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- Mayor To Meet With Obama, Seeks $650 Million
Tough economic times have lead to long waits at unemployment offices all over the state, but Louisville's mayor hopes a meeting with president-elect Barack Obama could provide the cure everyone is looking for.
- Widening one-lane River Road bridge to start in March
The city of Louisville plans to start widening and shoring up the one-lane River Road bridge soon, despite a federal lawsuit that seeks to stop the plan, Public Works director Ted Pullen told Harrods Creek ...
- Post office trying to return lost gift cards
The U.S. Postal Service in Louisville is trying to return more than 130 holiday gift cards to their rightful owners, officials said.
- Sixth Annual Greater Louisville MLK,Jr. Season of Service Launches Peace Campaign
With Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday coming up in a few weeks, a local organization urges us to remember the civil rights leader's legacy of peace.
- Theaters offer discount tickets
People across the country are cutting back because of the tough economy, especially when it comes to entertainment.
- Pedestrian fatality reported in eastern Jefferson
Louisville Metro Police were investigating an apparent fatal accident early today in the 2000 block of Nelson Miller Parkway, a MetroSafe Communications supervisor said.
- Man shot to death Sunday morning while selling newspapers
Four days into the New Year and metro police already have three homicides on their hands.
- Better Business Bureau Moves to More Specific Ratings
First thing Tuesday, the Better Business Bureau serving Louisville, southern Indiana, and western Kentucky will start rating local companies on the same letter grade scale your kids deal with at school... A+ ...
- Group Hopes to Save Otter Creek Park
Otter Creek park is closed. For now. But a new group is mobilizing to do whatever it can to save it, and open it back up to the public again.
- LMPD investigating homicide on Manslick Road
Louisville Metro Police from the 4th Division were called to the 3600 block of Manslick Road about midnight, where they found the body of a white male, believed to be in his mid-30s, outside of an apartment ...
- City New Year's Eve Party Cancelled
The city has cancelled its free New Year's Eve party. Blame it on the economy. The event, which is catered toward children, has been held the past five years at The Gardens in downtown Louisville.
- Louisville is responding to the deadly attacks in the Middle East
The violence in the Middle East is about to take center stage here in Kentuckiana.
- U Of L Invites Public To Use Its Libraries
The University of Louisville and city government officials are inviting Kentuckians to use the university's libraries after budget cuts have shortened hours of the city's libraries.
- Man Charged With 2 Counts Of Sodomy
A Louisville man is facing two counts of sodomy involving a juvenile. John Sheesley was arrested Tuesday in the 8600 block of Garden Gate Circle.
- Victim was killed in his home in October 2005
Louisville Metro Police have made an arrest in a 2005 murder case. 27-year old Charles Patterson was arrested Friday morning at Wayside Christian Mission and charged with the October 2005 murder of 50-year old ...
- Push to Keep Historic Ky. Firehouse Open
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- There's a community push to keep the oldest continually serving firehouse in the country open in Louisville.
- Louisville man killed in crash on golf course
A plane crash that killed a Louisville man last month was not the result of the plane running out of fuel.
- First hours of 2009 sees Louisville's first homicide
The New Year isn't starting off well for at least one Louisville family. At about 7:00 this morning, police were called to an alley in the 1700 block of West Hill Street.
- Georgetown man killed working at Louisville store
A 72-year-old Georgetown man who died in Louisville on Saturday may have been attacked while at work, according to Louisville Metro Police Department detectives.
City DescriptionLouisville is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. The population was 209 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Manhattan, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Louisville was originally known as Rock Post and was located near the Oregon Trail. The town was platted in 1857 and was named Louisville in honor of Louis Vieux and Louis Wilson. The town was a contender for county seat of Pottawatomie County but lost to St. George and Westmoreland.
On November 8, 1875, Louisville was struck by an earthquake. Throughout the 1880s Louisville's population declined. In 1882 the county seat was officially moved to Westmoreland and a majority of people moved either there or to Wamego.
Louis Vieux was a prominent citizen of Louisville who operated a trail crossing across the Vermillion River. He also made many trips to Washington, D.C. representing the Pottawatomis. When he passed away in 1872 he was a very wealthy man and bequeathed the entire town of Louisville to his wife and children. His name was also used in the naming of Belvue and is honored on an elm tree about three miles east of Louisville. The elm tree, now destroyed by weather, Dutch Elm disease and vandalism, was ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Pottawatomie County
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