We’re expecting something to happen next week with Irv Maze. Here’s why.
The longtime Jefferson County Attorney is one of three candidates for a Circuit Court Judge vacancy, the seat formerly held by the late Kathleen Voors Montano. The final decision on the appointment is made by the Gov. Steve Beshear, with whom Maze is still […]

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Last Tuesday, when WHAS-TV’s Mark Hebert got a copy of a 911 call from Katie King’s ex-boyfriend and used it in a story, we thought it was really good TV — but that it might be a one-day story that was of interest to no other media. No charges had been filed, and the trail […]

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The C-J’s Jason Riley, who apparently poured over more than 1,000 pages of court documents in preparing a story on an Okolona mother accused of murdering her two children, has been ordered to testify in court in the case July 17.
Riley was originally ordered to appear in court this morning, but attorneys got Riley’s appearance […]

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Dyche’s Digs: John David Dyche takes a few broad swipes at Jerry Abramson in this morning’s C-J, blasting him for “arrogant obstructionism on libraries, shocking incompetence on housing grants and reckless haste on another huge downtown development subsidy.” Strong stuff. But he concludes correctly that no challenger appears to be on the horizon and Mayor […]

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We had a big time at the Society of Professional Journalists Awards Ceremony at the Zoo last night. The Zoo’s director, John Walczak, gave a nice welcoming talk. It’s a good event to see and talk with media types, and for me, a great moment occurred when I got to speak with my Basic Reporting […]

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The races are on for District Judge seats in Jefferson County.
We reported last week that two local District Court judge seats would become vacant upon the retirements of judges Kevin Delahanty and Deborah DeWeese. And even though 10 candidates contested a primary for a similar seat, with top two finishers Katie King and David Holton […]

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If you think all those summer picnics at Catholic churches are all about raising money, you’re only partially right.
It’s also the full campaign season for candidates for office. Here we have Metro Council District 26 candidate Graham Honaker with his full white-shirted entourage at the St. Raphael Picnic on Bardstown Road Saturday. Other notables working […]

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We unveiled a photo of Mark Hebert with giant hair, discussed Denise Bentley’s possible involvement in a sickeningly homophobic campaign mailer and all kinds of fancy elitism.
Us. On the teevee again.
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August 12 is the filing deadline for the November election. That’s 56 days away. The number of district judge races that will be contested, however, is uncertain.
That’s because the rules for filling the terms of retiring judges leave plenty of wiggle room for the Governor, who may or may not appoint replacements for retiring District […]

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Remember that 10-way battle for a 30th District Judge seat in the primary? Katie King finished first, with more than 34,000 votes, followed by David Holton, who is currently serving as an appointee and got less than 27,000 votes. Those two are preparing to face off in the November election.
Recently, two more Distict Judges announced […]

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