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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Ruh ro. Check this release: Councilwoman Shanklin will be making a statement regarding the recent Courier Journal article at City Hall in the 1st Floor Conference Room at 1:30pm. She will not be taking any questions. That’s in ten minutes. Predictions? UPDATE – Here’s her statement: This would not be a conversation if there had [...]

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For decades America has underinvested in infrastructure—even though poor roads, delayed flights, crumbling bridges and inefficient buildings are an expensive burden. Deficiencies in roads, bridges and transport systems alone cost households and businesses nearly $130 billion in 2010, mostly because of higher running costs and travel delays. [The Economist] The 25 cities with the cleanest [...]

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Remember the horsey lady Alisha Ward at the University of Louisville? We first brought you word of the scandal on March 25, 2011. It turned into a huge ordeal. Surely you remember. So we’ve gotta ask: why on earth is no one talking about how her fiance/boyfriend/whatever has a large contract with the University? We [...]

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For maybe the first time EVER, Greg Fischer is right about something! About housing and what’s considered “low-income.” Jim Peden needs to check himself against reality. If you make $30K, you certainly aren’t a street grunt or riff raff that spends your day thieving. But you probably can’t afford to live in the Highlands with [...]

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Let’s just say that you’ll want to immediately go read about all the shenanigans of Richie Farmer. A new report from the Auditor of Public Accounts paints a terrible picture of Mr. Unforgettable. Ruh ro. Click here to read it all.

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A new report says the air we breathe is among the dirtiest in the country — but another says the air quality is better now than ever before. [FOX41] Local residents acknowledged the benefit the east-end bridge will provide to the region for the planned Ohio River Bridges Project, but called to stop the construction [...]

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Have you seen this sad Brooks Wicker campaign against John Yarmuth? The amount in his campaign war chest is less than Frankfort folks spend on hookers in a given five-minute period of time. It’s just sad watching his campaign. Sad. [WFPL] Sorry, Louisville’s great, just not the “most compassionate city in the world.” When will [...]

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Seriously, why is this Chip Keeling story an Associated Press story? Why is this relevant to news? It’s beginning to smell like someone’s got a personal vendetta against the guy. [H-L] The orchestra and its musicians plan to sign a full agreement this week. Will the cat fighting finally end? [FOX41] The mainstream finally wrote [...]

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More on the Metro Parks whistleblower shenanigans? Yes, of course. Lynn Fleming claims Joey Sears wasn’t speaking to his supervisor when he called in to work. Unfortunately, the guy most certainly was a supervisor: How the Assistant Director of Human Resources doesn’t know someone is a supervisor, we’ll never know. And, unfortunately for Fleming, telephone [...]

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