It’s Primary Election day which, well, you aren’t voting so let’s talk about something else. Or somebody else: Bradford Young. He’s a local/formerly local filmmaker who will make you proud: THERE’S a scene early on in “Middle of Nowhere,” one of this year’s Sundance prize-winning films, when a young married couple bicker briefly in the [...]

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Here’s how the paper in Lexington started out about West End murders yesterday: A woman was charged Monday with murder in one shooting death and police are seeking information into the unrelated deaths of two other people who were shot the same day just a block away in a crime-riddled west Louisville neighborhood. [H-L] The [...]

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So, how excited are you that Greg Fischer is pushing for the merger of LWC and MSD, just like we said he would? [More Fischer Logic] Maybe Barbara Shanklin should have thought about both nepotism and her grandson’s shenanigans before hiring him. Her pleas fall on deaf ears at this point. [WFPL] Check out this [...]

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TARC wants to raise its rates again and several public meetings have been set for public input: Tuesday, May 15 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. — Metro Development Center — 444 S. Fifth St. 1:30 – 5 p.m. — TARC Headquarters — Union Station — 1000 W. Broadway Wednesday, May 16 11 a.m. – 1 [...]

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Maybe the Louisville Orchestra would be taken more seriously by, you know, Louisville, if people actually knew it existed. Maybe it could take a cue from the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra and it’s flash mob moment: What we mean is: it’d be great to see the Orchestra out and about and in areas where music like [...]

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This was published on Page One this morning but it’s worth sharing here. Because of the meemaws. Can you imagine being an average meemaw watching the news this week? Serial killer in New Albany, horse sexytimer in Louisville, bridges drama, Mr. Unforgettable is a crook, hail storms are ruining everything, there’s some tart (you know [...]

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You already know this story: local businesses rarely move to Cordish-operated 4th Street Live and when they do, they don’t stick around long. Turns out, those businesses are partly leaving because of Common Area Maintenance (CAM) fees that get imposed on tenants without any warning. Often in amounts that are three or four times the [...]

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Police are cracking down on human trafficking in Louisville. Something you probably didn’t know was an issue. [FOX41] You’ll probably want to read this story about the poorest county in America celebrating prom. Yes, it’s in Kentucky. [HuffPo] Really, Greg? We’re going to keep talking about what a compassionate city Louisville is while people are [...]

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Jeffersonville can’t finish anything it starts and now wants to build a new $7.5 million police station? Yeah, that sounds like a smart idea. [FOX41] As if listening to Doug Proffitt freak out about it all day yesterday wasn’t enough, you get to hear about it again today. Teddy Gordon and Joy Furman, the mother [...]

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Looks like Joe Riffe is going to get the shaft at LMEMS. But Shelby County EMS is ready to hire him up: The judge and Todd have given me an open offer to come work for Shelby County EMS as soon as I’m ready. It would be a part time position to start, then full [...]

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