Newburg News

Pavement work on the Watterson Expressway will close some exit and entrance ramps between Interstate 64 and Preston Highway over the weekend.

Police in Louisville have caught the man who killed a western Kentucky convenience store clerk.

Louisville Metro Police and U.S. Marshals arrested Brock Hanley around 8:30 p.m. at Exeter Avenue and Indian Trail.

A Louisville man has pleaded guilty to the death of his girlfriend and her unborn child.

Kayla Walker, a 27-year-old single mother who works at UPS and lives in Okolona, takes her two youngest children each weekday to Wesley House Community Services on Preston Highway, where they attend preschool.

LG&E customers will begin enjoying lower natural gas prices on Sunday. The Kentucky Public Service Commission recently approved a new rate reflecting a 39 percent decrease in the wholesale price of gas from last November.

Louisville Metro Government is offering early registration for some people who expect to need financial assistance with their winter heating bills.

New numbers out show fewer Kentucky schools are meeting their goals under No Child Left Behind and the news isn't good for Jefferson County Public Schools.

Jefferson County Public Schools is seeing little change in student proficiency. Data from Kentucky Core Content Tests showed the highest increases in high school reading and writing from 2008 to 2009.

The Salvation Army has received enough money from public donations to keep all four Louisville Boys & Girls Clubs open - at least for now.

Metro Health Department is offering an unbelievable deal for people over 60. The shingles vaccine, Zostavax, which typically costs up to $235, is available at the Metro Health Department for just $10. The vaccine is available at that price, while supplies last, thanks to federal stimulus funds.

Nearly 270 people lined up on Monday for the first flu shots offered this fall by the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness.

Metro Police are searching for suspects after a hit and run accident in Newburg Sunday night.

Ray Durham was fascinated that a television channel could operate without commercials.

Last week's cover story "The Kids on the Bus" named The Courier-Journal as winner of a Pulitzer Prize for photos associated with busing.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Louisville Free Public Library is celebrating its latest library branch.

A new library in Louisville's Newburg neighborhood means more than just a place to read and learn.

When Pedro Sanchez walked into Rutherford Elementary Thursday for his first day of fourth grade, he immediately noticed changes.

Two people were shot, one fatally, early Thursday at a home in the 4800 block of Brenda Drive, a Louisville Metro Police spokesman said.

Two people were shot, one fatally, early Thursday at a home in the 4800 block of Brenda Drive, a Louisville Metro Police spokesman said.