Yesterday at 3:52 P.M. Eastern, the hottest news in Kentucky should have been a discussion of just how badly Frankfort is screwing everybody. But a local newspaper didn’t think so: It was all about basketball, a story about tablets and a bunch of information about some celebrity freezing her eggs and revealing her bra size. [...]

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You know those Libor interest rate swaps – much like those that Metro Sewer District in Louisville did? You know, the ones that are the main culprit in Detroit? Yeah? The largest part is $350 million owed for derivatives meant to lower borrowing costs on variable-rate debt. Municipal borrowers from the Metropolitan Water District of [...]

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Where are these people when it comes to Metro Animal Services? Oh, right, sitting on their hands. Because they can’t truly be bothered with protecting innocent animals that can’t protect themselves. It’s just a stunt for attention. [WDRB] On a mission to further choke its abysmal attendance, this is something a government organization would do. [...]

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Further solidifying our belief that local television news is rapidly declining: New Liberty? Really? Also pretty sure that Eastern Kentucky is not a town.

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Yeah, we know, no one is too worried about it but we thought we’d share the inside scoop on this: That’s on the bottom of P1 of a local newspaper. But they left a little bit of information out. Turns out the “computer system problem” was Gannett-wide. The system used for all papers failed (apparently [...]

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What do you do when you’re experiencing a non-stop flow of stories about layoffs and business cuts in Louisville? After you just convinced the public to believe you were moving 500 jobs back to Louisville and wouldn’t ever do anything like cut jobs? You get your friends at a local business publication called Business First [...]

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They came from across the state, shouting a message and leaving with animals in desperate need of help. It’s the kind of big-time protest that small town Campbellsville has never seen before. [WDRB] Lexington takes its most vulnerable citizens seriously. Mayor Jim Gray on Tuesday supported the creation of an office to coordinate services to [...]

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Let’s not act like this is a surprise.An unexpected shutdown at General Electric’s Appliance Park will put more than 500 jobs in Louisville in flux. [WDRB] Almost half of the 46 federally rated nursing homes in Jefferson County have been deemed below or much-below average, a non-profit advocacy organization says. Meanwhile, Julie Denton wants to [...]

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If you haven’t read the Toni Konz piece from last night, you need to. It’s all about the school board trying to cover its ass like woah. Some excerpts: By now, you have probably read the statement/response that the Jefferson County Board of Education sent on Friday in response to Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday’s [...]

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We’ve received several reports that fancy, expensive granite curbing the city installed a few years ago (remember Dougie Hawkins freaking out?) is being thrown out with the trash. Specifically in the 500 block of Fourth Street, where workers allegedly are only saving some of the curbs… while front-end loaders toss others into dump trucks. Sounds [...]

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