After avoiding a primary since 2004, Rep. Crimm finds himself facing two GOP challengers in 33rd House District primary
05/12/2016 06:53 PM
It’s been 12 years since state Rep. Rom Crimm faced his first primary foe, but two Republicans are hoping to deny him an 11th term representing the 33rd House District in the General Assembly. Crimm, who won his last primary in 2004 after winning 79 percent of the vote, will square off against Louisville attorney Jason Nemes and Louisville accountant Andrew Schachtner in the May 17 GOP contest. Crimm is standing on his 20 years in the House of Representatives, particularly his... Read more 
Former President Bill Clinton praises the late Senator Wendell Ford at campaign stop in Frankfort
05/12/2016 06:11 PM
FRANKFORT – Former U.S President Bill Clinton spent Thursday making four stops around the state campaigning for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in preparation for the upcoming May 17 primary. After making a morning stop in Owensboro, the former president traveled to Frankfort where he told a crowd of around 400 that he and the late U.S. Senator Wendell Ford, an Owensboro native, were especially close. “I always said that if we had five people like him Congress would be... Read more
Hiroshima. Few words evoke more feeling than the name of that Japanese city. Seventy-one years after the shattering atomic blast that killed 140,000 people and injured thousands more, Hiroshima remains a source of controversy, searing pain and, for just a few left among the living, tempered thanksgiving. Most of those who were alive in 1945 are elderly, or dead. My generation, the baby boomers, grew up in the direct shadow of that mushroom cloud and all that it came to represent. But for us, there was a strange relief. My own father, then a 19-year-old sailor somewhere in the South Pacific, was among [...]
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This weekend, spend your time watching, listening to and looking at all the art Louisville has to offer. Trust me, there’s plenty — but here are just a few options to get you started: Despite the name, The Bard’s Town doesn’t just show Shakespearean plays. This weekend, you can check out “In A Word,” a play by Lauren Yee. The play takes place on the two-year anniversary of main character Fiona’s son’s disappearance, and still, nothing makes sense to her. Not her blasé husband, the incompetent detective, or the neighborhood kidnapper who keeps introducing himself in the checkout line. As Fiona [...]
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The upcoming primary elections will likely be the deciding vote for a handful of Louisville Metro Council races. In District 4, for instance, the field consists of three Democrats looking to replace Councilman David Tandy, who announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election after a decade in office. Bryan Burns, Barbara Sexton Smith and Marshall Gazaway are vying for the seat. The district stretches from Shelby Park north to the waterfront and from Butchertown west to Russell. It’s a diverse neighborhood encompassing the trendy East Market Street area as well as some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. In an effort to preview the election [...]
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