Louisville SWAT officers sue city for OT pay and other top stories.

• Louisville SWAT officers sue city for OT pay

  Buy PhotoLMPD officers search a building during a training exercise for the LMPD Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team in one of the buildings located at the University of Louisville silos.(Photo: Angela Shoemaker/Special to The CJ)Buy PhotoForty-one current and former members of Louisville Metro Police's SWAT team are suing the city for overtime pay, claiming the department's on-call policy is burdensome and violates federal and state wage and labor laws.SWAT team policy requires on-call memb..

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• Louisville remains No. 1 college basketball program in valuation ...

  

  The Wall Street Journal has published the annual study by Ryan Brewer, assistant professor of finance at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus, of the most valuable college basketball programs in terms of net revenue and valuation.Louisville is again No. 1. Kansas ranks No. 2. Kentucky sits at No. 3, with Indiana at No. 4.There is some bad news for Lousiville, however. The $301.3 million in valuation is down $66.1 million from last year’s ranking. The self-imposed post-season ban and re..

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• Louisville mayor wants community to consider expanding city's ...

  

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer is asking the the public to hold a "community conversation" on whether Louisville's current smoking ban should be expanded to include e-cigarettes and hookah.According to a news release, Fischer has tapped the Louisville Department of Health and Wellness to lead the conversation."Smoking has devastated our community, causing pain, suffering and shortened lives, and saddled taxpayers with enormous healthcare costs," Mayor Fischer said, accor..

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• Louisville City FC plays home opener Saturday

  Louisville City FC coach James O’Connor will certainly hope to grab all three points this Saturday against New York Red Bulls II. After a thrilling win at the death against the Charlotte Independence last Saturday, LouCity looks to continue its winning form.USL Player of the Week and LouCity goalkeeper Scott Goodwin made a sprawling game-saving stop on a 75th minute Charlotte penalty kick, and striker Cameron Lancaster entered as a 76th minute substitute before bending a free kick conversion i..

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• 'Everything is clicking' for U of L softball

  

  Buy PhotoLouisville's Maryssa Becker pitches in to the Kentucky side during their game at Ulmer Stadium in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, April 1, 2015. (Photo: Timothy D. Easley, Timothy D. Easley, Special to the C-J)Buy PhotoStory HighlightsSoftball: Louisville at North CarolinaSaturday doubleheader starting at noon; Game 3 noon SundayThe University of Louisville softball team appears to be hitting its stride in its second season in the Atlantic Coast Conference.The Cardinals (23-6, 8-1 ACC), who..

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• O-line duo are U of L's 'Mauler' and 'Brawler'

  

  OL Lukayus McNeil discusses differences in tackle, where he's playing this spring, and guard, where he played last year. Buy PhotoU of L offensive linemen Lukayus McNeil, #72, left, and Kenny Thomas, #79, prepare to line up during practice. Mar. 29, 2016(Photo: Sam Upshaw Jr.; The C-J)Buy PhotoKenny Thomas is The Mauler. Lukayus McNeil is The Brawler.After switching them respectively from tackle to guard and guard to tackle as sophomores this spring, the Louisville football team hopes i..

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• Brothers add new meaning to UK-U of L rivalry

  

  Buy PhotoDorian Hairston (left) jokes around with teammate Javon Shelby during the UK baseball game against Northern Kentucky University at Cliff Hagan Stadium in Lexington, Ky., on Tuesday, March 29th, 2016. Photo by Mike Weaver(Photo: Mike Weaver/Special to the Courier-Journal)Buy PhotoLEXINGTON, Ky. – A house divided has become a popular slogan for families made up of both Kentucky and Louisville fans, but for one Lexington family intimately familiar with both sides of the rivalry, the descr..

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• LouCity expects great atmosphere for opener

  

  Buy PhotoLouisville City FC's Magnus Rasmussen gets ready to leap into the crowd of fans after scoring a goal. Aug. 22, 2015(Photo: Scott Utterback/The C-J )Buy PhotoStory HighlightsNew York Red Bulls II at Louisville City FCLouisville Slugger Field, 3 p.m. SaturdayOnline stream available at courier-journal.com/lcfcLast August, Louisville City FC filled its supporters section, where drums beat and chants sang throughout Louisville Slugger Field even during the club's most-surprising defeat of th..

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