Everybody is just cold getting murdered in Shiveley. Don’t tell any of your meemaws who live there. [WDRB] The Lexington Parking Authority board of commissioners voted Thursday to accept the proposed new city food truck ordinance, subject to several modifications. Seems Lexington takes food trucks more seriously than Louisville. [H-L] There’s been some progress after [...]

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Jefferson County Public Schools is projected to lay off 41 teachers before the start of the next school year. The district blames budget cuts, especially cuts in federal funding because of the sequestration and a loss of stimulus funds. It could also be blamed on poor management and those, you know, 100+ people making more [...]

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Then take that agency’s janky web survey and let your thoughts be known. Click here to access it. Here’s the email message that accompanied the LMAS survey link: We hope you are enjoying the pet you adopted from Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS). As part of our quest to continually improve the services we deliver [...]

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Seems like it was just yesterday when a member of Greg Fischer’s staff told me I was crazy when I said Justin Scally wouldn’t last two years in Louisville. In light of Scally’s departure from his sad run at Metro Animal Services, it’s time for a bit of a flashback. Because it would be silly [...]

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At noon today we’ll be taking a look back at Justin Scally’s unfortunate tenure at Louisville Metro Animal Services. But before we get to that… Maybe his departure will finally mean that LMAS folks will – after nearly two years – license my damn dog? It’s been a nightmare since March 2012. Every time I’ve [...]

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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has nabbed an accused wig thief, according to an arrest warrant. Gives a whole new meaning to wig snatching. [WDRB] What planet is Greg Fischer living on when he says membership of the board setting toll rates for bridges is not a major concern? [C-J/AKN] Who believes everything is all [...]

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Louisville wins again. Justin Scally is leaving Louisville as head of Metro Animal Services. Notably, the only thing in which he has succeeded is providing the agency with some of the best secrecy it’s ever enjoyed. Will Greg Fischer appoint someone capable of running the agency? Or will he appoint another man-boy who wants only [...]

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Louisville is this country’s fastest warming city and it’s Metro Government’s fault: None of these is as deadly as heat. An average of 400 people, most of them elderly and living in urban areas, die each year in the U.S. from the effects of heat waves. More than 700 hundred perished in the disastrous Chicago [...]

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A man is found dead on Oak Street between 6th Street and 7th Street. Possibility City. [WDRB] It is called the sport of kings and it has been in this haven of racecourses, stables and studs since the 17th century, when King Charles I and his courtiers made the 100-mile journey here by horse-drawn carriages. [...]

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Early morning brunchers will now be able to sip bourbon or any other drink of choice on Sunday mornings. [WDRB] The annual financial audit of Louisville Metro government found only one reportable deficiency, Mayor Greg Fischer reported Friday. Really? We’re going to take his word for it? Because there are dozens of people in Metro [...]

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