World News  

World News Feed More World News


Business and Finance  

Business And Finance News Feed More Business And Finance News


Forex Markets  
CurrencyRateTime (EST)
EUR USD1.321801-28 07:47
USD JPY76.6801-28 07:47
GBP USD1.5727501-28 07:47
USD CHF0.91201-28 07:47
Forex News (EST)
Forex: EUR/USD climbs above 1.3200 despite EZ downgrades
Fitch downgrades 5 euro zone countries including Spain and Italy
Forex: USD/JPY extends decline to 76.65
Forex Flash: USD/CAD return toward 1.0400 is expected - UBS

Map of Kentucky  

Internet Flyers  

Our network flyer service provides a medium for putting your important news into a flyer on the web.
Whether it be a new product launch, announcing a community event, promoting a Web site, or advertising your business, then our Network Flyers service is for you.
Click here for more details


Government  
Louisville Metro Government
Commonwealth of Kentucky

Travel  
Louisville Hotels

Tourism  
Louisville attractions are as enticing as ever, including a healthy fine-arts scene, interesting architecture both old and new and, of course, the Kentucky Derby: As it has done for more than 120 years, the race and associated events transform the town each spring.

Louisville CVB

Links  
Contact us
Add to Favourites
Make This Your Home Page

Join us on the new DiggFollow us on TwitterFollow us on Facebook Louisville News Feed

Saturday 28th January, 2012

    • Police: Man Accused Of DUI More Than 3 Times Legal Limit

    The Louisville Channel

    Louisville Metro Police arrested a Shepherdsville man Thursday evening after they said he was driving drunk on Interstate 65.Police said officers approached a car that was sideways in a driving lane ...

    • Man Accused Of Molesting 12-Year-Old Girl At Party

    The Louisville Channel

    A southern Indiana man was arrested Friday and charged with molesting a 12-year-old girl at a party.The suspect, 18-year-old Dustin Keeton, was booked into jail about 8 p.m. Friday.Police said ...

    • Robert White, Jr. pleads guilty to charges

    Wave 3

    LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The son of former Metro Police Chief Robert White has pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges. Robert White, Jr. took a plea deal Thursday. He was accused of assaulting ...

  • Babysitter accused in beating of 2-year-old

    Wave 3

    By Baylee Pulliam LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A 28-year-old woman was arrested Thursday on charges of beating a two-year-old girl so badly her brain bled. According to Kentucky State Police, Ashley ...

  • At least 11 hurt in Cincinnati casino collapse

    Wave 3

    CINCINNATI (AP) - Authorities in Cincinnati say at least 11 people have been taken to hospitals with minor injuries from a partial collapse at a casino under construction. Fire officials said 13 ...

  • Constable indicted for shooting accused shoplifter

    Wave 3

    LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – The Jefferson County constable who shot a woman accused of shoplifting has been indicted by a grand jury. The indictment against David Whitlock was returned Thursday ...

  • Facebook scam results in lawsuit

    Wave 3

    SEATTLE (CNN/KIRO) – Facebook is warning users to beware of a new type of spam on their timelines, while the site and the Washington state attorney general are suing a Delaware company saying ...

  • Daycare worker arrested for taping down child

    Wave 3

    By Baylee Pulliam LUDLOW, KY (WAVE) - A northern Kentucky daycare worker is facing charges of criminal abuse after a toddler was duct taped to his sleeping mat. Police arrested 20-year-old Alicia ...

  • St. Matthews armed robbery caught on camera, suspect at large

    Wave 3

    LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – St. Matthews Police need your help to track down a suspect accused of robbing a store clerk at gun-point, and it is all caught on camera. It happened at the St. ...

  • Local captain puts perspective on Eggner Ferry Bridge crash

    Wave 3

    LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - What would we do if a boat took out an entire span of one of the bridges connecting Louisville to Southern Indiana? McBride Fleet Port Capita Michael McBride says especially ...

  • Man accused of murdering woman pleads not guilty

    Wave 3

    LOIUSVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A man suspected in the rape and murder of a Louisville woman earlier this week was back in front of a judge Friday morning. Police say 39-year-old Anthony Politi killed ...

  • Phone call costs Kentuckiana grandparents $8,000

    Wave 3

    CLARKSVILLE, IN (WAVE) - A frantic phone call forced a Kentuckiana couple to come rushing to help their grandson, but that phone call came with a hefty price tag to the Crockett family of ...

  • Republic Bancorp buys troubled Tennessee bank

    Business First

    Follow this company has entered the Nashville, Tenn., market through its acquisition of "substantially all" deposits and selected assets of Tennessee Commerce Bank of Franklin, ...

  • FTC moves to block Omnicare takeover of PharMerica

    Business First

    As Business First reported earlier this month , Omnicare had disclosed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it would extend the deadline for the FTC to review its proposed ...

  • Inspectors Begin Exam Of Collapsed Bridge Spans

    The Louisville Channel

    Transportation officials are at the scene of a bridge collapse in southwest Kentucky.Two spans of the U.S. 68/Kentucky 80 bridge, formally known as the Eggner's Ferry Bridge, over Kentucky Lake ...

  • Accused Drug Trafficking Suspects Arraigned

    The Louisville Channel

    A group arrested last week in connection to a drug trafficking ring met again in court Friday morning.Police arrested the group last week saying it broke up a Detroit to Louisville drug ...

  • Tuckered-Out Kitty Takes Cute Catnap

    The Louisville Channel

    "Go away. I'm sleeping!"That's what this catnapping kitty appeared to be conveying as he slept on his back with his paws covering both eyes.As someone chatted in the background, ...

  • Collapse at the Cincinnati casino site injures workers

    Business First

    Part of the Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati construction site collapsed this morning, sending at least 11 workers from the downtown site to area hospitals. Several workers at the site were injured when ...

  • BBC Beer gets loan to increase brewing

    Business First

    Louisville Metropolitan Business Development Corp. has approved a $100,000 loan to support an expansion at the BBC Beer Co. brewery and bottling operations, 636 E. Main St. The loan was approved ...

  • Actors Theater opens downtown apartments for visiting artists

    Business First

    Follow this company has opened 18 downtown apartments designed to house as many as 170 artists, such as actors and directors, who come to Louisville to work on shows at the theater. Three ...

  • Transportation Cabinet evaluating damage of collapsed Kentucky Lake bridge

    Business First

    Steve Beshear has announced the immediate review of options for restoring the U.S. 68/Ky. 80 bridge that crosses Kentucky Lake, after a cargo ship hit the bridge deck Thursday night, causing the ...

  • Minority-owned businesses offer tips for success

    Business First

    There's a wealth of business books on how companies can become successful, but several Louisville minority-owned businesses already know what to do. They are walking the walk and talking the ...

  • United Parcel Service to take $827M charge

    Business First

    Follow this company will take $827 million for the fourth quarter of 2011 due to a change in pension accounting. The Atlanta-based package shipping and logistics company said the charges ...

  • Would Waldorf School work for a worry-wart reporter/mom?

    Business Courier

    Bruce Crippen | Courier Waldorf second-graders Ellie Bennings, left, and Ella Bicknell knit during a handwork class. Hands-on learning is fundamental to the school, which has no computers, grades or ...

  • Ky. school nurse works 10 weeks without license

    Eyewitness News

    Walton-Verona Elementary School nurse Debi McKinley's license expired Oct. 31, but school officials weren't notified until Jan. 17. Walton Verona Schools Superintendent Bill Boyle says ...

Louisville News Feed More Louisville News


Louisville News.Net now hosts our own daily newsletter. Readers are encouraged to register to receive our daily newsletter by mail

Sponsored Links  

News Links  
Business First
The Courier-Journal
Herald-Leader
Louisville.com
The Louisville Channel

User Poll  
Who do you think is behind the assassination of Iran's nuclear scientists?


Social Media  
Follow us on Twitter


News Releases  
Click here to submit a news release


Louisville Digest  

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


News.Net  
Louisville News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.

The network has been developed over a number of years, utilising local, national and international resources. This particular portal features all the latest breaking Louisville news, collating headlines and stories from a variety of sources, including global TV networks, major newspapers, news wires, and our own dedicated journalists.

We provide links to major local Louisville news sources, particularly key Louisville newspapers.

Information and news on the weather is also provided, and updated regularly. Links to Louisville sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.

In addition to Louisville News.Net, we have a vast number of other News.Net sites.

For news on any major region, country or city, a local map, links to newspapers, travel information and more, visit the News.Net network of sites.