A chance to taste great bourbon helped raise money for abused children. Bourbon by the Bridge offered premiere bourbon tasting, a jazz band and hors d’oeuvres. [WDRB] When it comes to helping nature adapt to climate change, biologists say it’s all about resilience, or the ability of plants, animals or ecological systems to bounce back [...]

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Wednesday marks a big day in the years-long quest to build two new Ohio River bridges. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and Indiana Governor Mike Pence will officially celebrate the start of construction on the East End bridge. [WDRB] When the Waterfront Park master plan was approved in 1991, no decision had been made on where [...]

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This week President Barack Obama focused on growing the housing market and supporting homeowners, which isn’t happening:

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Does Kentucky’s new Religious Freedom Act really protect religion, or does it potentially cause discrimination? The issue is still raging weeks after the bill became law. Hint for WDRB: No, the debate isn’t still raging. There’s no additional religious protection but there is the ability to discriminate, thanks to the bill. [WDRB] The city and [...]

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Recent rainfall in Louisville Metro may cause sewers to overflow into drainage ditches and nearby streams, according to city officials. [WDRB] The family of Louisville Metro Councilman Tom Owen has sold a large plot of land on Fourth Street near the University of Louisville Belknap Campus for $5.65 million to a North Carolina firm that [...]

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One local group says it’s concerned about possible plans to demolish a historic home in their community. [WDRB] Lexington officials find ways to handle run-down and abandoned property. Could Louisville learn a thing or two? [H-L] A brutal attack was reported early Sunday morning inside a South Louisville movie theater. [WHAS11] A new nanotechnology to [...]

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The city of Louisville plans to buy Colonial Gardens and market it for redevelopment. [WDRB] New Albany Housing Authority Executive Director Bob Lane has some tough decisions to make. With Congress unable to reach an agreement, Lane is attempting to adjust to an 18 percent annual budget cut due to the federal sequester. [News & [...]

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Jeffersonville police have learned more information about the skeletal remains recently found behind a church. [WDRB] Kudos to the editorial board for ‘getting it’ on the pension non-reform that went down in Frankfort! Lawmakers who falsely congratulated themselves last month for solving the state’s public pension crisis should get a jolt of reality from the [...]

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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 [...]

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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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