Who knew the story of the Progress Kentucky-Mitch McConnell scandal would end up involving guns, drugs, murder, gay escorting and full-on mental illness? It’s a story so crazy no one would believe it without documentation to back it up. [Page One] A southern Indiana man is behind bars in connection to a deadly golf cart [...]

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Progress Kentucky’s Shawn Reilly, the figure at the center of the Mitch McConnell audio recording controversy, appears to have a criminal past beyond what was previously known, that 1) involves drugs and firearms, and 2) appears to have been covered up. You’ll want to read the latest on this scandal. [Page One] It could be [...]

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Bird poop is once again causing lane closures in Louisville. When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go. [WDRB] With construction set to begin this summer on both the downtown Interstate 65 and eastern bridges, state transportation officials from Kentucky and Indiana updated the Jeffersonville City Council on Monday night. [C-J/AKN] Louisville restaurants are [...]

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One local group says it’s concerned about possible plans to demolish a historic home in their community. [WDRB] Lexington officials find ways to handle run-down and abandoned property. Could Louisville learn a thing or two? [H-L] A brutal attack was reported early Sunday morning inside a South Louisville movie theater. [WHAS11] A new nanotechnology to [...]

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Kentucky’s public university presidents say they’d like to see the state’s U.S. senators help overhaul the country’s immigration system. [WDRB] The University of Louisville is considering offering buyouts to longtime faculty and staff in an effort to save $2.5 million as the state’s financial support dwindles. [C-J/AKN] There’s all kinds of important stuff to cover [...]

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They have served our country, but now don’t have a place to live. That’s why a local not-for-profit organization is trying to provide some holiday cheer for veterans. [WDRB] Kentucky State Police say donations to their annual “Cram the Cruiser” food drive are slightly down this year but they are expecting an increase during the [...]

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General Electric’s profits were hit by one-off charges. The company made $3.03 billion in the first quarter, down 10% from the same period last year. [BBC] The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights last week publicly accepted three conciliation agreements in fair housing cases, including one in Madison County. [John Cheves] 400,000 plus people attended Thunder [...]

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That sound? Why, that’s the sound of butt holes puckering over at the Metro Sewer District. Literally. [WFPL] Jefferson County Public Schools plan to start classes later in the 2012-2013 school year. [Toni Konz] GE is hiring 5,000 U.S. veterans and investing like woah in its plants. So it seems the company isn’t just playing [...]

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Metro Gubmint reached a $3.5 million franchise deal with Insight Communications. Is this good or bad for the city? [C-J/AKN] The payout will allegedly help the city’s looming budgetary nightmare. But is that it? [WFPL] Woah, the Fraternal Order of Police doesn’t plan to endorse a candidate for LMPD chief. It’s a shame the officers [...]

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What was that, again, about Metro Animal Services teaming up with the Kentucky Human Society being a great thing? Seems LMAS is releasing private information without the permission of those involved. [Curt Morrison] Wasn’t that polling Saturday interesting? Maybe some day the mainstream media outlets will begin polling with Gatewood Galbraith in the mix to [...]

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