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• Louisville Urban League responds to Facebook picture apparently ...

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League is sounding off about a Facebook post that appears to have been shared by a jail sergeant. The post came in the wake of recent controversial shootings of two black men by law enforcement and the outcry and protests that followed.Metro Corrections Director Mark Bolton said he is looking into the "troubling" Facebook post that was shared on Monday."If we really wanted you dead all we’d have to do is stop patrolling your..

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• Monty, popular Louisville Zoo python, euthanized

  

  Monty, a 38-year-old male Burmese python that arrived at the Louisville Zoo in 1981, had to be euthanized after he was diagnosed with lymphoma.(Photo: Louisville Zoo)Monty, a 38-year-old Burmese python at the Louisville Zoo, was euthanized Tuesday after he was diagnosed with cancer and had not been eating well, officials said.The Zoo’s veterinary and HerpAquarium teams decided to euthanize him, calling it the most "humane course of action," after a quality of life watch had been initiated for th..

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• HAPPENING TONIGHT: Rock Against Racism benefits Louisville ...

  HAPPENING TONIGHT: Rock Against Racism benefits Louisville Urban League 2016-07-13T11:32:39Z2016-07-13T11:51:49Z Download the WAVE 3 News mobile app to receive the Plan Your Day push notification each day. (Source: WAVE 3 News) LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - You can help fight racism in WAVE Country tonight by rocking out to the sounds of several bands performing live at Haymarket Whiskey Bar. The Rock Against Racism Louisville concert begins at 7 p.m.Rock Against Racism is a world-wide movement tha..

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• Doug Cobb declines Bevin's appointment to University of Louisville ...

  

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) --  Louisville businessman Douglas Cobb has declined Gov. Matt Bevin’s appointment to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees two weeks after local media reported his history of tweets denying evolution and global warming and calling Christianity incompatible with homosexuality.Cobb was among 10 appointees Bevin named to the newly reconstituted board on June 29, and he initially defended his controversial views before deleting his Twitter account later that day. He ..

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• Louisville men arrested for police threats in No. Carolina

  

  Louisville men arrested for police threats in No. Carolina 2 Louisville men arrested for police threats WHAS11 Staff , WHAS 10:54 PM. CDT July 12, 2016 File photo LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – A Kentucky Air National Guard member and his nephews face charges after being accused of threatening police in North Carolina.Lt. Colonel John Ward, 49, and his nephews Houston Ward, 22, of Louisville and Samuel Ward, 23, of Georgia were arrested Sunday.Police say the tr..

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• Large Crowd Welcomes Colonel Caravan In Louisville

  In addition to its stop in Louisville today, the Colonel Caravan has also visited ... is going to help grow EKUSports and help us spread our brand in Louisville."

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