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Uncertainty For Louisville’s LEO Weekly As Parent Company Financial Woes Grow

As LEO Weekly’s parent company, Big Lou Holdings, LLC, advertises another of its citywide food weeks, Louisville Taco Week, restaurants and taco…

Jewish Louisvillians Call For Peace In Response To Iran Conflict

Over the weekend, the United States, in conjunction with Israel, launched attacks on Iran. A local group, Jewish Louisvillians for Peace, issued a statement regarding the military actions. “For decades, Netanyahu has been looking for legal justification to attack the Iranian regime. Instead, in Trump, he found a partner who didn’t care about legality, the…
LEO Weekly Owner Loses In Lawsuit For Non-Payment

A few months back, Louisville Independent reported on the Lawsuit involving Chris Keating and Big Lou Holdings for non-payment in the sale of the St. Louis-based Sauce Magazine.” In the lawsuit from last July, Allyson Mace of Bent Mind Creative Group claimed that Keating agreed to pay $479,000 for Sauce in October of 2023. He…
TARC Hosts Meetings To Discuss Fare Increases

While the city of Louisville and Southern Indiana continue to dig out from Winter Storm Fern, TARC is running on its snow route schedule (riders can check their routes here) and is readying public meetings to discuss fare upgrades. Currently, a single ride costs $1.75. The proposed fare hike would increase the fare to $2.25…
Local Groups Protest Increase ICE Presence In Louisville

A small group of protesters took to the corner of Bardstown Rd. and Eastern Parkway to protest the influx of ICE officers into the city. The protest took place on Tuesday, Jan. 20. ICE, the beleaguered immigration enforcement arm of the federal government, has taken increased criticism and public scorn for its behavior towards not…
Louisville Joins Nationwide ICE Protests

Louisville protesters gathered on Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Belvedere in downtown to protest the abuses of the ICE organization. The protests this week were sparked by the murder of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by ICE after she was confronted by them in her car and tried to leave the scene. The officer who…
Kentucky Woman’s Experiment Asking Churches For Baby Formula Exposes Lack Of Christian Compassion

A Kentucky woman with nearly 400K followers on TikTok, whose handle is @nikalie.monroe, asked churches to help a starving baby amid the current SNAP crisis, in which recipients of the food benefit have not received their November payments due to the government shutdown. She does the experiment in more than 40 parts on her TikTok…
Louisville Metro Housing Authority Workers Win New Union Contract

Louisville’s Housing Authority Workers won a new contract after months of negotiation and bargaining. Over 100 Louisville Metro Housing Authority workers, belonging to 32BJ SEIU, announced their new ratified contract, delivering gains in healthcare and job protection, gaining better work conditions and better maintenance services for residents. The new 4-year agreement guarantees 100% employer-paid healthcare…
[Video] Louisville Mayor’s Office Releases Footage of Visit to Crash Site

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear visited the crash site of UPS Flight 2976, a cargo flight bound for Hawaii. The plane went down in Louisville near the Muhammad Ali International Airport shortly after takeoff at 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4. On Wednesday, the Mayor’s office released footage to the media.…
Louisville Community Reacts After Fatal UPS Plane Crash

Story updated 11/6/25 12:30 a.m. Black smoke billowed through the air on Tuesday evening before most of Louisville heard the news. Around 5:20 p.m., a UPS cargo aircraft en route to Hawaii apparently caught fire and crashed near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The plane, UPS Flight 2976, had three crew members on board…
[Story Updated] LEO Weekly Owner Sued For Contract Non-Payment

Story updated 10/24/25 3:30 a.m. Chris Keating, the owner of LEO Weekly, Cincinnati Beat, and Detroit Metro Times, has been named as a defendant in a Missouri lawsuit stemming from the sale of St. Louis’ Sauce Magazine. In the lawsuit, filed in July, Allyson Mace of Bent Mind Creative Group claims that Keating agreed to…