Top Louisville Area Local News Stories
Source: WLKY.com - Local News
Steve Tellier has more on the city's preparation for a wintry weekend
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:37:30 EST
Metro police believe they've solved a string of vehicle break-ins.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:50:53 EST
Just days after a murder conviction in the deaths of their little girls, the families of 5-year-old Claudia Wadlington and 4-year-old Riley Lawrence continued their work to keep tragedies like this from happening to anyone else.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:32:07 EST
Political experts say Republican Rand Paul's Senate campaign was minimally damaged when a staffer was linked to racist images on the Internet.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:35:08 EST
A federal judge has ruled that the negligence of two pilots who took off on the wrong runway was a "substantial factor" in the August 2006 crash of a Comair regional jet in Lexington.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:32:50 EST
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has announced the sale of bonds to build two new Ohio River bridges linking the Louisville area with southern Indiana.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:22:31 EST
Students at Whatley Elementary showcased the diversity of cultures and traditions around the world.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:30:31 EST
Police said a mob of junior high and elementary school students punched and kicked a Cincinnati officer after he broke up a fight following a basketball game.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:48:10 EST
State officials said Indiana's unemployment rate fell slightly during November, dropping 0.2 percent to 9.6 percent.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:18:46 EST
A Rowan County jury found Pam Bartley guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband of 38 years, Carl Bartley.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:17:44 EST
The University of Kentucky may have to close its cancer center in a northern Kentucky city because of low patient numbers.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:12:17 EST
Some students in an eastern Kentucky district will soon have limited options for school lunch if they owe $50 or more on their lunch bill.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:09:29 EST
Gov. Steve Beshear says Kentucky will receive technical assistance to help develop and implement a state Early Childhood Advisory Council.
Published: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:06:26 EST
The central Kentucky city of Radcliff has joined a growing number of other cities around the state that have approved smoking bans.
Published: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:25:52 EST
An emergency ordinance to be voted on Thursday night will protect some metro citizens from tripled property taxes.
Published: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:29:18 EST
Jury members in the Kenielle Finch trial described the testimony as "heartwrenching" but said the case was "cut and dry."
Published: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:55:13 EST
Denton Cooper and Izetta Johnson's second marriage didn't last long -- just hours, in fact. And that led his children to suggest the deathbed wedding was sham.
Published: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:00:25 EST
Metro Police are questioning three homeless people after an assault and stabbing.
Published: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:24:35 EST
Gov. Mitch Daniels said struggling cities like Gary should think about merging with other local governments to cut their costs.
Published: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:27:20 EST
State Auditor Crit Luallen says a financial review turned up huge pay raises and exorbitant retirement bonuses for executives at the Kentucky League of Cities.
Published: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:14:25 EST
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