You Can Apply To Become A Firefighter Beginning December 7th!
The position of Firefighter with the Louisville Fire Department will be open for application beginning Monday, December 7, 2009. To be considered for employment, all interested persons must submit [...]
“Coffee with your Councilman” set for Saturday, November 7th Blackwell invites residents to come out and talk
Louisville – Councilman Rick Blackwell is once again inviting residents of District 12 to come out for “Coffee with your Councilman” this Saturday, November 7th. “As the [...]
The Louisville Metro Community Action Partnership (CAP) will begin the Heater Assistance Program, November 2, 2009 through March 31, 2010. This program offers space heaters on loan to individuals and families when their main heating source is in need of repair or replacement. Appointments may [...]
As the sun crawls over the rooftop across the street, its orange glow spreading over and burning away the gentle blanket of frost laid overnight, I climb out of bed and glance at my calendar. November 2nd...Day of the Dead.
7770 Dixie Highway (next to Auto Zone). Join Councilman Blackwell and other civic minded Southwest Louisvillians to make our community a better place. Volunteers will be provided with gloves and [...]
MSD to hold meeting with residents of District 15 Butler encourages homeowners to attend October 13th event
Louisville – Councilwoman Marianne Butler is hosting a community meeting with officials from Metropolitan Sewer District to talk with residents about drainage issues and backflow prevention.
Remember the heavily-discussed, historically significant Southwest Louisville home of Dr. Hicks that was profiled and investigated by yours truly on these pages? Well, as I had long feared, the home is set to meet its fate as "practice" for the [...]
District 12 Dialogue to discuss Domestic Violence Intake Center Event set for Tuesday, September 15th at 7:00pm
Louisville – Efforts to help the victims of domestic violence in Louisville Metro will be the focus of the next District 12 Dialogue hosted by Councilman Rick [...]
The following is dedicated to all of those who carry their lunch to work everyday with their heads held high, performing the work that makes America strong and prosperous:
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and [...]
Thanks to the ever-watchful Councilman Doug Hawkins (R-25), we are delighted to bring you some information on what a bunch of perverts you guys are. Today in an email blast to his constituents, Hawkins pimps the results of some Google Trends data that says Louisville [...]
Councilman David Tandy has joined the race for metro mayor, becoming the second Democratic candidate to announce his intentions along side Greg Fischer. The Courier Journal has more HERE.
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Welch welcomes Mayor’s Community Conversation To Fairdale High School Event set for Monday, August 17th at 6:30pm
Louisville—Councilwoman Vicki Aubrey Welch and District 13 will play host to the next Mayor’s Community Conversation on Monday, August 17th at Fairdale High School. “I want to [...]
- WHAS11 is reporting that Dan Seum will not be running for mayor of Louisville. My true and trusty "advisory board" members have been telling me this for a month, and have not squandered the opportunity to say We Told You So. Dan says [...]
- Yesterday former PRP Football Coach Jason Stinson was indicted by a grand jury for an additional charge of Wanton Endangerment related to the death of player Max Gilpin. The CJ has the story HERE. [...]
As most of you are aware, the flash floods that hit Louisville on August 4 caused the need to evacuate Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. Patients were discharged or transferred to other facilities in the city, primarily Jewish Hospital and Norton Audubon Hospital. Since that [...]
“Coffee with your Councilman” set for August 15th Residents invited to talk with Blackwell on issues
Louisville – Councilman Rick Blackwell is once again issuing an invitation to residents of District 12 to come out and meet with him over coffee on Saturday, [...]
In an article in today's Courier Journal, Butler High School girls basketball coach Eddy Wilson has been fired for having an inappropriate relationship with a female student and for fleecing students out of cash in exchange for relaxed class requirements.
There is an interesting article by Marty Rosen in the latest Velocity Magazine that caught my attention this morning. Rosen capably and accurately discusses the local restaurant scene and why he thinks Louisville is a great restaurant town. But [...]
- Senator Jim Bunning, 77, turned to wax yesterday and, as expected, dropped out of his re-election race and effectively ended his term as U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Bunning was seen as an embarrassment to the Commonwealth the last several years because of his goofy [...]
FISCHER ANNOUNCES INTENT TO RUN FOR MAYOR LOUISVILLE, Ky. (July 20, 2009) – Greg Fischer, a prominent Louisville businessman and former Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, today announced he will file a letter of intent to run for the office of Mayor of [...]
District 12 Dialogue Tuesday July 21st 7pm Rockford Lane Baptist Church, 2006 Rockford Lane Special Guest: Richard Jett, Historic Preservation Officer Do you have a small family cemetery in your yard or neighborhood? Join us this month as we discuss guidelines, laws and appropriate [...]
If you didn't see this coming, you weren't paying attention. The official announcement comes today that will introduce Mayor Jerry Abramson as Governor Steve Beshear's running mate in 2011. The local media love-fest begins today.
The New Cut corridor has been on a steady decline for the past 50 years. The completion of the widened corridor and the courage and willingness of south Louisville investors offers an exciting to reverse this already deepening spiral. Communities across the nation are looking [...]
Historic Preservation focus of July District 12 Dialogue Meeting set for Rockford lane Baptist Church on July 21st
Louisville—How important is historic preservation to Metro Louisville in the 21st Century? What are some of the challenges of progress versus remembering the past? Those [...]
- Marty Meyer, the Democratic candidate for State Senate in Kentucky's 38th District, has raised an impressive $31,500 for his upcoming race against long-time incumbent Dan Seum according to his quarterly report filed with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance. It is becoming [...]
Many times in the past here on The Valley Report as well as privately among friends, I have stated my long-held belief that Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson would not seek another term. The reasons were often varied and occasionally complicated, yet [...]
When I was a kid, the word "crippled" was used to describe the handicapped, "Oriental" meant Asian and Latinos were called "Chicanos" . The word "Midget" was followed by "Dwarf" and is now currently "Little People". A group of "Little" [...]
- The Courier Journal's political writer Joe Gerth penned a brief but excellent article yesterday in which he laid out possible candidates for Louisville's 2010 race for mayor. Gerth says that by 2010 Abramson may have turned his attention toward the Lt. Governor's position, [...]
I have received some information on an exciting new Ambassador program developed by the folks at the Southwest Dream Team I would like to share with you. Read on:
Recently, many new businesses have opened in Southwest Louisville. They have determined that our [...]
- The Courier Journal is reporting JCPS will hold a news conference tomorrow morning at 10AM to release its long-awaited, drawn out, overdue and secret report on the death of student Max Gilpin. Click HERE for more.
Words cannot properly describe my frustration when it comes to this nonsense. Check this out: Doug Hawkins "interviews" Pastor Ken Pagano of New Bethel Church regarding the upcoming Open Carry Celebration:
This Saturday, June 27, the public is invited to be briefed on plans for the Louisville Loop. The mayor and Metro Parks staff will be on hand from 10am to 1pm at Riverside, The Farnsley-Moreman Landing. About 23 miles are complete of the proposed 100 [...]
- The repulsive ogre that is State Senate President David Williams has "predicted" the slots bill will fail. I don't know what Williams has against the Commonwealth's signature industry but he obviously has a problem with seeing it prosper along side slot machines. The Courier-Journal [...]
The following news on the Southwest Farmers Market comes to you via The Local Weekly.
This Saturday, June 20th , the Southwest Farmers Market will hold a Summer Solstice Festival to welcome the wonderful summer we are all going to enjoy. The location [...]
With the launch of his campaign website, Metro Council District 25 candidate David Yates is already running full-tilt. You may remember his name being mentioned here. David is a bright young attorney with some fresh, new, rock-solid ideas that would [...]
- The owners of the nearly-new Comfort Inn near I-264 on Dixie Highway have filed for bankruptcy protection. The massive, out of place hotel has been open less than one year after several years of construction delays. Read more HERE.
A company that has been in Louisville for 121 years looks to be moving to Jeffersonville, IN. soon. Cook Compression's 110 union workers manufacture piston rings and oil field equipment at 8th and Breckenridge downtown. Bruce Traughber, the "economic development" guy for the city says' [...]
Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson will have his monthly "Community Conversation" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 15, at the Ramsey Middle School gymnasium, 6409 Gellhaus Lane. HERE is a map.
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Kentucky lawmakers to attend June District 12 Dialogue Ormsby Heights Baptist Church to host Tuesday, June 16th event
Louisville – Councilman Rick Blackwell has invited members of Jefferson County’s Legislative Delegation to the next District 12 Dialogue on Tuesday, June 16th at the Ormsby [...]
When this story about carrying guns in church floated to the top of the water, my phone rang incessantly. I tried to ignore the hype. I was on vacation, you know. At first I thought it was some organized practical [...]
Fresh fruits and vegetables made a return to the parking lot of Valley High School this past weekend when the Southwest Farmers Market began its second year on Saturday.
“Because of last year’s success, the Southwest Farmers Market is back in business again,” says [...]
