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20 top Louisville-area softball players to watch during 2024 KHSAA postseason
With Kentucky’s high school softball postseason approaching, it’s time to take a look at Louisville-area players who’ve made major impacts in 2024. Following is a list of 20 players from the Louisville area who will be major factors in district, regional and state tournament action. Players were selected based on their 2024 statistics, team...
When will gun violence end in Louisville? Without sensible gun laws it won't.
Five more people dead. Shot and killed over Mother’s Day weekend in Jefferson County. A victim’s relative asked, “when will it end?” The answer is: it won’t. As long as guns and ammo are readily available, easily purchased by almost anyone with the money(or stolen in many cases), innocent people just living their lives will continue to be murdered in our community. Until the political will exists to change that reality by enacting sensible gun laws we all will continue living in this insane reality. All we can do is hope we or our loved ones aren’t in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Downtown billboard sends dangerous message about drinking and driving | Letters
Visible from our dining room window in a condominium just off Lytle Park is a billboard that reads "EVERY GREAT TRIP STARTS WITH A SIP." Next to these words is pictured a man’s hand holding a glass of bourbon; not a sip, but three or four ounces. Just the thing, before hitting the road.
Father says he 'took off barreling towards fire' to rescue young kids from burning Portland home
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A young family is without a home aftera fire in the Portland neighborhood on Saturday night. Bret Williams says he was home with his three kids when a fire started on the second floor. He says he was with his 9-year-old son cleaning the home when...
MAP: Average home values across Kentucky, Indiana on the rise. Check your zip code here
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Home values across Louisville and southern Indiana continue to be on the rise across the region. Depending on the zip code you live in, the average home value has gone up anywhere from 5 to 10% in the last year, according to a new report by the Washington Post.
Crews begin demolition on old pool in Louisville's Camp Taylor neighborhood to build a new one
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Crews have begun ripping up the pool in the Camp Taylor neighborhood to make way for a new one. But the project is a touchy subject for some of those living in the surrounding area. Tucked away off Popular Level Road sits the empty old Camp...
Man seriously injured after being hit by pickup truck on Dixie Highway
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man is currently being treated for serious injuries after he was hit by a pickup truck in Louisville. Louisville Metro police officers were called on Tuesday at about 5:50 a.m. for a report of a pedestrian hit at the Dixie Highway and Blanton Lane intersection.
Chris Kolb's open letter to JCPS principals and staff is deeply condescending, disrespectful
Imagine writing to educational leaders just a couple years after the COVID pandemic, lockdowns and NTI that they may “not be up to the task of leading through what will be a rapidly evolving environment.” Yet, this is exactly what District 2 board member Chris Kolb, Ph.D, wrote in an open letter to district principals the day after the JCPS Board of Education meeting on May 7.
Missing North Carolina man whose car was abandoned in Louisville park found safe
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The endangered missing persons alert has been canceled for the man from out-of-state whose car was found in a Louisville park. Louisville Metro police said Phillip Price, 30, of Raleigh, North Carolina, is currently safe. Price had been last seen in Raleigh back on April 15....
Democrat Rep. Nima Kulkarni disqualified in bid for reelection, appeals court rules
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Incumbent State Rep. Nima Kulkarni won’t appear on the ballot for Kentucky's primary election. On Wednesday, the Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed a previous decision that now disqualifies the Louisville Democrat from running for the state’s House District 40 seat. It comes a day...
Ask Caray: What happened to Fontaine Ferry Park?
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Did you know the Shawnee Park athletic complex was once Fontaine Ferry Park, an amusement park?. "That part of town had a lot of prominence, a lot of prosperity, you had a lot of professional people there. Attorneys. You had doctors. You had well-to-do people," said Donna Purvis.
Louisville Juneteenth Festival will be hosted at Lynn Family Stadium on June 15
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Juneteenth Festival will be held at Lynn Family Stadium in the Butchertown neighborhood on June 15. The annual festival celebrates freedom, culture and community. Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to order freedom...
Ever heard of omakase? This Beechmont spot is the only place to get it in town — and it can't be missed
When I first moved to Louisville eight years ago, I steered clear of any restaurant that served seafood.Having grown up in Hawaii, I knew there was no way any eatery around Derby City had access to the fresh fish I was accustomed to eating, often coming straight from my dad's spear or fishing line and into our kitchen.
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