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Key Senate Primaries Are In Louisville, Northern and Southern Kentucky

by Kenny Colston May 20, 2012

The races to watch in tomorrow’s primaries for General Assembly seats are in Louisville, Northern and Southern Kentucky. In Louisville, four Democrats are vying to replace retiring Democrat Tim Shaughnessy in the 19th district, where no Republicans are running. In the 37th District, former Republican Metro Councilman Doug Hawkins and political activist Chris Thieneman are [...]

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Super PACs May Give Massie Edge in Fourth District Primary

by Kenny Colston May 20, 2012

The most competitive primary in Kentucky will come to an end Tuesday. Seven Republicans are vying to replace retiring incumbent Geoff Davis in the Fourth Congressional District. County judge-executives Gary Moore and Thomas Massie and state representative Alecia Webb-Edgington are considered the frontrunners. Those three have raised the most money and former GOP operative Les [...]

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I’ll Have Another Wins Preakness

by Rick Howlett May 19, 2012

Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another has captured the second jewel of racing’s Triple Crown, overtaking Bodemeister at the finish line to win the 137th Preakness Stakes. I’ll Have Another now has a chance to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. The final leg of the series is the Belmont Stakes [...]

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NY Times Focuses on Rogers’s Continued Pork Spending

by Phillip M. Bailey May 19, 2012

Earmarks spearheaded by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., are catching serious scrutiny in a report by The New York Times for a small military part with a hefty price tag. Observes have commented in the past on how Rogers is known as the “Prince of Pork”, which clashes with the GOP’s austerity movement. [...]

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House, Vaswani Write a Novel in Letters

by Erin Keane May 18, 2012

Meena is an Indian immigrant living in New York City’s Chinatown whose parents are studying for their U.S. citizenship exam. River is a basketball star and the son of an Eastern Kentucky coal miner. When the two kids are paired together in a pen pal program, they learn as much about the similarities between their [...]

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Yarmuth Disses Christie Ahead of Kentucky Visit

by Phillip M. Bailey May 18, 2012

Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth is criticizing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as a “yes man” for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney before his visit to Kentucky. Christie is backing Romney in the fall election over President Barack Obama. He will be the keynote speaker at the Republican Party of Kentucky’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner on [...]

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High Ozone Levels Expected This Weekend

by Erica Peterson May 18, 2012

Louisville Metro Government has issued the season’s first air quality alert . The threshold for calling an alert is 101 on the Air Quality Index, which measures air pollution on a scale of 0 to 500. The ozone level is forecasted to be 104 this weekend. APCD spokesman Tom Nord says the weather, rather than [...]

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Spalding Festival of Writing Begins

by Erin Keane May 18, 2012

Readings by faculty, guests and alumni of Spalding University’s brief-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing program begin Saturday. All readings are free, ticketless and open to the public. Events will be held at Spalding’s Egan Leadership Center Lectorium (901 S. Fourth St.), Spalding’s Auditorium (824 S. Fourth St.) and at the Brown Hotel (335 [...]

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Community Support Needed Following West Louisville Shootings

by Devin Katayama May 18, 2012

Louisville city officials say they need cooperation from the community while investigations continue into Thursday’s shootings. Several community leaders met with the mayor and police Friday, to discuss steps going forward. Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad said there are three elements to the response to Thursday’s shootings. The first is the investigation. Conrad said [...]

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Shots Fired Near Shawnee High School, SWAT Called; UPDATE: Standoff Ends

by Gabe Bullard May 18, 2012

Update, 7:00: Police say a 22-year-old is in custody and the SWAT standoff has ended.  A Louisville SWAT team is still assessing the situation at the corner of 41st and Herman streets, where a suspect is barricaded in a house. The standoff began shortly before 1:00 pm, when Louisville Metro police reported that two individuals [...]

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