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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…
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Louisville To Host National Violence Prevention Gathering Of Cities United
Louisville will be the site of a gathering of more than 1300 in attendance for the Cities United 12th Annual Convening. This event hosts those community members and other “peacemakers” who gather to “learn, connect, and share lessons on interrupting violence, dismantling systems of inequity, and investing in communities to create safe, healthy and hopeful…
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Louisville Urban League Demands Answers About St. Joseph’s Picnic Incident
On Saturday, Aug. 9, at the 2025 St. Joseph’s Day Picnic, which raises money for the care of children living at St. Joseph’s Children’s Home, an interaction between a Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy and a teenage girl turned violent. According to eyewitnesses, the young woman had a verbal exchange with the officer and was walking…
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Louisville Vintage Shop Announces Closing
But don’t cry yet, they said it’s a good thing. Hardtimes Collective opened its shop in April of 2023. At the time, owners Megan Widmer and Chaella Higdon said they opened the business together after becoming best friends during the pandemic. Widmer and Chaella combined their two individual brands, Lily and Rose Designs, and Vintage…
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Art Sanctuary Building Owners Raise Rent Then Purchase New “Art Center” Property To Replicate Group’s Model In ‘For-Profit’ Venture
Story updated 2:20 a.m. When the owners of 1433 S. Shelby St. raised the rent on their tenant Art Sanctuary, the group knew that it would have to find a new space. The rent increase was 41% plus Art Sanctuary was required to give the owners, Frankie Steele, Brittany Baker, and father Charlie Baker, a…
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Kentucky Equal Justice Center Falls To Budget Cuts
The Kentucky Equal Justice Center has worked since its founding in 1976 to promote justice and equality for low-income Kentuckians by serving as a nonpartisan voice providing direct legal services, legislative advocacy, and education. Now, with cuts in funding facing many nonprofits — particularly those that serve as legal advocates for the underserved — KEJC…
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Louisville’s Quills Coffee Baristas Vote Unanimously To Ratify Union Contract
Baristas at Quills Coffee voted unanimously to ratify their first union contract. With 32 votes in favor, Quills baristas secured historic wage increases, the elimination of wage caps, paid family leave, and better workplace protections. The contract will cover nearly 60 workers and is effective immediately. Wage increases will begin in the next pay period. …
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Louisville Urban League Creates Juneteenth Community Calendar
Looking for Juneteenth activities or have one to share? The Louisville Urban League has created a user-friendly Juneteenth calendar for the community. Juneteenth is a celebration that commemorates the day that the news of emancipation from enslavement reached those in Galveston, TX. On June 19, 1865, General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the…
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Louisville Activists Discover DHS Program, ISAP, Betraying Compliant Immigrants, Turning Them Over To ICE
Community members came forward and alerted Louisville Showing Up For Racial Justice (LSURJ) that the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) has been turning people over to ICE. ISAP is a Department of Homeland Security Program that checks on those involved in the immigration process. LSURJ feels that it is unfair and essentially entrapment. “The idea…
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Coroner Seeks Next Of Kin For Godson Serge Pehe
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office is seeking the next of kin for Godson Serge Pehe, who died in Louisville on June 1. Mr. Pehe was born in Cote d’Ivoire in 1979 under the name Serge Pehe. He left his country during the civil war as a refugee and went to the Republic of Guinea before…
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Louisville Mayor Announces New Building Conversion Project In Downtown
Louisville will begin its first building conversion project funded by the city’s building conversion program to turn existing office spaces into apartments and condominiums. The first conversion will take place at 531 Court Place, turning the old Jefferson County Fiscal Court building into 106 new apartments. In a press conference on Tuesday, June 10, Louisville…