John Calipari: Kentucky basketball ‘nowhere near’ top teams yet Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari knows his team has much work to do in December before top-10 games against Ohio State and Louisville.

       

Louisville receives award for public transparency for 9th consecutive year Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

In a news release, Mayor Greg Fischer credited Director of Finance Monica Harmon and her team who prepared the most recent financial report.

Louisville’s $4 million budget surplus will likely fund pensions, rainy day fund, police Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

The moves are in line with how Mayor Greg Fischer's administration had proposed spending the money, but still faces final Metro Council approval.

       

Former Auburn quarterback Joey Gatewood to transfer to Kentucky football Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

After a season where the quarterback room was decimated by injures, Kentucky football has added former Auburn quarterback Joey Gatewood as a transfer.

       

Bevin order aimed at blocking higher pension for Adkins Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

Once he takes office, Gov.-elect Andy Beshear could rescind Bevin's executive order.

Thorntons employee dies from injuries sustained during Thanksgiving robbery Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

Police are still searching for the two suspects in the alleged robbery.

LIBA Holiday Party (11 Dec 2019) Thursday, Dec 5 2019 


       

LIBA Holiday Party at The Marcus Lindsey

featuring

Louisville Silent Disco


Silent night, a LIBA night. All is fun, all is bright  

Join LIBA for a “silent night” holiday disco party! Celebrate with us and Louisville Silent Disco at The Marcus Lindsey as we “silently” dance the night away! Galaxie is bringing their tasty treats and Cherry Red Events is serving up the finest libations in town! And to top it off, we’re hosting a friendly cocktail competition. So come thirsty, hungry and ready to dance into the holiday season. 
  

Thanks to our December event sponsor:


Town & Country Bank and Trust Co. is a full service Bank and Trust headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky. Our Trust Department is headquartered in Downtown Louisville and provides a wide range of Financial Planning services and commercial lending.


Please note that LIBA takes photos at all of our events for use on our social media channels and website. 

PHOTOS: Inside The Massive New Tunnel Underneath Louisville Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

MSD's Waterway Protection TunnelA giant drill driven by six 300-horsepower motors and using enough daily electricity to power 382 homes is digging a tunnel under Louisville. The machine is massive, and it’s part of a $200 million Metropolitan Sewer District project that is aimed at reducing the amount of sewage dumped into the Ohio River during heavy rainfall and avoiding fines from federal regulators.

The tunnel is meant to hold Louisville’s excess storm and wastewater. During dry weather, that water is treated at Louisville’s water treatment plant before it’s released into waterways, but heavy rainfall can swamp the facility and force MSD to dump untreated sewage water into Beargrass Creek and the Ohio River. The Waterway Protection Tunnel — one of many projects designed to reduce these sewer overflows — will stretch four miles under Louisville and measures 22 feet in diameter. When it’s done, it will hold up to 55 million gallons of overflow waste water until the water treatment plant is ready for the water.

“So instead of wastewater overflowing into our waterways, it’ll get treated and be put back into the Ohio River,” said MSD spokesperson Sheryl Lauder. “It’s a real win for the community and the environment.”

A side tunnel in MSD's Waterway Protection TunnelKyeland Jackson | wfpl.org

A side tunnel in MSD’s Waterway Protection Tunnel

Drilling started in February, and officials gave reporters a tour of the tunnel on Thursday.

After locking about 10 of us into a sunshine-yellow, cylindrical cage, a crane picked the cage up and lowered us 200 feet down into the tunnel. Sloshing through mud and water, we climbed onto a small trolley which chugged through a mile and a half of tunnel under the city. A giant yellow tube rushed fresh air to the end of the tunnel, and a conveyor belt meant to shuttle rocks was idle along the tunnel’s wall. The drilling machine itself — nicknamed “Bumblebee in honor of Muhammad Ali — is longer than a football field and is expected to cut away 650,000 tons of limestone rock.

A crane lifting the cylindrical cage used to put peopl in MSD's Waterway Protection TunnelKyeland Jackson | wfpl.org

A crane lifting the cylindrical cage used to put peopl in MSD’s Waterway Protection Tunnel

MSD started planning the project in 2015, 10 years after state and federal regulators entered into a federal consent decree to reduce the amount of sewage overflow MSD poured into the state’s waterways.

“The way [the tunnel is] designed,it has over a 100 year useful life,” said MSD Project Manager Jacob Mathis. “With the completion of this project, as well as the other project[s] MSD is doing, we will reduce our overflows by approximately 98 percent during a given year.”

MSD Project Manager Jacob MathisKyeland Jackson | wfpl.org

MSD Project Manager Jacob Mathis

Other projects include storage basins — such as the Clifton Heights storage basin and the Logan and Breckenridge Street Basin.

Mathis expects the excavation for the Waterway Protection Tunnel will be done in early 2020. The whole project, including cleanup and ensuring the tunnel is ready for water overflow, is expected to finish before the federal decree deadline of Dec. 31, 2020.

Why did Louisville’s Satterfield win ACC Coach of the Year? Here are three reasons Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

Louisville coach Scott Satterfield was named the ACC's Coach of the Year. Here are three reasons why he earned that honor.

       

A Local Christmas Treat for You from Josh Brown Thursday, Dec 5 2019 

Local musician and multi-instrumentalist Josh Brown came by our studio to share new takes on a couple of Christmas classics this holiday season. Josh has played with several local bands and artists from Neil DeGrade’s Dirt Poor Robins to Brooks Ritter and Dave Moisan. Normally he plays trombone but is a great guitarist too as is evidenced on “Angels We Have Heard on High” and especially on “Little Drummer Boy”.  Happy Holidays!

 

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