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Through the looking-glass

The teabagging of health care reform

Robert Strickland’s wife was in distress. Her appendix burst and she needed emergency surgery.

The kids on the bus

The never-ending trouble with school integration

“In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregati

Provincial downpour

U of L is trying to make campus more campus-y, and spending serious cash to get there

Standing in the heart of The Province — the University of Louisville’s largest, latest mega dormitory — the illusion is complete.

Inbox — Aug. 12, 2009

Letters to the Editor

Local Spending

Greg Fischer interview: Part II

The mayoral candidate sits down with LEO Weekly

LEO Weekly recently sat down with the candidate, talking about the Metro Council, billion-dollar bridges, The Cordish Cos., Louisville’s restlessness and his mayoral philosophy.

Femme fatale?

Former co-workers claim Karen Sypher used sex and lies to get ahead on the job a decade ago

That Rick Pitino made a very bad decision is indisputable.

Easy as A-B-C

English language programs give international students a foothold

Dressed casually with a beautiful red hijab wrapped tightly over her head, Shaminah Paghmani, 21, says she remembers vividly why her 12-member family left Afghanistan, although she recalls li

Waterlogged

Cleanup continues following last week’s freak flood, which wreaked havoc on the city’s urban core

When Brittany Bullard left her home at 7:45 Tuesday morning, she noticed it was unusually dark for such an early hour.

Jerry's kids

Facts, rumors and political innuendo

Walking among the young, fly and flashy who filled the streets to attend the annual “Russ Bus Tour” last Thursday, an older man who recognized me commented that the teenage takeov

A.D. (After David)

Love him or hate him, longtime C-J staffer David Hawpe will be missed

The saddest thing about the news that David Hawpe is retiring from The Courier-Journal is how little news it made.