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Fischer proposes balanced city budget, invests in street paving, bike lanes, public safety

Monday, May 20th, 2013, 5:29pm

Fischer proposes balanced city budget, invests in street paving, bike lanes, public safety

From Mayor's Press Office

LOUISVILLE, KY – Mayor Greg Fischer proposed a balanced budget for the new fiscal year that does not raise taxes but makes long-needed and deferred infrastructure investments, including paving roads across Louisville, installing 28 new miles of bike lanes and increasing funding to community ministries.

Map of Old Louisville bike corridors (Source: Mayor's Press Office)

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USA Volleyball Open National Championships at the Kentucky Exposition Center

Submitted by Rachael Clark on Saturday, May 18th, 7:29 am

From Amanda Storment

LOUISVILLE, KY – The USA Volleyball Open National Championships comes to the Kentucky Exposition Center May 24-29. With more than 5,000 players and 492 teams, the tournament is expected to generate more than $4.2 million in economic impact for Louisville.
The competition runs Friday, May 24-Wednesday, May 29, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. each day in the North Wing, East Hall and South Wings AB of the Kentucky Exposition Center. This event is free and open to the public. Parking is $8 per vehicle.
The USA Volleyball Open National Championships have 33 championship brackets, offering competitions for skill level participation, age group and height-limited competition for men and women. Anyone 18 and over can compete in these open divisions. Age group competition ranges from 40-and-over for men and women to the men’s 76-and over-division.

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New Mobile Technology Available For America’s Victims Of Crime

Submitted by Rachael Clark on Saturday, May 18th, 7:19 am

From Gary Edler

LOUISVILLE, KY — Appriss Inc. has introduced a mobile version of its automated victim notification service known as VINE® (Victim Information and Notification Everyday). VINE is used by victims of crime nationwide and monitors over 95% of the nation’s incarcerated offenders. The new VINEmobile app means people who have been victims of crime can easily check on the status of their offender and register to be notified about changes in that status via phone or email simply by accessing VINE on their smartphone or tablet. The app is available for both iPhone and Android devices.
“In today’s society, people expect the information they need to be right at their fingertips, on their mobile devices. Appriss is committed to delivering information to victims of crime however they wish to receive it,” said Appriss CEO Michael Davis.

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Residents participate in Bike to Work Day

Submitted by Ali Hammond on Saturday, May 18th, 12:11 am

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Many Louisville residents traded in their four wheeled transportation for the two wheeled kind.

Friday was Bike to Work Day in the River City as part of the Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement. Six locations around town were set up so participates could meet and ride together.

At lunchtime, cyclists were celebrated at 4th Street Live! with a bike giveaway and were provided with more information about bicycle commuting.

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JCPS bus involved in minor accident

Submitted by Joey Brown on Friday, May 17th, 2:53 pm

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – One student reported being in pain after a loaded JCPS school bus was involved in a minor accident Friday morning.

Sixteen Southern High School students were aboard the bus when it was hit by a car backing out of a driveway on Bost Lane near Timber Hollow Drive in Okolona, according to Ben Jackey, spokesperson for Jefferson County Public Schools.

The accident happened Friday at 7:19 a.m.

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LMPD to participate in annual Click it or Ticket campaign

Submitted by WAVE3 Web Staff

Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 6:27pm

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Louisville Metro police will be increasing the enforcement of seat belt violations.

The department is partnering with the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety and other state and local law enforcement agencies for the annual Click it or Ticket campaign, which runs from May 20 to June 2.

Officers will buckle down on drivers who are not buckled up and said they are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing a seat belt, without warnings or excuses.

The goal of the campaign is to increase driver safety. According to LMPD, Kentucky's seat belt usage rate is 83 percent, which is below the national rate of 86 percent.

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JCPS lays off 41 teachers, 114 placed on overstaffed list

Submitted by Sarah Eisenmenger

Thursday, May 16th, 2013, 6:06pm

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Several teachers in the Jefferson County Public School district have been laid off.

JCPS Spokesperson Ben Jackey confirmed 41 teachers, including 20 ECE teachers, have been laid off. An additional 114 teachers have been placed on an overstaffed list, meaning there is a chance they will not return to their current positions in the fall, but they will be moved to other positions within the district.

Jackey said budget projections, the reduction of state and federal funding and a decrease in the number of ECE students in the district all played a large role in the layoffs.

This is the largest layoff JCPS has announced in over a decade and along with the 20 ECE teachers 11 English teachers, seven physical education instructors, two early childhood teachers and one art teacher have also been laid off.

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