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The Pitino Sexytime Jurors Get Selected Today

July 12th, 2010 · 8 Comments

Did anyone else see this LG&E mess on WLKY featuring Denise Bentley? She’s got a good point. We’d embed the video, but WLKY apparently doesn’t understand how the googlebox works [YouTube]
What do The Wizard of Oz, Airplane and E.T. have in common? They’re all being shown for free at the Iroquois Amphitheater. [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Dining · Downtown · Education · Festival · JCPS · LG&E · Movies · Music · Parks · Scandal · Sex · University of Louisville · WLKY · Youth

It’s Tough To Wake Up On Monday Morning

June 14th, 2010 · 10 Comments

If you read last week’s LEO, you probably noticed Rep. Joni Jenkin’s letter to Jonathan Meador concerning South End residents. You’ll never see Larry Clark standing up for his constituents like that. [LEO Weekly]
Since the C-J doesn’t comprehend that running old news as an “exclusive” doesn’t sell newspapers, they ran a “print exclusive” on [...]

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Tags: Anchor · Courier-Journal · Greg Fischer · Jerry Abramson · LEO · MSD · Mayor's Race 2010 · Politics · Senate Race · South End · State Government · WLKY

Ohio Valley Emmy Nominations Announced

June 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The 46th annual Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Award nominations were announced yesterday in a live webcast.
590 entries were received from more then 40 media organizations in the Ohio Valley. The awards will be presented at a gala in Columbus, Ohio on July 31.
Here are the nominees from Louisville:
Newscast – Evening

WAVE3 @ 11 [...]

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Tags: Anchor · Awards · Fox 41 · Journalism · Media · Reporters · TV · WAVE · WDRB · WHAS · WLKY

More On The King Campaign Finance Mess

March 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Last night I published a statement from Jim King on the announcement that the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance settled his campaign finance mess as a non-knowing violation.
But Joe Gerth has more on the story:
Louisville Metro Council member Jim King and his daughter, Jefferson District Judge Katie King, have each agreed to pay $15,000 fines [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Jim King · Legal · Oops · Politics · WLKY

It’s Early Friday & Fairdale Bigfoot Is Up & At ‘Em

March 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments

This is very important and urgent news! [WLKY]
Could the nation’s most eco-friendly school be located right here in Indiucky/Louisville Proper? [C-J]
Check out this profile of Democratic mayoral candidate Lisa Moxley from Bennett Haeberle. [FOX41]
David Tandy also got a fancy profile. He’s still unable to explain his JBS Swift flip-flop. (P.S. to Bennett: People [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Banking · Democrats · Education · Fox 41 · Green · Greg Fischer · JCPS · Mayor's Race 2010 · Neighborhoods · WDRB · WLKY

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

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