It has hosted college and professional basketball games, high school graduations and roller derby clashes. Louis Armstrong played there, as did musicians from Elvis Presley to My Morning Jacket. [WDRB]
The Waterfront Development Corp. is scrambling to offset the legislature’s abrupt slashing of all state funding for the agency — $420,000 a year for each of the next two fiscal years. [C-J/AKN]
Another day, another silly study in Louisville. A study will be conducted over the next several months to see if LMPD is a fully staffed police force. [WHAS11]
A Louisville voter filed a lawsuit Monday, claiming that this year’s Republican challenger against longtime state Democratic Rep. Tom Burch is not a qualified candidate because he doesn’t live in the district. [H-L]
Metro police are asking for help after a pedestrian was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver in west Louisville. [WLKY]
Of course Kentucky’s in the national news again for something terrible. A prison doctor has been fired and two other staffers are in the midst of being dismissed after an inmate at the Kentucky State Penitentiary starved himself to death, a case that has exposed lapses in medical treatment and in how hunger strikes are handled at the facility. [HuffPo]
A federal judge says attorneys defending Indiana’s gay marriage ban haven’t shown any good reason to not recognize the marriage of a lesbian couple, one of whom has a terminal illness. [WAVE3]
Ronnie Ellis once again says what anyone paying attention has been thinking: education is not an actual priority in Frankfort. [Ronnie Ellis]
It’s not just kids who are overdoing screen time. Parents are often just as guilty of spending too much time checking smartphones and e-mail — and the consequences for their children can be troubling. [WFPL]
If you missed it last week, go take a look at Reggie Meeks’ remarks on harassment and corruption in Frankfort. [Page One]
Restaurant giant Yum! Brands Inc. will release its first-quarter earnings Tuesday, and the general consensus is that the company will see improved revenue this year compared to the first quarter of 2013. [Business First]
The number of former and current Clark County Drug Treatment Court participants involved in a class action lawsuit claiming mistreatment by Clark County employees recently doubled. [News & Tribune]
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