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West End dumping ground
This letter to the editor of the CJ shows that state and local authorities continue to demean the minorities who live in this city: Goodwill HQ. No hospital in the West End for 150 years, and finally businesses coming past the Ninth Street divide. Investors flooding homeowners to buy their homes. We just knew that…
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UofL sports: What the school should really emphasize
This just reinforces the point we made in our latest Bluegrass Blues Podcast (Episode 5). Check it out to see why we say the University of Louisville would do well by promoting itself as a place where student athletes should go to master their craft, just like a lawyer should go to Harvard or a…
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Photo gallery: Louisville protests Trump’s L.A. action
Kentuckians staged protests in Louisville in response to the flatulent Orange TACO’s effort to escalate violence in Los Angeles. (This update on California from CNN): Things remained relatively quiet in the Los Angeles area this morning with authorities observing a handful of peaceful demonstrations, a law enforcement source involved in monitoring the situation told CNN.…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 5
A wide-ranging discussion on the Big Beautiful Batch of Bulls— Bill, the billionaire catfight (i.e. Republicans in disarray), University of Louisville sports and Kentuckiana’s ties to the Underground Railroad (through song). Contains a few swear words, so hide the kiddies!
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Who’s desecrating Louisville statues?
Apparently, someone in the city is running around cutting off parts of sculptures for scrap. From Joe Gerth: For the second time in a year and a half, thieves have struck one of Ed Hamilton’s sculptures in Louisville — this time trying to cut off the left hand of “York,” his statue of the slave…
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Miami wins: Super Regionals head to Louisville
This is the view on the bridge behind Jim Patterson Stadium this morning: There’s activity on the field because Miami beat Mississippi State in the NCAA Division 1 baseball regional tournament last night, which means: Miami’s 5-4 win over Southern Miss late Monday night punched the Hurricanes’ ticket to the Super Regional round and sent…
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Keeping score: Louisville baseball advances in NCAA tourney
From the Courier Journal: NASHVILLE — A small contingent of Louisville baseball fans along the right-field line at Hawkins Field provided the only red in a ballpark dominated by Vanderbilt’s home fans. It was after midnight back at home, but they stayed long enough to see right-handed pitcher Jake Schweitzer lead the second-seeded Cardinals to a 3-2 win over top-seeded Vanderbilt on Saturday…
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Homeland Security targets Louisville
Don’t be surprised if you see a bunch of masked federal goons in black terrorizing people in the Derby City. From the Courier-Journal: Louisville is one of more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the U.S. being accused of obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws by the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a list of…
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Street smart? Does anyone see the problem here?
From the Courier Journal: A concerted effort to convert Louisville’s one-way streets into two-ways has seen progress with new construction in the spring of 2025, and work is expected to continue over the next few years with a number of other projects to come. Contractors have so far striped yellow lines down the center of multiple roads…
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‘You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means’
From the Courier Journal: More than four years after the U.S. Department of Justice launched a wide-ranging investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department that led to the signing of a police reform consent decree, the federal government is abandoning its reform efforts, calling into question the future of the plan that would add oversight to the…
