Bird poop is once again causing lane closures in Louisville. When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go. [WDRB] With construction set to begin this summer on both the downtown Interstate 65 and eastern bridges, state transportation officials from Kentucky and Indiana updated the Jeffersonville City Council on Monday night. [C-J/AKN] Louisville restaurants are [...]

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In the great words of Dubya, “Is our students learning?” A Jefferson County Public Schools teacher has been arrested after police say she sexually abused a student. [WDRB] After his horse Java’s War won the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland, trainer Kenny McPeek, the old Tates Creek High School graduate, was asked [...]

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Skeletal remains found behind a Jeffersonville church last month have been identified as a missing man who lived nearby. Stephen Reedy had been missing since September of 2011. [WDRB] How does Kentucky score when it comes to local food? Last year, the Commonwealth was 6th nationally. This year? 18th. [Ruh Ro] Shots rang out in [...]

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We’ve received more hate mail for not mentioning that she’s unavailable for the parade than we have anything else in two years. WTF? Many fans were pulling for Louisville native Jennifer Lawrence to be this year’s grand marshal for the Pegasus Parade. [WDRB] Working from a Louisville motel, the prostitute from Chicago found clients through [...]

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They are the two new CEO’s of two of the largest area chamber of commerce organizations. Craig Richard, the CEO of Greater Louisville, Inc. and Wendy Chesser, CEO of One Southern Indiana. [WDRB] A federal court has ruled that a Kentucky coal mine owes the government $1.67 million in fines for more than 1,200 safety [...]

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Kentucky’s top education official has called JCPS’ current state of low test scores and underperforming schools an “academic genocide.” [WDRB] Even Ronnie knows pension reform is never going to be a real thing in Frankfort. Steve Beshear, the Democratic House and Republican Senate apparently are no closer to agreement on how to fund changes to [...]

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A loud “boom” noise that might have startled or awakened residents likely was the result of a Marine Corps Reserve Unit conducting a training exercise on Fort Knox. You’d think Ft. Knox would alert Louisville when stuff like that is going down. [WDRB] What Americans keep ignoring about Finland’s school success. Everyone agrees the United [...]

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As usual, taxpayers get the shaft. Utility costs for the Louisville Gardens, the old armory building which has sat empty for more than five years, have topped more than a quarter of a million dollars. [WDRB] Really, Ken Fleming? You couldn’t find a better use in your district for that $25,000? The Louisville Metro Council [...]

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Kentucky’s public university presidents say they’d like to see the state’s U.S. senators help overhaul the country’s immigration system. [WDRB] The University of Louisville is considering offering buyouts to longtime faculty and staff in an effort to save $2.5 million as the state’s financial support dwindles. [C-J/AKN] There’s all kinds of important stuff to cover [...]

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The Kentucky School Boards Association and at least one large union representing teachers are fighting tooth and nail against putting EpiPens in schools. Even in the face of no health care, disappearing nurses and increasing allergies. They’re being unbelievably dishonest with their spin in claiming that putting life-saving EpiPens in every school would cost millions [...]

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