This week President Barack Obama turned the weekly address over to Sandy Hook mother Francine Wheeler: Heartbreaking.
Entries Tagged as 'Guns'
President Obama’s Weekly Video Address
April 15th, 2013 · No Comments
Kentucky Really Dodged A Holiday World Bullet
April 15th, 2013 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Derby Festival · Dogs · Education · Guns · Horse Industry · Immigration · Indiana · JCPS · Mitch McConnell · Ohio River Bridges · Scandal · Transparency · University of Louisville
Bridge Construction Will Cause Downtown Mess
April 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
Tags: Death · Dogs · Downtown · Education · Gambling · Guns · Indiana · Kentucky Kingdom · Mitch McConnell · Ohio River Bridges · Politics · Race · Water
Really, They Were Shocked Over Tree Removal?
April 2nd, 2013 · 1 Comment
Metro Council woman Barbara Shanklin is fighting to clear her name. Monday afternoon her attorney filed an appeal to the ethic complaint against her. [WDRB] New details about one of Mississippi’s most infamous murders are coming to light — more than a half-century later. The death of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy who allegedly [...]
Tags: Business · Death · Discrimination · Dogs · Ethics · Guns · Indiana · Judges · Metro Council · Ohio River Bridges · Race · State Government · Steve Beshear · University of Kentucky · Zoning
Time To Make The City Look Clean For Visitors
April 1st, 2013 · No Comments
It’s the annual effort to make Louisville appear clean to the rest of the world. Hundreds of volunteers line up to make the community a little brighter. [WDRB] United Parcel Post has agreed to forfeit $40 million it made in payments from pharmacies that shipped controlled substances to Americans without valid prescriptions. [NPR] Jeffersonville Police [...]
Tags: Alcohol · Death · Guns · Housing · Indiana · Kentucky Derby · Kentucky Kingdom · Metro Government · Politics · Race · State Government · Steve Beshear · University of Kentucky · UPS
Barbara Shanklin’s Probably A Little Mad This Week
March 28th, 2013 · No Comments
Just what Louisville needs: another road rage incident involving a gun. A Louisville man has been arrested after police say he pulled a gun in an act of road rage. [WDRB] While a pointless way to “protest” in Kentucky, the prosecution’s push to prevent the reality that a gay marriage fight is the reason it [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Death · Ethics · Gays · Guns · Metro Council · Ohio River Bridges · Possibility City · State Government · Zoning
At Least Indiana Takes Transportation Seriously
March 27th, 2013 · 1 Comment
You can learn about different walks of life thanks to an exhibit on loan from the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. [WDRB] The Kentucky General Assembly voted Tuesday night to overturn Gov. Steve Beshear’s veto of controversial legislation known as the “religious freedom” bill, which was opposed by many human and gay rights groups and leaders of [...]
Tags: Ali Center · Art · Domestic Violence · Gays · Guns · Indiana · JCPS · Kentucky Kingdom · Ohio River Bridges · Poverty · State Government · Youth
Will Indiana Save Us All From Tolls? Yeah, Right
March 26th, 2013 · No Comments
Kentucky’s senior U.S. Senator says it’s (health care reform) going to be the biggest issue of the 2014 campaign. [WDRB] Looks like Possibility City really dodged a bullet over that Kentucky Kingdom mess. Nearly 70 years ago, Evansville industrialist Louis J. Koch opened a theme park, with a Mother Goose ride and a toy shop [...]
Tags: Banking · Death · Domestic Violence · Guns · Health Care · Indiana · Kentucky Kingdom · Mitch McConnell · Ohio River Bridges · State Government
President Obama’s Weekly Video Address
March 25th, 2013 · No Comments
This week President Barack Obama focused on protecting kids by reducing gun violence:
Poop On A Bridge Is The Hottest News In Town
March 25th, 2013 · 3 Comments
Louisville sees a triple homicide for the first time in nearly a year. Police found three men, shot dead, outside an apartment building in south Louisville off Georgetown Place, south of Berry Boulevard. [WDRB] Officials who run Louisville International Airport have agreed to sell 18.4 acres in an industrial park near the airport to a [...]
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