Everybody is apparently pissed over whatever Christopher 2X said on the teevee. [FOX41]

Morgan McGarvey will win this race with the endorsements his daddy got him. Without daddy, Crit and Jack wouldn’t know who Morgan is. [C-J/AKN]

Do you have faith that “Metro leaders” will be able to put a plan into place to stop all the violence in Louisville? [WAVE3]

From the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: As mandated by the Kentucky Legislature, uninsured motorists across the Commonwealth will begin receiving notices in June that registrations for their personal vehicles will be canceled if they do not obtain required insurance or show proof of existing insurance. [Press Release & More Info]

West End residents are less than happen about the spree of recent shootings, to say the least. But this doesn’t mean the West End is the only place crimes are being committed. [WHAS11]

Louisville is apparently the 18th most miserable city in the United States of America. Are you surprised? [Business Insider]

WLKY’s teevee people – since it’s hype week – say they have: “uncovered serious gaps in metro Louisville’s first-response system where hundreds of people in dire medical emergencies did not get help in time to save them.” Forgive us for being skeptical about anything Neal Richmond has to say and any blame he places on the Fire Department. He’s not in Louisville often enough to know what’s going on. [WLKY]

Read this story from June 2000. You’ll have Butchertown-Swift flashbacks like woah. [Pulitzer]

Almost nobody is going to go vote on Tuesday. All those television advertising dollars? Completely wasted. [H-L]

Why is it Boy Scouts get to camp out all over the place but the city’s homeless aren’t permitted to do so? [C-J/AKN]

The economy is still struggling to gain momentum, though long-term trends remain expansionary, the Conference Board declared, as it reported that its index of leading economic indicators dipped in April for the first decline since September. [Business First]

Will anybody ride their bike in to work today? You know, the handful of people who have jobs? Or are they all afraid of getting shot up? Maybe they’re just afraid of dying on the 2nd Street Bridge or Lower Brownsboro? [WFPL]

Yesterday, LG&E announced the retirement of Chip Keeling as Vice President of Communications. His replacement will be Chris Whelan. Guess that little incident turned out to be a problem. [Press Release]

Let’s see how East End White Fear impacts the Brownsboro Road sidewalk project. Yes, East End White Fear. [FOX41]

Here’s your friend, Jim Peden, once again trying to mess with housing code. First, he didn’t want to be around poor people. Now? He doesn’t want Louisville to grow. [C-J/AKN]

John Yarmuth doesn’t hate the gays: “As a strong supporter of marriage equality, I am proud that President Obama has joined the millions of Americans committed to equal rights and fairness for all our citizens,” Yarmuth said. “This is a historic day for loving and committed gay and lesbian couples and their families across our country.” [Press Release]

You can’t even send your kids to school in Fern Creek these days without gun fears. [WAVE3]

Even Clear Channel’s Mandy Connell knows the gays aren’t second-class citizens. [Twitter]

Other media outlets should sack up and point out that Wes Jackson is clueless when it comes to integrity and standards of, you know, other media outlets. WFPL’s folks did so on Twitter but didn’t on their own site. [WFPL]

Here’s a solid look at Sarah Lynn Cunningham, the non-establishment candidate who has spent her entire life fighting against corruption. Her role as MSD whistleblower is still major. [CN|2]

Be honest. Did you roll your eyes a little bit when you learned Jim Host had resigned as chairman of the arena authority? [C-J/AKN]

Greg Fischer is really mad at people who camp out and complain about him. So he’s going to “ban” them. Because his time couldn’t be better spent focusing on the city’s actual needs. [WFPL]

A grand jury indicted three men Wednesday on murder and other felony charges in the weekend death of a Frankfort man, Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton said. [H-L]

Louisville’s tourist economy would be much more healthy if it focused on the rest of the state instead of just Louisville. You wouldn’t believe how impossible it’s been to get places like the Science Center and Belle of Louisville to realize there are people who live in the rest of the state with lots of cash and no idea Louisville exists. [Business First]

Indiana officials are investigating an early morning shooting at a news station.

Employees at the NBC affiliate in Terre Haute say they heard gunshots outside the building around 4 o’clock Saturday morning.

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Luckily, no one was hurt.

Police have charged this man — Kenneth Bolinger — with criminal recklessness and criminal mischief.

Bolinger is a former employee of the station.

Just a couple days before the incident? He posted this:

Eeeeep.

Here’s hoping the guy gets the mental help he needs.

Local residents acknowledged the benefit the east-end bridge will provide to the region for the planned Ohio River Bridges Project, but called to stop the construction and the use of tolls on the planned downtown bridge. [News & Tribune]

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Steve Beshear’s crew are still withholding child-abuse death records. So much for promised transparency. [H-L]

How can you know there’s a loaded gun within reach of a three-year-old and leave it available for them to play with? And how stupid do you feel when that child kills its 18-month-old sibling? Come on, people, how many times does this have to happen? [WAVE3]

Police say human remains found in a southern Indiana man’s backyard have been identified as a woman who has been missing for about a month. [WKYT]

Really, way to go, Nawbny, with your death and murder and bodies buried in the back yard and such. [84WHAS]

Cannons Lane was shut down in both directions at I-64 Sunday evening after shots were fired at an officer during a police pursuit. You can’t even go to St. Matthews these days without getting shot. [WHAS11]

This guy in Indiana has felony convictions for lying about his voter registration. Meanwhile, Democrats in Frankfort like Ruth Ann Palumbo aren’t even questioned about their illegal registrations. [WFPL]

The Kentucky Derby’s annual running on the first Saturday in May provides a lesson, of sorts, in economics. [Business First]

WHEN WILL THE KILLING STOP? This is out-of-control crazy. Come on, Louisville, stop killing each other. [WLKY]

The former general manager of the KFC Yum! Center has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the Kentucky State Fair Board, claiming he was fired over statements he made to a consultant reviewing that arena’s operations that were critical of fair board president Harold Workman. [C-J/AKN]

A note was sent Thursday to parents of St. Xavier High School students addressing recent rumors of a gun in the school, which administrators say were unfounded.

But that doesn’t mean the rumor mill and gossip brigade will stop talking.

The hot talk among locals is that there was a clip found the week prior. Then a gun was allegedly discovered in the library. As you can see, that wasn’t the case.

That hot talk also involves discussion of an alleged unwritten agreement with LMPD to allow St. X administrators to discipline their own – a process that reportedly keeps LMPD off the campus and makes it easier to stonewall discussion outside school walls.

We have no reason to believe St. X folks wouldn’t have the LMPD on the scene if a gun was actually discovered. So gossipers should stop foaming at the mouth.

It’d probably be better for the anti-St. Xers to focus on things that Metro Parks officials have “given” St. X over the years without anything being reported. Especially since inquiries made with St. X on March 29 and April 2 regarding some of that alleged equipment were nervously and quickly brushed aside.

Let’s get this straight: a group of people involving Christopher 2X and Greg Fischer want to increase the public’s trust in the police department. But they held a closed-door meeting with police, in which no press were allowed, and only shared photos after the event? Really? [FOX41]

Dear Young Republicans: you should probably never, ever apologize for Greg Fischer. [Curt Morrison]

Now that Stephen Daeschner is gone – again – Greater Clark County Schools is trying to find a new superintendent. Wonder if they’ll try Sheldon Berman next? [WAVE3]

All kinds of mouth-breathers have been freaking out over John Yarmuth’s Congressional art competition. So here’s a link to Republican Geoff Davis’ own art competition. [Click the Clicky]

What? Yet another giant drug bust in J-town? This is an interesting new pattern. [WHAS11]

Now that corporations have begun to cut ties with ALEC, it’s time to demand that legislators do the same. Legislators like Denise Harper Angel – who is furiously trying to distance herself without effectively doing so. [The Nation]

You can’t even have a kid in Louisville these days without it getting shot. It’s a shame we can’t say that this is a first. [WLKY]

Do you hear all kinds of extra mouth-breathing lately? It’s because some wingnuts are freaking out over the University of Louisville receiving funds to conduct adult stem cell research. [WFPL]

Duke Energy Corp., General Electric Co. and other Fortune 500 companies avoided paying federal taxes in 2011 by using a popular U.S. tax break known as accelerated depreciation. [Business First]

It really is a shame people like Jim King are allowing the foxes guarding the hen house at Kentucky Retirement Systems to bilk the city of money. [Page One]

It’s never a good day when a body is recovered from the Ohio River. We can only hope the city’s future and progress in general are recovered from the river sometime soon. [WAVE3]

In case you were wondering why it’s almost laughable that Jim King caved on throwing cash at the Kentucky Retirement Systems? Here’s the latest on the corruption. [Page One]

President Barack Obama’s state re-election campaign headquarters opened in Louisville this weekend. Let’s just say a LOT fewer people showed up this year than in 2008. Primarily because the campaign absolutely does not matter in Kentucky. [FOX41]

Will street cars return to Los Angeles? They should definitely return to Louisville. So this city can move ahead a bit. Or something? [HuffPo]

Did you know? A sports thing happened in Lexington and media in Louisville are still freaking out about it. [WHAS11]

Sorry, Bill Bissett, there is no “balanced perspective” on coal here. Primarily because you’re paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to shill for coal, ignore facts and reality and act as if all media are out to get you. Nice that you didn’t disclose that a PR agency is on retainer to help you write pieces like this. [H-L]

When will this city stop killing people? Surely the near-constant death can come to an end. [WLKY]

Reading puppies & rainbows stories like this about the circus are precisely why so many people roll their eyes at the local paper. They just can’t be bothered with discussing the serious problems associated with it. [C-J/AKN]

Jefferson County Public Schools has wrapped up interviews for new assistant superintendents. [WFPL]

KentuckianaWorks and other job centers are running low on funds. Which group will be the first to start foaming at the mouth? [Business First]

Here’s a really interesting story about a poison found in the Louisville Water Company’s supply. [C-J/AKN]

Jim King is a coward. He caved. Metro will be paying the $10.8 million to the Kentucky Retirement Systems in two installments. No questions asked. Why? Because they (Jim) want to avoid any additional legal fees that could arise if they delayed payment. Yes, I can prove that. He’ll likely have all kinds of fancy excuses once he returns from vacation. [Possibility City]

Ummmmm. University of Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino has been placed on paid administrative leave by the university, after he failed to disclose that 25-year-old Jessica Dorrell, a recent hire to the football staff, was his motorcycle companion during last Sunday’s crash that put him in a neck brace. The university plans to conduct a full investigation and then decide on further punishment for Petrino, the former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. What a skank Bobby Petrino is. UofL has a nice track record of hiring gross old men, it seems. [Deadspin]

Looks like it’s another bad news day for LMEMS. Another day, another accident. [WAVE3]

The head of Kentucky Retirement Systems bit off more than he could chew when he openly lied to the press about an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission investigation. [Page One]

Apparently, Occupy Louisville still exists. And Metro Government is giving it the boot. [WFPL]

Construction on I-65 is apparently creating more questions than answers for area drivers. [WHAS11]

Maybe Steve Nunn and his father were just crazier than anyone ever thought? What a hot mess. [H-L]

You can’t even go to Kroger these days without getting shot. Nope, not Kroghetto or Dirty Kroger. This one is in the South End. [WLKY]

Greg Fischer promised to be something new when he was narrowly elected mayor of Louisville. Turns out? He’s more of the same, continuing to spend nearly $500,000 on outside attorneys for such asshats as the disgraced former Metro Animal Services directors. [The 'Ville Voice]

Shoo, you can’t even trust meemaw not to shoot you dead these days. Be careful out there, poppops of the world! [FOX41]

The folks we’ve spoken to suggest it could be gang-related.

The items gettings stolen? Guns.

Like an assault rifle from the Sheriff’s Department.

Remember when Greg Fischer said there was no gang problem in Louisville?

This should be a fun year in Louisville.

Yes, this is salacious and rumorific. But it’s not like Mr. Transparency is bothering to be transparent about anything other than the way he trashes critics. And the way he’s handling the selection of a new LMPD chief is getting people fired up. Hence the flood in the rumor mill at the moment.

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]