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The Oaks is moving to prime time. What could go wrong?
From Louisville Business First: The Kentucky Oaks is moving to primetime. Churchill Downs and NBC announced today that next year’s race is moving to 8 p.m. Typically post time for the race, which runs the day before the Kentucky Derby, is scheduled shortly before 6 p.m. NBC executives say the race will move to NBC and Peacock,…
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Be a sport: Here’s what the Ville has to offer.
Gannett keeps putting together “10 best” lists. It’s a cheap way to get content since, according to ChatGPT: Gannett owns 217 daily and 175 weekly newspapers, as of the end of 2022. This is a reduction from 261 daily and 302 weekly newspapers in 2019. So why are we talking about this? Four Louisville attractions are…
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Mosquito alert for Louisville neighborhoods
For those of us who hate mosquitoes (which means everybody), this is troubling news: The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness says more mosquitoes are testing positive for West Nile virus around Jefferson County. The infected mosquitoes have been located in several city neighborhoods, including Old Louisville, Irish Hill, California, Iroquois and Churchill Downs, officials…
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The Ville’s mayor just sold his soul to the Orange TACO
Let’s take a look at the latest government figure to kiss the senile and incontinent TACO’s ass. From the CJ: The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections will revive a policy to hold inmates who are unlawfully present in the U.S. for up to an additional 48 hours, which will remove the “sanctuary city” designation imposed on…
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Make Louisville walkable again
How often to people walk through the Ville? Most days, I’ll walk anywhere from five to eight miles, just to see where things are and what’s going on in various neighborhoods. This report from the CJ seems very interesting: A study looking into how Louisville’s downtown can be more walkable is set to continue after…
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The Orange Menace wants you homeless
From the Courier Journal: Louisville residents who rely on federal housing assistance could be at risk of instability if Congress passes massive cuts to national programs, including Section 8, as proposed by the Trump administration. In May, the White House proposed cutting almost $33 billion, or 44%, in funding for the U.S. Department of Housing and…
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Expo Center says, ‘nevermind’
The Nike EBYL girls’ basketball tournament in Louisville was cancelled Sunday afternoon because of this: A falling ceiling tile and a simultaneous medical emergency are now believed to be the cause behind an evacuation at the Kentucky Exposition Center July 13, Louisville Metro Police officials said in a statement. Emergency calls were made to area first responders…
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The evil came to Louisville
Why don’t they just wear their white robes? Just a bunch of masked cowards hiding behind American flags and at the same time desecrating the country by flying the flag of the loser confederacy.
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Film critique: Mr. DeMille! The Ville is ready for its closeup!
All right: Cameras! Action! (From the CJ): The $70 million redevelopment project set to transform the long vacant Louisville Gardens building downtown into the Louisville Studios at the Gardens, a state-of-the-art sound stage for entertainment production, is one of many signs that Louisville plans to play a starring role in the state’s growing movie and television industry.…
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Since the CJ isn’t going to edit itself
Two annoying stories in the local paper today that should be simple reader service but are problematic in their lack of information. The first has this headline, Tom Jurich, ex-University of Louisville AD, has stretch of Floyd Street named after him, and says: A portion of Floyd Street that runs through the University of Louisville‘s campus…
