SouthComm CEO Chris Ferrell has announced that Louisville native David Brennan will assume the role of LEO Weekly publisher next month. For the past two years, Brennan has served as publisher of Folio Weekly, the alternative newsweekly in Jacksonville, Fla., where he’s worked for the past decade. “I am thrilled Dave is returning to Louisville to [...]

An extensive review of Kentucky’s capital punishment system has uncovered serious flaws, prompting the American Bar Association to call for a moratorium on executions in the commonwealth. A team of attorneys, former Kentucky state Supreme Court justices and law school professors spent two years assessing the state’s death penalty system. In a report released this morning, [...]

During a story about a crazed golf fan throwing a hot dog at Tiger Woods, WDRB Fox-41′s Lindsay Allen said something that sounded an awful lot like this on the air this morning: “This nigga blamed the hot dog on some of his poor performances lately.” LouisvilleKY.com’s Rick Redding reports that WDRB news director Barry Fulmer [...]

LEO Weekly’s own Joe Sonka dominated on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” last night. The segment focused on the fact that Sen. Rand Paul is single-handedly blocking common sense safety measures that would prevent leaky gas lines from resulting in fiery explosions. If you’re in a hurry, skip ahead to 8:15 to catch Sonka (although [...]

Home Sweet Butchertown: Metro Council members are overwhelmingly in favor of JBS Swift staying put in Butchertown, despite the many complaints of nearby residents about the stink, noise and other nuisances caused by the slaughterhouse. The council passed a non-binding resolution encouraging the factory to not only remain in Butchertown, but to “grow and thrive” [...]