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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More concerns are being brought to light now that the East End Bridge project is moving out of the planning phase and into the construction phase. [WDRB] As advocates on both sides vie for his attention, Gov. Steve Beshear told reporters today he’d get input from state agencies and others before deciding on whether to [...]

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On Wednesday, 59-year-old Dianne Porter got an unexpected knock at the door close to 6:00 p.m. And then she was pepper sprayed and robbed. Crazy! [WDRB] Advocates for protections against domestic violence hugged and even shed some tears Thursday morning after a Kentucky Senate committee passed a measure to extend protections to dating couples. It’s [...]

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Louisville’s congressman expects just one part of the president’s gun control plans to pass Congress this year. He sees it as a start in efforts that re-awakened the nation and Louisville’s interest in gun violence issues. [WDRB] When storms, disease or old age down trees and limbs in city parks, the wood waste will now [...]

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Kentucky Kingdom could reopen within a year or two, according to the head of the Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau, James Wood. It’s a signal that Ed Hart’s group and the state are near an agreement. [WDRB] Are we still pretending there’s not a real life racial divide in Louisville? Louisville’s largest law firms have [...]

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Way to go, gays! Getting yourself arrested at the courthouse for refusing to leave when you were denied a marriage license. This is the Commonwealth of Kentucky. You’re a second-class citizen and need to realize that. I’m only slightly joking with that, as a known homosexual. Come on! Refusing to leave the courthouse, though? That’s [...]

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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!] Two weeks from today, we could know if Kentucky Kingdom will reopen. [WDRB] First the “raccoon” jokes and now this antisemitic “yellow star” mess with John Yarmuth? Mandy Connell, a self-professed close friend of Mark [...]

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It’s the final round-up of the year. We’ll be back to normal on Wednesday. A former University of Louisville football player has filed a lawsuit claiming he was asked to cover up an attack perpetrated by two of his teammates — and he claims his University and his coach failed to live up to their [...]

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Come on, you know we can’t read an email subject like that without opening it. Unfortunately, here’s the rest of it: ring the bell for the Salvation Army tonight “Louisville is such a giving city and human need takes no holiday,” says Owen. “I am honored to join other volunteers who with the help of [...]

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We’re closer and closer to hitting our goal and launching our new project. Consider helping make that happen because it’s so close we can taste it. [Support Our New Project!] Shocking news: the arena is still struggling for revenue. So let’s allow people like Bob Gunnell to scam the entire city by claiming an NBA [...]

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