The week before the Derby at Churchill Downs, there was an almost daily reminder of how brutal horse racing is: Two horses died, five were euthanized.
Author: Joseph Gerth, Louisville Courier Journal
Kentucky governor lost his friend in a mass shooting but has said little about guns. Why?
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has talked little about guns after two mass shootings in Louisville over a matter of days. We need him to do more.
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More than 30 years ago, police may have given Louisville a game plan to make sure guns used to kill aren’t auctioned off and put back on the streets.
Louisville officers were heroes in shooting, but department still has ‘troubling’ problems
There is nothing wrong with commending heroic officers, while at the same time acknowledging the deep, cultural problems within their departments.
After Trump indictment, feds owe these two an apology. Shouldn’t the law apply to everyone?
DOJ convicted Jerry Lundergan and Dale Emmons of using illegal corporate gifts to help a campaign. Why’d they let Trump get away with the same crime?
Kentucky teacher came out as bisexual to stop a student’s suicide. Then he got fired
Nicholas Breiner was fired after he came out as bisexual to help teens who were considering suicide. Kentucky civil rights law doesn’t protect him.
Trump’s frequent talk of a ‘witch hunt’ angers real witches
President Donald Trump frequently complains that the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller is a “witch hunt.” Witches want him to stop.
For 76 years, the Santa Train has delivered Christmas to Appalachia
Santa clause, perched on the back of a train, brings gifts to the needy in coal towns and at crossroads. “It’s just a way of life here,” one woman said.
Trashing Mitch McConnell’s food went too far. How to protest and not be an idiot.
When a guy berated Sen. Mitch McConnell at a Louisville restaurant and tossed his food into the street, he went too far.