Author Archives: skelley

LEO Weekly hires new publisher

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 [...]

Louisville Card Football File: Kentucky

It doesn’t happen all that often, but there are moments that on occasion define an era. One such — as you have surely read at any number of places already — came about on Louisville’s third play from scrimmage on Louisville’s first offensive drive of the game, Louisville’s first drive of the season against arch-rival [...]

American Bar Association calls on Ky. to suspend executions

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, [...]

Former LEO reporter arrested covering Occupy Nashville

Former LEO Weekly staff writer Jonathan Meador was arrested early this morning while covering the Occupy Nashville protest. Meador — now a staff writer for LEO’s sister publication, the Nashville Scene — apparently identified himself as a reporter, but was arrested nonetheless. Turns out the First Amendment is still alive and well in Nashville’s judicial [...]

That’s not what she said?

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 parent SouthComm acquires two new alt-weeklies

Nashville-based SouthComm Inc. — LEO Weekly’s parent company — announced today that it has purchased two more alternative newsweeklies: Creative Loafing Charlotte and Creative Loafing Tampa. “Creative Loafing is a very strong brand and these two papers are well read and well run,” CEO Chris Ferrell said in a press statement Monday. “We look forward [...]

LEO staff writer chats with Rachel Maddow

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 [...]

LEO News ’Cast: John Yarmuth Speaks!

On Monday, U.S. Congressman and LEO founder John Yarmuth, KY-3, stopped by our downtown offices for a chat with Sara “Bar Belle” Havens and Editor Sarah Kelley — just in time for LEO’s upcoming 20th anniversary. What followed was a free-wheeling podcast that took stock of a score’s worth of eccentric observations. Click Here to [...]

Lunchbox: Frigid Friday Update

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” [...]

AG asks governor to set three executions

This morning, Attorney General Jack Conway formally asked Gov. Steve Beshear to set execution dates for three Kentucky death row inmates: Ralph Baze, Robert Foley and Gregory Wilson. Explaining that each of the inmates have exhausted their appeals in state and federal courts, Conway says there are no remaining “legal impediments” to prevent these men [...]