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Mayor speaks out about JCPS assignment plan

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Published Aug. 30, 2010 at 7:03 p.m.

Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson is speaking out about widespread public displeasure over the JCPS student assignment plan ...

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One on Metro's list of worst property owners tries to avoid paying fines

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We have previously reported about the Louisville Metro's crackdown on problem property owners; people who have thousands of dollars in unpaid property fines. Next week, the Louisville Metro Council plans to publish a list of the top 100 worst offenders next week. But a man near the top of that list says the Metro's records are wrong ...

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Welch hosts " Coffee with your Councilwoman" on Saturday, August 14th

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Published Aug. 8, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

As the Louisville Metro Council focuses its attention on abandoned property and property owners, Councilwoman Vicki Aubrey Welch (D-13) will give the public a chance to learn more about the effort when “Coffee with your Councilwoman” returns on Saturday, August 14th ...

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Green and Tandy honor educator Abby Hughes Fife

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Published Aug. 26, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

On Thursday night, the Louisville Metro Council took a moment to remember the work of the late Abby Hughes Fife, who was an educator in the Jefferson County Public School System for 39 years ...

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Motion filed in JCPS suit, Mayor pressed for opinion on plan

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Published Aug. 30, 2010 at 5:40 p.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- It's back to court for the embattled student assignment plan of Jefferson County Public Schools. An attorney challenging the plan has filed a second motion asking Circuit Court Judge Irv Maze to reconsider his dismissal of a lawsuit filed by parents opposed to the plan ... Maze ruled that a Kentucky state law that gives students the right to enroll in the school closest to their homes does not overrule the Jefferson County plan because the students are

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Group wants to preserve downtown historic buildings

Published May 17, 2010 at 7:20 a.m.

Preservationist are keeping a close eye on the 100 block of Main Street in downtown Louisville ...

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Emergency call about runaway boat released

Published May 20, 2010 at 4:27 p.m.

For a fourth day, searchers are combing the Ohio River for a missing Louisville boater. It is a calm, methodical search now, but the moments after 51-year-old James Williamson apparently went into the river were not. Through an open records request, we obtained the first distress call reporting Williamson missing ...

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Warehouse fire under investigation

Published May 21, 2010 at 10:09 a.m.

A two-alarm fire brought more than 50 firefighters to battle a blaze at 28th and Garland in west Louisville Thursday night ...

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Crash with an off-duty officer sends woman to hospital

Published May 24, 2010 at 7:42 a.m.

A Louisville woman is in critical condition after a collision with an off-duty officer over the weekend ...

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Ambulance overturns at Broadway and Jackson

Published May 24, 2010 at 12:22 p.m.

At least five people were hospitalized Monday after an ambulance was involved in a crash with another vehicle in downtown Louisville. It happened just before noon at Broadway and Jackson ...

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