LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A former U.S. Army soldier is challenging his convictions in civilian court of a rape and murders in Iraq saying the law used to prosecute him is unconstitutional.
Attorneys for Steven Dale Green filed an appeal on Monday with the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to have the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act overturned. The law, passed in 2000, allows the federal government to try former soldiers, their spouses and contractors in civilian courts for ... Read Full Story
Although the Louisville Metro United Way’s annual fundraising campaign doesn’t wrap up until February, it’s holding a pep rally tomorrow to spur giving. WFPL’s Elizabeth Kramer reports.
The rally starts at 7:45 a.m. on the Old Male High School campus on Brook Street.
United Way president and CEO Joe Tolan says it’s a way to re-energize the annual campaign, which has a goal to raise as much as last year’s campaign — $28.5 million.
“We probably need about $1 million or $1.2 million in ord... Read Full Story
Prosecutor: no decision on third trial
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Former University of Louisville football coach Steve Kragthorpe said goodbye to the team and the town today in his final Monday afternoon press conference.
Kragthorpe says his family will leave Louisville Sunday and move back to Tulsa, where he coached just prior to coming to Louisville in 2007. Kragthorpe was fired Saturday after three seasons without a winning record. He says he doesn’t think three years is enough time to judge a coach’s abilities.
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Conner Conley’s body was found near the city park in Rising Sun
OHIO COUNTY, Ind.–A 10-year old southern Indiana boy is dead, with a teenager behind bars. The 17-year old is charged with Battery Causing Serious Bodily Injury. Additional charges are possible.
The body of 10-year old Conner Conley was found Sunday night near the city park in Rising Sun. The body was found in a small, wooded area. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Police are not saying if... Read Full Story
Plans to move back to Tulsa Sunday
LOUISVILLE, KY.–We’re hearing from former Louisville football coach Steve Kragthorpe for the first time since he was fired. He says his only regret is not winning enough games to stay here. He says the hardest part will be leaving his players.
Kragthorpe says he’s received a lot of calls of support and already has three job offers, including that of offensive coordinator at a BCS school. Kragthorpe was 15-21 in his three se... Read Full Story
Food drive extended through the end of January
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–The Louisville Zoo is hoping for an “elephant-size” donation for Dare to Care. It’s extending its partnership with Dare to Care Food Bank. You can get into the zoo for $5 on weekdays now through December 18th and again January 4th through January 29th, if you bring one canned good per person.
The zoo has collected more than 5,000 pounds of food so far. Officials are hoping to collect more t... Read Full Story
Clinics will be held over the next three weeks
LOUISVILLE, Ky – Thousands of Jefferson County school kids are being vaccinated against swine flu.
Fern Creek Elementary was among the first local schools to hold an H1N1shot clinic. At least 10 other schools are also holding clinics today.
Student Justus Perry got the nasal mist vaccine and says it felt like water going up his nose when he goes swimming. Student Brandon Roberts got a shot and says it only hurt for a little... Read Full Story
Fern Creek Elementary School was among the first in Louisville to hold an H1N1 vaccination clinic. The county-wide clinics started today for all public, private and parochial schools in Louisville.
Principal Cheryl Rigsby says Fern Creek Elementary has nearly 800 students, and about half of them returned permission slips to get an H1N1 shot or nasal mist.
“A lot of them that sent them back in that were not participating did not participate because they had chosen to get it at their own doctor... Read Full Story
Churchill Downs will be the site of a three-day music festival next summer featuring more than 60 acts.
Officials say the event, called the HullabaLOU Music Festival , will be held July 23 through 25 and will be headlined by Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney and the Dave Matthews band.
It’s the first event organized by the newly created Churchill Downs Entertainment Group, which has hired Quint Davis as consulting producer. Davis, producer/director of the annual New Or... Read Full Story
