Louisville Conflict & Tragedy News

While Troya Sheckles was killed in March shortly after agreeing to testify against Lloyd Hammond in a double-homicide case, a judge has taken the rare step of allowing her eyewitness statements to police to be used against Hammond at his...

Sen. Mitch McConnell will hold a press conference outside his Louisville home at 4 p.m. Friday to discuss the Obama administration�s decision to bring the alleged 9-11 plotters to the United States. (We expect to have live video) Obama has...

Stoess� cheeks as he recalled card games, vacations and paintball tournaments with James D. Shuttler III, the Oldham County man he murdered more than three years ago. �Every day, I agonize that I�m responsible� for his death, Stoess said, his...

The Federal Highway Administration is asking a federal judge to move a lawsuit seeking a reevaluation of the Ohio River Bridges Project to a Kentucky court. The lawsuit, filed by Louisville-based River Fields and the National Trust for Historic Preservation,...

Lee blamed the accident on two cars pulling out in front of him at the same time, including the Mercury Sable, which he said ran a stop sign coming onto Fern Valley and �stopped in the middle of the road.�...

Gonzalez, who has been in jail under a $500,000 bond, has a court hearing next week. Gonzalez already faced charges of murder, attempted murder and tampering with physical evidence in an Aug. 24 altercation with three teens in a home...

Two males were found shot to death in a vehicle in an alley behind a house in the Portland neighborhood on Wednesday night, police said. The two, who are believed to be in their late teens or early 20s, were...

A trial date has been set for former University of Louisville education dean Robert Felner, who was indicted last year on 10 count s of mail fraud, money-laundering conspiracy and income tax evasion. The case is scheduled to begin Feb....

In Austin, Texas, the requisite costumed processional has been Americanized to include Michael Jackson's �Thriller� dancing zombies and costumed chihuahuas. Louisville is larger still, with a remarkable series of ambitious altars planned around town, among other events. Altars and events...

Just months after his death, former heavyweight boxing champion Greg Page will have two of his dreams realized � a return of championship boxing to his hometown of Louisville, and a fundraising event to benefit children with disabilities, both happening...