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Sunday 20th May, 2012

    • Robin Gibb dies at 62

    The Louisville Channel

    Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other now-iconic sounds from the 1970s, died on Sunday, according to a ...

    • Woman alleges protective order led to firing

    The Louisville Channel

    An Indianapolis woman has reached an informal settlement with Pitney Bowes in a lawsuit alleging she was fired within a month of obtaining a protective order against her abusive ...

    • Hardin County escapees caught riding bikes

    The Louisville Channel

    Radcliffe police said Vance H. Tate, 37, of Louisville, and Brandon B. Board, 21, of Bardstown, were caught after a short foot chase at 12:49 a.m. The two had escaped from the Hardin County ...

  • Pomona's Louisville-bound Nolan Tesone bows out with 200 IM win at 5A swim

    Denver Post

    FORT COLLINS - Nolan Tesone produced the type of memorable big-school individual state championship Saturday in which the verdict was never in doubt. OK, perhaps there was some speculation while the ...

  • Lockerbie bomber dies more than two years after release

    The Louisville Channel

    Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, died Sunday, the Libyan government and a family member said. He was ...

  • 2 police officers injured in shooting outside Louisville bar

    The Louisville Channel

    The two off-duty officers were providing security outside of Cole's Place bar in the2900 block of West Kentucky Street when a fight started about 3:15 a.m., police said. The officers were hit ...

  • At least 7 dead after quake rocks northern Italy

    The Louisville Channel

    In addition, a woman in Bologna died of a heart attack during an evacuation; a Moroccan national died when the factory he was working in collapsed; and a sixth victim was found dead under rubble in ...

  • Alberto prompts tropical storm watch for coastal S.C.

    The Louisville Channel

    A large swath of coastal South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch due to Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane ...

  • 3 killed in crash on I-64

    The Louisville Channel

    Detectives said a 2000 Mercury Mountaineer was traveling east on I-64 when its driver failed to negotiate the merge from three lanes to two lanes. Officers said the car ran off the shoulder of the ...

  • Chinese human rights activist Chen arrives in U.S.

    The Louisville Channel

    Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrived Saturday evening in the United States, bringing an end to a diplomatic firestorm that erupted after he escaped from house arrest and took to ...

  • Infant dies in single-vehicle crash

    The Louisville Channel

    The two passengers were not wearing safety belts and the infant was not in a child restraint, police said. The driver was wearing a seat belt and was ...

  • West End residents condemn recent violence; seek solutions

    Wave 3

    LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE)- Just days after West Louisville was rocked by violence that made news across the country...neighbors and community members are still reeling as they struggle to make sense of ...

  • I'll Have Another wins Preakness in close finish

    The Louisville Channel

    Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another surged to a surprise win Saturday at the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes, keeping its hopes for the coveted Triple Crown ...

  • Mo.-based pet food maker issues another recall

    The Louisville Channel

    The recall announced Friday applies to samples, 6-pound bags and 18-pound bags of Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula dry dog food manufactured on Aug. 26, 2011. The ...

  • Man found dead at Patoka Lake

    The Louisville Channel

    Conservation officers said they were notified shortly after 12:15 p.m. about a body that had been located approximately 50 feet from shore at the Patoka Lake ...

  • Church pastor fatally shot, woman charged

    The Louisville Channel

    Sgt. Linda Jackson said the shooting occurred about 7 a.m. Saturday at Bethel Community Church in Southport, an enclave on the south side of Indianapolis. Jackson said the victim, 29-year-old Jaman ...

  • 'Coal Miner's Daughter' Lynn married at 15, not 13

    The Louisville Channel

    Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in "Coal Miner's ...

  • Police: 3 terror suspects at NATO summit were plotting to hit Obama's campaign HQs

    The Louisville Channel

    Three men charged with conspiring to commit domestic terrorism during the NATO summit were plotting to attack President Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters, the Chicago mayor's home and ...

  • Fire hits grandstand at Shelby County Fairgrounds

    The Louisville Channel

    Shelbyville Fire Chief Tony Logan said his department received reports early Saturday of a couple of explosions in the area of the fairgrounds about 25 miles southeast of Indianapolis. He said ...

  • 2 Robertson County toddlers infected with E. coli

    The Louisville Channel

    The infections come less than a month after several children in Lincoln County were sickened in an E. coli outbreak. The source of that infection was not identified. The Robertson County Health ...

  • UK expands classes offered online

    The Louisville Channel

    A school official told the Lexington Herald Leader that more than 3,000 students are already signed up for the 70 classes that will be offered. Arts and Sciences Dean Mark Kornbluh said the main ...

  • Man shot by state trooper in Fort Wayne

    The Louisville Channel

    The Allen County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 33-year-old Lucius D. Washington. State police spokesman Sgt. Ron Galaviz said the shooting occurred early Friday near downtown Fort ...

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Louisville recieves grant to redress racial legacy


Louisville recieves grant to redress racial legacy

The history of Louisville is a story of courage, human tenacity and vision, oppression, redemption, slavery and equality. Modern day Louisville has political and legal equality enshrined in its culture like any other major city in the modern world, but the blight of racism remains, in the socio-economic character of the city.

Fortunately, the W.K Kellogg Foundation is playing a part, along with many other organizations on a local and national level, in providing the city with the societal progress needed to eliminate those legacies that linger from the past, the legacy of the slave trade, of the civil rights movement and the violence and backward tendencies tha ... more


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