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- 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.
- Bridge-site digging yields historic finds
The pre-construction work by archaeological experts at the sites where two new Ohio River bridges will be built has produced much information about people who lived there as long ago.
City DescriptionLouisville (usually pronounced /ˈluːǝvǝl/ (help·info); see Pronunciation below) is Kentucky's largest city. It is ranked as either the 17th or 27th largest city in the United States depending on how the population is calculated (see Nomenclature, population, and ranking below). The settlement that became the City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France. Louisville is famous as the home of "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports": the Kentucky Derby, the widely watched first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
Louisville is situated in north-central Kentucky on the Kentucky-Indiana border at the only natural obstacle in the Ohio River, the Falls of the Ohio. Louisville is the county seat of Jefferson County, and since 2003, the city's borders are coterminous with those of the county due to merger. Because it includes counties in Southern Indiana, the Louisville metropolitan area is regularly referred to as Kentuckiana. A resident of Louisville is referred to as a Louisvillian. Although situated in a Southern state, Louisville is influenced by both Midwestern and Southern culture, and is commonly referred to ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Original Highlands
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium
- Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
- Bellarmine University
- Spalding University
- Jefferson Community and Technical College
- Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
- Alpine Ice Arena
- Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
- Boston
- Bethany, Kentucky
- Algonquin, Louisville
- Auburndale, Louisville
- Audubon, Louisville
- Bashford Manor
- Beechmont
- Belknap, Louisville
- Bon Air, Louisville
- Bonnycastle
- Bradley, Louisville
- Brownsboro-Zorn
- Butchertown
- California, Louisville
- Camp Taylor
- Cherokee Gardens
- Cherokee-Seneca
- Cherokee Triangle
- Chickasaw, Louisville
- Clifton, Louisville
- Clifton Heights, Louisville
- Cloverleaf, Louisville
- Crescent Hill, Louisville
- Deer Park, Louisville
- Douglass Loop
- Edgewood, Louisville
- Gardiner Lane
- Germantown, Louisville
- Hallmark, Louisville
- Hawthorne, Louisville
- Hayfield Dundee
- Hazelwood, Louisville
- Highland Park, Louisville
- The Highlands
- Hikes Point
- Irish Hill
- Iroquois, Louisville
- Jacobs, Louisville
- Kenwood Hill
- Klondike, Louisville
- Limerick, Louisville
- Meriwether, Louisville
- Old Louisville
- Park Duvalle
- Park Hill, Louisville
- Parkland, Louisville
- Phoenix Hill
- Poplar Level
- Portland, Louisville
- Prestonia, Louisville
- Russell, Louisville
- St Joseph, Louisville
- Schnitzelburg
- Shawnee, Louisville
- Shelby Park
- Smoketown, Louisville
- South Louisville
- Tyler Park
- Wilder Park
- Wyandotte, Louisville
- Buechel
- Fairdale
- Fern Creek
- Highview
- Newburg
- Okolona
- Pleasure Ridge Park
- St. Dennis
- Valley Station
- Ashville, Kentucky
- Avoca, Kentucky
- Beckley, Kentucky
- Beechland Beach, Kentucky
- Berrytown
- Clark Station, Kentucky
- Eastwood, Kentucky
- English Station, Kentucky
- Fairmount, Kentucky
- Fisherville
- Freys Hill, Kentucky
- Goose Creek, Louisville
- Greenwood
- Griffytown
- Harrods Creek
- Hopewell, Kentucky
- Hunters Trace, Kentucky
- Johnsontown, Kentucky
- Juniper Beach, Kentucky
- Knopp, Kentucky
- Kosmosdale
- Lake Dreamland, Kentucky
Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
Size:Sports Teams:Neighborhoods:- Algonquin, Louisville
- Auburndale, Louisville
- Audubon, Louisville
- Bashford Manor
- Beechmont
- Belknap, Louisville
- Bon Air, Louisville
- Bonnycastle
- Bradley, Louisville
- Brownsboro-Zorn
- Butchertown
- California, Louisville
- Camp Taylor
- Cherokee Gardens
- Cherokee-Seneca
- Cherokee Triangle
- Chickasaw, Louisville
- Clifton, Louisville
- Clifton Heights, Louisville
- Cloverleaf, Louisville
- Crescent Hill, Louisville
- Deer Park, Louisville
- Douglass Loop
- Edgewood, Louisville
- Gardiner Lane
- Germantown, Louisville
- Hallmark, Louisville
- Hawthorne, Louisville
- Hayfield Dundee
- Hazelwood, Louisville
- The Highlands
- Hikes Point
- Irish Hill
- Iroquois, Louisville
- Jacobs, Louisville
- Kenwood Hill
- Klondike, Louisville
- Limerick, Louisville
- Meriwether, Louisville
- Old Louisville
- Original Highlands
- Park Duvalle
- Park Hill, Louisville
- Parkland, Louisville
- Phoenix Hill
- Poplar Level
- Portland, Louisville
- Prestonia, Louisville
- Russell, Louisville
- St Joseph, Louisville
- Schnitzelburg
- Shawnee, Louisville
- Shelby Park
- Smoketown, Louisville
- South Louisville
- Tyler Park
- Wilder Park
- Wyandotte, Louisville
- Buechel
- Fairdale
- Fern Creek
- Highview
- Newburg
- Okolona
- Pleasure Ridge Park
- St. Dennis
- Valley Station
- Ashville, Kentucky
- Avoca, Kentucky
- Beckley, Kentucky
- Beechland Beach, Kentucky
- Berrytown
- Clark Station, Kentucky
- Eastwood, Kentucky
- English Station, Kentucky
- Fairmount, Kentucky
- Fisherville
- Freys Hill, Kentucky
- Goose Creek, Louisville
- Greenwood
- Griffytown
- Harrods Creek
- Hopewell, Kentucky
- Hunters Trace, Kentucky
- Johnsontown, Kentucky
- Juniper Beach, Kentucky
- Knopp, Kentucky
- Kosmosdale
- Lake Dreamland, Kentucky
- Lake Louisvilla
- Long Run, Kentucky
- Longview, Kentucky
- Meadowlawn, Kentucky
- Medora, Kentucky
- Orell, Kentucky
- Parkwood, Kentucky
- Penile, Kentucky
- Plainview, Kentucky
- Prairie Village
- Riverside Gardens
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