Another candidate has dropped out of the race for the Jefferson County Board of Education, leaving the field at 14 seeking three open seats. [C-J/AKN] Hoop dreams? Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer “brainstormed” the idea of the NBA’s Indiana Pacers playing ten games at the KFC Yum! Center during a meeting with the arena’s main tenant, [...]

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While Marty Bell may have violated campaign law, we’re not sure he can be disqualified. Fining him seems more appropriate. [C-J/AKN] Take a look at that view: Jerry Abramson, Greg Fischer and Larry Clark. Possibility City or all that’s wrong with politics? [WLKY] A judge in Louisville has decided to open files in a juvenile [...]

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The Healing Place, an agency that specializes in providing recovery-oriented services and support to alcohol and drug addicts, needs to raise $1 million by year’s end or cut some of its ancillary programs. [C-J/AKN] Police say two men were caught with four purses at Oxmoor Mall Monday afternoon, but it wasn’t their unusual choice in [...]

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Ford Motor Co said some of its new plants in Asia will be able to build up to seven vehicles as part of the automaker’s new One Manufacturing flexible global production system, announced Monday at a management conference in Traverse City, Michigan. [Reuters] John Boel’s latest, earth-shattering discovery? Crack pipes are being sold in some [...]

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Of course Kennedy Bridge repairs are going to take longer than planned. That’s how things always work in Louisville. [C-J/AKN] Way to go, Louisville, with your compassion! A teen girl is recovering at home after being injured in an attack by a group of adults. Her family said after talking with police, they believe she’s [...]

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Why, of COURSE Metro Animal Services is refusing to return calls in an emergency situation. Of course they are. Not even returning calls when a media outlet tries to get in touch. Anybody with enough common sense, though, would have used their googler to locate another animal welfare agency to help them out. So one [...]

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Louisville Metro Animal Services may still be a disaster but it looks like Jessamine County is trying hard to be light years better. [H-L] They’ve gone from shooting and killing dogs to control the pet population to vowing 90 percent of their animals will be saved. But that’s not the biggest change at the Henry-Trimble [...]

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From the Department of Things That Will Tick A Bunch Of People Off: Metro Police to Conduct Racial Profiling Study. [WFPL] You can’t even go to Walmart these days without finding a body in the parking lot. [FOX41] This Bluegrass Mental Health thing is going to be a disaster. Maybe another airport or KLC funtimes? [...]

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Why on earth are your taxpayer dollars paying for Greg Fischer, Jerry Abramson and Jim King to get involved in the WDRB/Time Warner Cable dispute? [Business First] Something all of these paywall stories neglect to address when comparing the Courier-Journal to the New York Times: the Courier-Journal is not the New York Times and will [...]

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Why is it, exactly, no one in the mainstream media wants to talk about Jewish Hospital/Kentucky One closing entire units and laying people off? Many now-former employees receiving severance packages were forced to sign agreements that they wouldn’t speak publicly about the closure of their unit and loss of their job. [Deep Hospital Thoughts] The [...]

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