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Seized: Police lax in reporting ?asset forfeiture
A housekeeper at a St. Matthews hotel happened upon the stacks of cash, sealed in shrink-wrap and stashed in room 403. Alongside a money counter and a lock box, it seemed suspicious. Hotel management called St. Matthews Police, who examined the cash and suspected it was tied to drug trafficking. Court records show that St.…
Governor Bevin: Why the rush?
[Ed. note: This piece was written before the legislature rebuked the governor by adjourning the special session some 24 hours in, saying the issue was too complicated and would be reconsidered during the regular session.] Gov. Matt Bevin on Monday called an extraordinary special legislative session in order to address pension reform. Democratic members of…
Gov. Bevin calls special session to avoid losing in January
[Ed. note: This piece was written before the legislature rebuked the governor by adjourning the special session some 24 hours in, saying the issue was too complicated and would be reconsidered during the regular session.] Why did Gov. Matt Bevin call an immediate, urgent special session to begin Monday night? It isn’t because the pension…
10 Things To Do Under $5 This Week (12/17)
MONDAY – DEC. 17 Fundraiser for BLM Housing Toonerville Deli No cover | 8-10 p.m. It’s no cover to get into this fundraiser for Black Lives Matter Louisville’s housing initiative (they’re buying and renovating homes for needy residents), but 15 percent of all food purchased goes toward the cause. Main Event Sports Radio also will…
New tap-and-go card for Louisville’s bus system aims to create faster boarding, consistency
With its new tap-and-go, reloadable rider payment card launching on Jan. 7, The Transit Authority of River City expects Louisville’s bus system to see faster boarding, more consistent arrival times and less negative interactions for drivers. The MyTARC Fare Cards, which are the size of a credit card, are currently free when customers purchase…
5 Things To Do This Weekend In Louisville (12/14)
FRIDAY – DEC. 14 After Hours at the Speed Speed Art Museum $18 nonmembers | 5-10 p.m. It’s the monthly evening takeover of the Speed Art Museum. December’s event includes plenty of performances and chances to take in art, including flamenco dancers, a movie screening of the award-winning South Korean film “Burning” (tickets sold separately)…
Coal ash legacy, new study focuses on children
The results from UofL’s 2017 study seemed clear at first: Children living near Louisville’s Cane Run coal-fire power plant had more health problems than kids who resided elsewhere. But LG&E and KU, the plant’s owner, didn’t take responsibility, claiming instead that the study was lacking. They had a point. In the study, health impacts were…
Thorns & Roses: The Worst, Best & Most Absurd (12/12)
Who in that video committed a crime? | Thorn We think the video tells us all we need to know: Three Louisville police officers are recorded yanking a man from his car on Broadway and 27th Street over the weekend and slamming him to the ground. One punched him repeatedly. He was charged with possessing…
Dr. Dundiff and Otis Junior break down five songs from their new album
Dr. Dundiff and Otis Junior make a smooth blend of hip-hop, R&B and soul that has garnered international attention and raked in more than 3 million streams on Spotify. The Louisville duo’s third album, Cool, which will be released on Dec. 14, juxtaposes public perception with insecurity and anxiety — the pursuit of popularity versus…
The Watson Twins and two more concerts to catch this week
The Watson Twins Wednesday, Dec. 12 Holy Trinity Campus (Winter Wednesday) Through ethereal, soulful indie, The Watson Twins create dense, pop-leaning gems with golden hooks and meticulous vocals. This is the December installment of Winter Wednesday, WFPK’s free concert series. Unless you’re a member of the station, seating isn’t reserved, so get there early. Mark…
Andy Matter and Ten Wet Dollars — ‘Bike Thief’ From ?Louisville Lip Service (2018)
[LEO’s biweekly Sonic Breakdown column deconstructs a single song from a Louisville musician or band.] You could consider “Bike Thief” Andy Matter and Ten Wet Dollars’ anti-Louisville anthem. It was written by the band’s titular member, Andy Matter, aka Andy Washburn, as a sort of ambiguous song, part paean to Muhammad Ali and part complaints…
‘Confessions’ beautifully rendered…‘Kings of Christmas,’ get a ticket now!
In the middle of the 20th century, the playwright Tennessee Williams accomplished something rarely seen in American history: He created a body of challenging, serious literary work that — thanks to the cinema — also became an enormously popular and enduring part of our culture. His plays were fixtures on Broadway (and the London stage).…
Milk Street’s Christopher Kimball Comes to Town
Christopher Kimball has been a multimedia cooking expert for decades. Back in the ‘80s, he revived and updated Cook’s Magazine for a new generation. Cook’s Magazine and its quasi-successor Cook’s Illustrated became models for serving readership a feast of content that de-emphasized the roles of advertisers in culinary periodicals. Then, he was the primary figure…
Comedian Ward Anderson: His best, worst gigs
Things that stand-up comedian and author Ward Anderson never expected from parenthood: “Having to say things like, ‘Stop licking the table,’” or “getting a phone call from school saying, ‘Can you please tell your kid to stop touching her butt in class?’” Anderson hosts “Offstage with Ward Anderson” on Amazon Prime. In the spring, he…
Comic Book Reviews: ‘Shazam!’ and ‘Wizard Beach’
‘Shazam!’ No. 1 Writer Geoff Johns and artist Dale Eaglesham Review by Meredith Harris, The Great Escape Louisville “Shazam!” No.1 feels like something for which we’ve been waiting an eternity. The stage was set by Geoff Johns from March 2012 through June 2013 in a series of backup stories during his run on Justice League…
Tacos surpass pizza with? Taco City and Taco Choza
Sometime during recent months, pushed by the arrival of the excellent taquerias Taco City in the Highlands and Taco Choza in St. Matthews, the metro area quietly, without any publicity, achieved full taco. What’s that, you ask? Simple. The numbers are a little vague but, by my best count, hungry Louisvillians now have at least…
Have yourself a beery little Christmas
Every Christmas Eve, I get together with my parents and others close to me to eat, drink and be merry. And open a few gifts by the tree, of course. One of the holiday traditions is for me to bring some beer that isn’t the Miller Lite my dad usually keeps in the fridge. Usually,…
Ask Minda Honey: Ghost of a Good Thing
In a relationship or life jam? Lemme unstuck your life — send your questions to: AskMindaHoney@leoweekly.com or reach out to me on Facebook.com/AskMindaHoney Hey y’all, we’ll have an update on the Catfish Texter in my next column (If you’ve been contacted by a man pretending he has the wrong number and is trying to text…
Savage Love: Slight Christmas
Q: Straight and married but not boring, and heading to my parents’ house for our first family Christmas since my asshole MAGA brother “stumbled over” the Tumblr blog where the wife and I posted about our sexual adventures. (Pics of MMF threesomes and cross-dressing/pegging sessions, plus some dirty “true enough” stories.) My brother has always…
West of Ninth: People, in their own words…
Kendrick, from Russell Dec. 5, 2018 “I love poetry. I love to write and that’s why I carry my laptop everywhere. I do nothing but write my raw thoughts all day. My passion is poetry. It’s like music without the instruments. I love it. I found that passion when I was 15. I’m 23, now.…
How to fix the child care crisis
In “Moby Dick,” Herman Melville describes “thousands on thousands” of hungry sharks pulling at the flesh of the whale carcass being towed by the Pequod, gradually reducing it to nothing. “How at such an apparently unassailable surface, they contrive to gouge out such symmetrical mouthfuls, remains a part of the universal problem of all things.”…
Balancing Airbnbs
It’s remarkable what the Louisville Metro Council is capable of when not distracted by loose belts and bathhouses. The council is showing signs of serious, constructive governing. Recently, an ordinance was filed that would put a three-month hold on issuing new permits to short-term rental property owners — the Airbnb entrepreneurs. This is a positive…
