Fischer is set to name the new interim chief of police this week. [WHAS11]

And the officers who frequent LMPD.com are none too happy with the way things are being handled. We can’t blame them in the least, as they’ve largely been shut out and their voices haven’t been heard by Fischer. [LMPD.com & More LMPD.com]

The families of 1996 murder victim Tyrone Camp and accused killer Kerry Porter united for a vigil Saturday night to call for Porter’s release on a wrongful conviction, and to continue the search for the real killer. [WLKY]

According to a new report, youth asthma hospitalizations continue to rise in Jefferson County. And we continue to pollute like crazy. [WFPL]

How shocked are you that the editorial board is shilling – again – for merger, which everybody knows has been a failure? Are you even less shocked that they’re personally attacking Darryl Owens? [C-J/AKN]

Turns out that Oklahoma’s meth registry doesn’t work. Funny how Frankfort won’t bother dealing with the truth. [Page One]

Ruh ro! Looks like the copy editors at A Kentucky Newspaper screwed up the Greenville paper by including the word “fuck” – which is awesome. Looks like they’re as adept at screwing up other papers as they are the AKN. [Jim Romenesko]

Some hoodlum has stolen the Scales of Justice from Metro Gubmint! [Click the Clicky]

Oh, get a grip, people. Maker’s Mark IS cheap. That’s a good terrific thing. Maybe the best you can buy for the money. $25 is cheap for magical bourbon like that. Don’t play. And Maker’s 46 is worth every penny of it’s $40-ish price tag. [H-L]

That fireworks ban was so stupid that Metro Council is going to consider lifting it. After it only passed, what, two weeks ago? [WFPL]

Oh, look, here’s a six-page glowing review of Robert White from the paper. Never could have expected that. You’d think an actual news outlet get a few interviews with some officers who actually work in the community to find out what the deal really is with LMPD. They’re glad the man is leaving. [C-J/AKN]

Heard of this RAMP thing? Rockin’ Appalachian Mom Project? There’s a benefit being held on December 10 at The Green Building and Claudia Coffey is involved. It’s a good thing! [CLICK HERE]

It’s so foreign to see actual progress in a Kentucky city. Nope, it’s not Louisville. It’s happening in Lexington and nobody is being corrupt and nasty about it, either. [H-L & More H-L]

Louisvillians are discussing what they want in a new chief for the Louisville Metro Police Department. [FOX41]

Metro United Way has raised $24.5 million for its annual fundraising campaign. [Business First]

The sister of Sexytime Herman Cain’s alleged mistress is talking to Louisville teevee stations. This is definitely worthy of a pee alert. [WAVE3]

We’re trying really hard not to laugh about the lady who drove her car into Longhorn Steakhouse in J-town. Yes, we realize it could have been much worse. [WHAS11]

Louisville loves to separate itself from Frankfort as often as possible. But it’d be a good idea if you folks started paying attention to the worthless immigration tripe people like Stan Lee are pushing. [Page One]

Come on, people, you knew tolls were going to kill transportation in Louisville. And you don’t seriously believe these bridges are actually going to get built because we cannot afford them. [C-J/AKN]

Metro Council is hosting forums at the NIA Center and at the Newburg Community Center on December 1 at 6:00 P.M. to discuss what the community wants to see in a new police chief. If you’re an officer with LMPD, be sure to show up to make your voice heard. If you’re a citizen who cares, please do the same. You don’t want another chief who is so afraid of the public that he lives in an exclusive gated community, do you? [Press Release]

If you’re a veteran and need a job, don’t forget to attend your congressman’s job fair today. [John Yarmuth]

We’ve hinted at this story for a while and it finally broke. Kentucky’s tourism commissioner was suspended for an unauthorized trip to England. We hear Marcheta Sparrow also has a problem or two of her own that will soon come to light. And not just because she didn’t take action until called out by the press, either. [H-L]

How many times can University of Louisville staffers embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars with the administration knowing about it? How many times will this occur before anyone holds Jim Ramsey accountable? [Deep UofL Thoughts]

Attention bourbon nerds! This is a very important thing benefitting Bellarmine University. Maker’s & Woodford teaming up. It involves sports. [CLICK THE CLICKY]

The Metro Health Department is once again changing its restaurant grading system. So get ready for even more confusion. [FOX41]

You really should be participating in this Free Coat Exchange to help those in need. [Consuming Louisville]

You break into a gun owner’s home in Kentucky, you better be ready to deal with the consequences. [WAVE3]

Olmstead Parks Conservancy named LouAnn Atlas the new chairman of its board of directors. [Business First]

Jefferson County Public Schools is still discussing the student assignment plan and there’s another meeting planned for this evening to talk about it. [WHAS11]

Friday marked the 142nd day Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Steve Robertson has questioned Jack Conway over his involvement in his brother’s drug scandal: “Jack Conway had his live interview with the Courier-Journal yesterday, and we heard not a peep about this scandal,” said Robertson. “I’m not sure who is more complicit – Jack for not coming clean, or the editorial board for pretending this issue doesn’t even exist.” Yep, the whitewashing is under way. [Press Release]

Excited about Time Warner taking over Insight? Then you probably want to read these two stories. [Consumerist Here & Here]

The University of Louisville landed a $3.3 million grant to boost bioengineering research. [C-J/AKN]

This local woman claims to have spotted falling satellite debris while at Walgreens. We were too busy cringing over her fingernails to believe her. [FOX41]

Oh noes! Now we’re all gonna die of the flooding streets! [H-L]

How you gonna go on a walk in Louisville and then get beat to death? What the hell is going on in this city? [WAVE3]

Renovation Watch: Bardstown Road is growing taller. [Broken Sidewalk]

Here’s yet another instance of bought and paid for “journalism” on your local television stations. Family Allergy & Asthma has done it yet again with HAS. Not disclosing that they’re an advertiser is a true disservice. [WHAS11]

The crack on the Sherman Minton bridge has been repaired but transportation officials say the bridge still isn’t safe. [Business First]

Louisville is trying to steal the limelight from Lexington and its citizens are back to shooting people. [WLKY]

Here’s why Steve Beshear really went to Owensboro. But don’t try finding that out from the mainstream. [Page One]

Kentucky’s bourbon distillers are watching the free-trade debate closely so they can give all of our Maker’s 46 away. [H-L]

Could a Market Street streetcar line help revitalize West Louisville? Of course it could. It could help revitalize all of Louisville. [Broken Sidewalk]

Smokers are apparently avoiding the cancer stick tax by using self-rolled cigarettes and buying small cigars. [H-L]

Isn’t it funny that Greg Fischer and crew think tons of people in Louisville read The Lane Report? But refuse to, you know, develop any sort of relationship with widely-read websites that are actually INSIDE Louisville? [Lane Report]

Here’s hoping Greg Fischer doesn’t try to ruin the solid job Jim Gray is doing in Lexington. [H-L]

Eastern Parkway and Crittenden Drive had a nice, gigantic water main break last night. Folks living on Bonnycastle tell us their water was a nice shade of gross as a result. [C-J/AKN]

Barry Bernson is being put out to pasture and all kinds of people are paying tribute. Even Jerry Abramson. [FOX41]

Want to win copies of The Kentucky Bourbon Cookbook and The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book? I’ve got ten copies of each to give away. [The 'Ville Voice]

Since Trader Joe’s is coming to town, here’s a chance to get a look at a week in the life of a TJ’s employee. [HuffPo]

We all know GLI is a hot mess of financial waste and a gigantic time suck. So we won’t be promoting whatever GLI thing Michelle is talking about lately. But these pretzels at The Corner Door? We are definitely promoting those. [Consuming Louisville]

Really? Gas shooting 20 feet into the air along with a water main break? Has the apocalypse arrived in Louisville? [WAVE3]

Better just go ahead and boil your water forever to be safe. Because the water company can’t be focused on quality and, you know, maintenance. Not while it’s spending so much time promoting “Pure Tap” and helping to market sports teams. With your tax dollars, no less. [WHAS11]