Everyone seems upset that Lee Eldridge left WAVE. It’s been two weeks since people started emailing us. Goodness. [Just Saying] Louisville mayoral candidate Connie Marshall has written in about, well, various things. What are your thoughts? [The 'Ville Voice] Our condolences to Councilman George Unseld who lost his wife, Jacqueline, on the 21st. [Obit] Maybe [...]

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Seems pretty simple. St. Matthews has a law requiring that new liquor stores must be at least 700 feet from existing liquor stores. And as you can see from this picture, the new Liquor Barn under construction on Shelbyville Road is pretty darn close to the Beverage Warehouse operation across the street. The Beverage Warehouse [...]

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Most of us are pretty perturbed about the whole issue with Cordish and Fourth Street Live and the $950,000 gift from Mayor Jerry Abramson. We’ll never know how they spent the money, but if they did manage to blow that cash on the Sports and Social Club, it says something about the company’s mismanagement of [...]

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Awarding Behavior: LEO’s Phillip Bailey picked up a NATIONAL award from the organization of alt-weeklies. His stories on a West End resident, a controversial radio station decision and last year’s fiasco over the homophobic flyer that influenced a Metro Council election got the attention of the AAN. Worthy of re-reading. [AAN] Fixed Sidewalk: Our pals [...]

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For residents of the Highlands, trips to Wild and Woolly Video and Heine Bros. are a routine part of life. Now the two local businesses have teamed up to make things a little more convenient. You can now drop off rented videos at any of seven Heine locations. Wild and Woolly’s Todd Brashear said the [...]

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Yesterday, rumors were circulating that the tiny Valley Station post office on Dixie Highway was being considered for closure because the government needed to consolidate offices to save money. Bob Henderson, the District 14 Metro Councilman, confirmed that there had been rumors coming from within the branch that a move to the Pleasure Ridge Park [...]

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This is how a lot of good ideas get started. When Steven Paradis started doing some small scale farming, he wanted to be kind to the environment. But when he went shopping for enviro-friendly fertilizer, he couldn’t find anything in town and soon learned that his only option was to pick up supplies out of [...]

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Daniel Mongiardo’s FEC Report eye-openers, the latest on Karen Sypher and Rick Pitino, metro council embarrassment and a special deal from Sustain. Check out our weekly CW segment.

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We’ve written about Sustain several times the past few months and yet again want to give the store a big shout-out. They’ve recently re-launched their fancy web store and as a thank you to our readers are offering an awesome deal: 20% off all purchases with the discount code Sustain. The offer is good until [...]

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Here’s another thing to check out on Saturday. It happens to be national Record Store Day tomorrow, so there’s plenty of live music going on at Ear X-tacy on Bardstown Road. The store is one of more than 700 in the U.S. particpating with special exclusive recordings (including from Springsteen and Elvis Costello) and other [...]

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