iLEAD Academy completes first year with high praise from students
06/13/2016 06:02 PM
CARROLLTON – Thirty-nine students, who have successfully completed their first year at the iLEAD Academy, Kentucky’s first regional academy for students who are interested in engineering, software technology, and advanced manufacturing fields, have said that their first year at the academy was a huge success. The academy, located in Carrollton, is a cooperative effort between the Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Owen, and Trimble County school districts. The day-to-day operations of the academy are funded by the five districts and SEEK money... Read more 
Kentucky politicians react to worst mass shooting in U.S. history
06/13/2016 03:46 PM
UPDATED: On Sunday morning a gunman went on a shooting rampage at a popular Orlando, Florida gay nightclub killing 49 people and wounding 53 others in the worst mass shooting in American history. As details are still emerging police believe the 29-year old shooter, who was shot and killed by police at the scene, is a homegrown terrorist who has pledged allegiance to terror group ISIS. Since news of the attack on the nightclub was announced politicians took to social... Read more
Leaders from cities across the U.S. will descend on Louisville this week for a two-day event examining how emerging technologies can influence government responsibility. The 2016 Summit on Government Performance and Innovation aims to provide elected officials and top city administrators a portal to share ideas and learn new ways to interact with residents through technology. I spoke with Theresa Reno-Weber, the chief of Louisville Metro’s office of performance and technology, about what she’s expecting from the summit and where local leaders should look for guidance from their visiting counterparts. Listen to our conversation in the audio player above. What is it that Louisville is doing in these areas of tech [...]
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It’s going to be a hot next few weeks in Louisville, with temperatures projected to reach the upper 80s or 90s almost every day. Flavio Lehner says to get used to it. Lehner, a post-doctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, is the author of a study on summer temperature projections. Using climate forecasting data, he and his colleagues found that if carbon dioxide emissions continue on their current pace, it’ll translate to hotter summers for most of the globe. “Towards the end of this century, under a scenario where we continue emitting greenhouse gas unabated, you will see a very large [...]
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Louisville’s CycLOUvia is coming to a new neighborhood in August. The city’s open streets program — where roads are shut down to vehicle traffic and people are encouraged to take to the streets on feet and pedals — will hold its first event at Three Points. That’s the name given to the intersection of Germantown, Shelby Park and Schnitzelburg. CycLOUvia was started in 2012 as a part of the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown initiative and is modeled after a similar idea called Ciclovía that began in Bogotá, Colombia. The event aims to get Louisvillians out into the sun to appreciate the architecture, interact with [...]
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