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Support The Chuck Olmstead Memorial Fund

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Today until 8:00 P.M., WHAS11 (WLKY will do the same on the 10th) is hosting a telethon to benefit the Chuck Olmstead Memorial Fund. So call 866-868-8452 and make a pledge. Funds will assist in the purchase of a mobile MRI unit to provide free screenings that could help save lives.
Experts with Norton [...]

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Tags: Charity · Health Care · Media · Reporters · TV · WHAS · WLKY

Some Real Crazy Descends Upon Mayoral Race

January 22nd, 2010 · 18 Comments

Oh Jeebus. I can’t even deal.
Seriously.
She’s filed several lawsuits charging a widespread government cover-up, and that’s one of the reasons she contends she’s been assaulted 150 times.
“I have been assaulted on a regular basis through electromagnetic technology,” she said. “That includes microwaving, intrasound, via satellites.”
One lawsuit was filed against Louisville Gas & Electric, charging [...]

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Tags: Mayor's Race 2010 · WLKY

Ben Jackey Moves from WLKY to JCPS

January 4th, 2010 · 15 Comments

Toni Konz has the skinny:
Ben Jackey, a reporter at WLKY, has been hired as a communications specialist with Jefferson County Public Schools. His first day on the job will be Jan. 19.
Jackey, a Louisville native, will make $83,000 a year. His job responsibilities include helping write news releases, working with the news media and assisting [...]

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Tags: Education · JCPS · Reporters · WLKY

Thank Goodness It’s Finally the Weekend

November 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments

We’re all gonna die of the 4.5% water rate increase. [C-J]
River Fields just won’t quit. But the federal government isn’t having it. [C-J]
Louisville is so gay and stuff. Shh. Nobody tell Frank Simon. [LEO Weekly]
Fairdale Bigfoot possesses a superior knowledge of films and Facebook. Oh, is that homophobe David Edmonds trying to [...]

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Tags: Churchill Downs · Gambling · Ohio River Bridges · Oops · WLKY · Water · Wayside Mission

Gilles Meloche Scandal Day 4809823

November 6th, 2009 · 22 Comments

Andy Alcock got his hands on tapes released in Dawn Simpson’s complaint against Gilles Meloche. And they are juicy:
“I’m trying to have a legitimate conversation with the guy and he walks around the desk and hugs and kisses me on the neck and says, ‘Aw, poor baby,’” Simpson told the investigator.
-SNIP-
“’I really want to [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Jerry Abramson · Metro Government · Scandal · WDRB · WLKY

Monday! Anyone Dress As Meloche on Halloween?

November 2nd, 2009 · 9 Comments

Our positive thoughts are going to Dawne Gee this morning! So should yours. [Dawne's Twitter]
If you missed it over the weekend, WLKY reported that Gilles Meloche has been dumping animal carcasses in the city dump. Sickening story. [The 'Ville Voice]
Last week the Galt House signed a three-year agreement to be named the official [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Business · Churchill Downs · Courier-Journal · Criticism · Downtown · Horse Industry · Jack Conway · Kentucky Derby · LEO · Religion · Scandal · University of Louisville · WAVE · WLKY

This Guy Still Has a Job Thanks to Jerry

October 31st, 2009 · 19 Comments

Seven months ago employees of Waste Management approached me about dog carcasses being dumped by Metro Animal Services. Unfortunately, no one wanted to provide me with photographic evidence. I was unable to do anything about it.
Fast forward to today:
So what’s happening to the animal bodies?
WLKY has confirmed with waste management they’re being dumped [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Jerry Abramson · Journalism · Metro Government · WLKY

New Meloche Complaints are Sickening

October 23rd, 2009 · 13 Comments

The latest complaints against Metro Animal Services’ Gilles Meloche?
From WLKY:

Killing kittens without anesthetic – stabbing them in the heart and injecting chemicals
Selling kittens with FIP
Improperly distributing drugs

Effing sickening. We’ve told you for the better part of a year that this guy was a hot mess. Now you know.
Jerry Abramson has known about these [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Jerry Abramson · WLKY

Possibility City of Metro Animal Services Mess

October 23rd, 2009 · 7 Comments

So, ladies and dudes, get ready. We hear through the media grapevine that WLKY is set to air another exclusive interview with Dr. Kendall Clay tonight at 6:00 P.M.
Clay is a contract veterinarian who used to work for Metro Animal Services. So far an audit bomb as been dropped, triple sexual harassment has [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Exclusive · Hype · Journalism · Scandal · TV · WLKY

Huh? A Local Country Music Special

September 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Tonight on WLKY, you won’t see the CBS rerun of New Christine, the one where we’re left hanging on to whether Richard is getting left at the altar. CBS opens its Christine season next week.
Instead, the 8 p.m. half-hour will consist of a local special on. . .  ready?
Country Music Jamborees.
That’s right. The station did [...]

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Tags: TV · WLKY

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