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Soccer team, fans, Slugger prepare for biggest match of the season
About 14,000 Louisville City FC fans at Slugger Field will try to scream, sing and drum their soccer team to a national championship Monday night. A LouCity victory could tie a bow around a season...
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Yum! Center debt rating expected as early as Tuesday
In a decision with tens of millions of dollars on the line, the Louisville Arena Authority will find out as early as Tuesday how much it will cost to refinance the debt of the KFC Yum! Center, an...
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Ohio bridges tolling revenue ahead of projections
Tolling revenue from the Ohio River Bridges project is exceeding expectations by millions of dollars. From July through September, tolls generated $21.7 million, nearly 29 percent of the amount the...
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Louisville’s Almost Family acquired by competitor
Louisville-based home health care provider Almost Family has been acquired by a Louisiana-based competitor LHC Group in an all-stock deal valued at $836 million. Almost Family’s shares spiked more than...
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Yum! Center debt upgrades avert default, to save taxpayers millions
Rating agencies this week have upgraded the KFC Yum! Center’s bonds, paving the way for a refinancing plan that will avert default, save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and help keep the home of...
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Two weeks before filing deadline, JCPS has no applicants for superintendent
Jefferson County Public Schools so far have no applicants for the open superintendent position, with the filing deadline less than two weeks away. At least one member of the Jefferson County Board of...
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JCPS board vice chair hopes to succeed State Rep. Jim Wayne
Louisville psychologist and JCPS board vice chair Dr. Lisa Willner has filed to run for state representative in House District 35. Willner, executive director of the Kentucky Psychological Association,...
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Louisville labor organizer hopes to succeed State Rep. Jim Wayne
Louisville labor organizer Richard Becker has filed to run for state representative in House District 35. Becker, an organizer with Service Employees International Union, a local union of janitorial,...
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UofL researchers hope protein discovery leads to muscle disorder therapies
UofL researchers have discovered the important role a protein plays for the development and repair of muscles and hope the findings help advance therapies for disorders such as muscular dystrophies and...
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JCPS audit: State plans hands-on intervention
Insider has learned that the state’s top education official is planning to recommend a hands-on intervention of Jefferson County Public Schools once a pending state investigation into the district’s...
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National soccer tournament in Louisville to reunite Somali families
More than 300 amateur soccer players will travel to the Louisville area Thanksgiving weekend from as far as Arizona and Utah to participate in a first-of-its-kind indoor tournament geared to reuniting...
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Analyst: Humana possible takeover target of Cigna
Shares of Humana and Cigna rose in early morning trading as an industry analyst said that Humana’s steps last week to pay its executives millions of dollars in a “change of control” event made it a...
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Days before deadline, JCPS has two applicants for top job
With only days before the deadline, JCPS has two applicants for superintendent, with an additional two incomplete applications and interest from 16 more candidates, the district’s general counsel said...
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Metro Council to discuss 10 percent sewer bill hike
Monthly sewer bills for Louisvillians would spike about $5.56 in August under a rate hike proposal being considered by the Metro Council Thursday evening. If the council takes no action, rates next...
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JCPS stakeholders worry that state audit intensity is fueled by politics
Correction appended. Three Louisville education stakeholders told Insider that they worried about how much of the state’s regulatory scrutiny on Jefferson County Public Schools was driven by politics —...
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JCPS gets nine applications for superintendent
Jefferson County Public Schools have received nine applications for superintendent, the district said Monday morning. Until Tuesday morning, the district had had only two applications, though a board...
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UofL is no longer on probation
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has removed the University of Louisville from probationary status, the university said Tuesday. The accrediting agency, which...
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LMPD chief reports fewer crimes, more arrests
LMPD Chief Steve Conrad said violent crimes had declined in Louisville this year because of better technology and stepped-up enforcement efforts including a higher number of arrests. Conrad told the...
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After horrors of Syria and Yemen, ESL Newcomer teens try to find peace in...
Khaled Alsabbagh remembers being rocked awake at night from bombs exploding in his hometown Douma, about 12 miles northeast of Damascus, Syria. “Every day around my city was bombs, fighting,” he said....
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UofL researchers develop novel flu virus and disease detection method
Using lasers, electricity, very thin film and their expertise in physics and biology, University of Louisville researchers have developed a method for early detection of diseases, such as the flu,...
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