Feb 24 Community I Said Bang! A History of the Dirt Bowl Over 47 years, the Dirt Bowl has become a popular summertime spectacle in Louisville shaped by the history and culture around it. By Laura Ellis Feb 24 Community How The Dirt Bowl Became A Cultural Powerhouse Laura Ellis
Jan 29 Community Inside Louisville’s Decades-Long Problem With Housing Segregation Jerome Perry doesn’t have many white neighbors. There are so few, in fact, that Perry can list the houses around him where white families live. Even the homes that are blocks away from his tidy yellow brick home on 45th Street in Louisville’s Westover neighborhood. Perry, like most of his neighbors, is black. And his […] By Ashley Lopez and Jacob Ryan Jan 29 Community Inside Segregation In Louisville Ashley Lopez and Jacob Ryan
Jan 29 Community WFPL News Launches The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture Today, WFPL News launches The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture, the latest iteration of an ongoing project that seeks to produce journalism that informs, engages and inspires conversation about our city’s most pressing issues. This year, Next Louisville will focus on race, ethnicity and culture, and how they intersect with the news and community […] By Staff Jan 29 Community WFPL Launches Next Louisville Project Staff
Apr 7 Local News West Louisville Population Shrinks Following a national trend, demographic trends in Louisville indicate that more African-Americans are leaving the urban core and moving to the suburbs. The city’s black population grew 18 percent over the past decade to 154,246, according to census figures analyzed by the Courier-Journal. However, the growth was not in the historically black neighborhoods in the West […] By WFPL News Apr 7 Local News West Louisville Population Shrinks WFPL News
May 18 Next Louisville Heiner Wins Republican Nomination for Louisville Mayor by Stephanie Crosby Hal Heiner has clenched the Republican party nomination in the Louisville mayor’s race. The Metro councilman claimed more than 60-percent of the vote in yesterday’s election. His nearest competitor, Chris Theineman, tallied less than 30-percent of the vote. Heiner urged his supporters during his victory speech to help make the general election […] By Stephanie Crosby May 18 Next Louisville Heiner Wins Republican Nomination for Louisville Mayor Stephanie Crosby
May 17 Next Louisville Next Louisville: Primary Special By 6:00 pm tonight, it will all be over - or just beginning, depending on your perspective. Today is Kentucky's primary; tomorrow we'll be down to one Republican and one Democrat for mayor (the indepedents are a topic for another day), and one Republican and one Democrat for U.S. Senator. And that's not to mention all the other races taking place. Tuesday we'll take a look back at some of our news features from the Next Louisville initiative and then talk with political columnist Al Cross about some of the races in the rest of the state. Go vote, then join us! Listen to the Show Related Links: The Next Louisville Al Cross By Laura Ellis May 17 Next Louisville Next Louisville: Primary Special Laura Ellis
Apr 23 Next Louisville Next Louisville: What the Urban Core Wants by Stephanie Crosby As we continue our look at “The Next Louisville” – issues facing the next mayor and administration – we’ve surveyed what residents in different parts of the community are looking for in a new leader. Today, we look at Louisville’s urban core. The urban core of Louisville is sometime called the ‘urban […] By Stephanie Crosby Apr 23 Next Louisville Next Louisville: What the Urban Core Wants Stephanie Crosby
Apr 14 Next Louisville Next Louisville: What The East End Wants by Stephanie Crosby Listen Now As part of our news initiative “The Next Louisville”, WFPL has been looking into what residents of different parts of town are looking for in the next mayor… the next administration. Today, WFPL has a report on the causes, issues and concerns of residents and business owners in east Louisville. […] By Stephanie Crosby Apr 14 Next Louisville Next Louisville: What The East End Wants Stephanie Crosby