LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Public Works will begin Monday to remove trees and limbs downed two weeks ago by the wind storm.
Crews will systematically clear debris from public right-of-ways encompassing 3,000 city roads.
The workers will only hit each street once so residents have to be sure that all their debris has been set out.
City leaders said that people can get more information by checking their Web site.
Tough economic times are affecting millions of people around the country and right here in the Bluegrass.
New statistics out today show the number of Kentuckians without a job is going up.
In the last year unemployment rates have risen in all but seven Kentucky counties.
Woodford County had the lowest job rate at 4.7 percent. Other counties with low unemployment rates were Fayette County, Warren County, Calloway County, Robertson County, Barren County, Livingston County, Webster County, Carlisle County, Jessamine County, and Madison County.
Magoffin County had the state’s highest unemployment rate at 10.7 percent.
(Read the full post about ‘Best And Worst Counties For Unemployment’…)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders, President Bush and the two rivals to succeed him rummaged through ideas new and old Tuesday, desperately seeking to change a dozen House members’ votes and pass a multibillion-dollar economic rescue plan. At the top of
the list: Raise confidence in the banking system by increasing the
government’s insurance.
In addition, there was talk of making it easier for financial institutions to hold questionable long-term assets, an idea embraced by some of the House Republicans who slapped down the bailout bill and sent stocks tumbling on Monday.
(Read the full post about ‘White House, Lawmakers To Seek New Bailout Deal’…)
Last Monday, 27 NEWSFIRST told you how Lynn Caudill returned home to find her front door kicked in, and her two Yorkie puppies, Pebbles and Misty, stolen from her home on North Limestone in Lexington.
Later that week, after our story aired and Caudill canvassed the neighborhood with fliers, a man came knocking on the door saying he knew where her dogs were.
Caudill says she would gladly pay a reward but would only do so when she had the dog in hand. He then returned with one of the dogs, Misty, and she gave him a reward.
He also said that if she gave him money up front he would bring the other dog back, she told him that she again, would only pay when the dog came home.
Caudill says he never came back, and now she’s pleading once again for the safe return of her dog.
(Read the full post about ‘One Of Two Stolen Dogs Recovered’…)
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A judge has increased bond to $100,000 for a northern Kentucky man accused of breaking into a neighbor’s home
and stabbing two cats to death.
The bond for 30-year-old Russell Swigart of Highland Heights had been $5,000 since he was arrested Friday and taken to the Kenton County jail. The Kentucky Enquirer reported Tuesday that Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Brian Richmond didn’t say in open court why
he asked for the bond increase.
Police found the back door of a home forced open Thursday and two cats stabbed to death.
Police say Swigart still had a knife covered in cat hair and blood when he was arrested.
Swigart is charged with one count of felony burglary and two
misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.
Swigart’s attorney, public defender John Delany, asked for a preliminary hearing Tuesday to be postponed while he studies the
case.
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Information from: The Kentucky Enquirer, http://www.enquirer.com
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.
While Kentucky may not be feeling the pinch from the Wall Street fallout, we are seeing signs of the economic downturn here.
Jobless rates were up in 113 counties from last year. Magoffin County had the highest unemployment numbers with 10 percent, followed by Jackson County.
Woodford County had the lowest unemployment rate at 4.7 percent. It was followed by Fayette and Warren Counties at 5 percent.
Jessamine and Madison counties both reported 5.6 percent rates.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors said they have declined to file felony charges against Kanye West for an incident in which a paparazzo’s camera was broken.
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said prosecutors referred the case to city attorneys, who will decide whether to charge West with a misdemeanor.
West was arrested Sept. 11 at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of felony vandalism after he was captured on video struggling with a paparazzo and breaking a flash on the floor. (Read the full post about ‘No Felony Charges For West In Airport Flap’…)
AUGUSTA — A spokeswoman for DJ AM said the celebrity disc jockey has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash a week ago.
Jenni Weinman said Friday that DJ AM had been released from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta.
DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, were rushed to the burn hospital last week after their Learjet crashed on takeoff from a Columbia, S.C., airport.
Two pilots and two other passengers were killed in the crash just before midnight Sept. (Read the full post about ‘Spokeswoman: DJ AM Released From Hospital’…)
NEW YORK — David Letterman is still not laughing.
Video: Letterman Slams
The “Late Show” host offered a second night of jabs at Sen. John McCain, who canceled a Wednesday appearance on the show.
Letterman said Thursday that he felt like an ugly date because McCain, the Republican nominee for president, backed out of the appearance.
The comic was unhappy when McCain sat for an interview with Katie Couric instead of him Wednesday. And he said he was steamed when he later learned that McCain didn’t leave New York until Thursday.
Letterman said he felt like a patriot to let McCain off his commitment to deal with the economy. (Read the full post about ‘McCain Made Letterman Feel Like ‘Ugly Date’’…)
LOS ANGELES — Shia LaBeouf won’t face a drunken-driving charge for his involvement in a July crash that left his hand mangled.
Los Angeles County district attorney spokeswoman Jane Robison said Thursday there was “insufficient evidence” to charge LaBeouf with drunken driving.
Robison said prosecutors are mulling charges against two other people involved in the collision. She said she could not provide more details.
LaBeouf was arrested July 27 after an early morning crash injured his hand and sent him to a hospital for several days. (Read the full post about ‘DA: LaBeouf Won’t Be Charged In Crash’…)