Alexis Mathews

1 week ago | wlky.com | Alexis Mathews

Attorney General Russell Coleman’s Violent Crime Reduction Team is getting results, including dozens of indictments and its first conviction. “We're going after trigger-pullers in the city of Louisville,” said Coleman. The team, created to curb violence in the metro, is also nabbing violent offenders before they pull the trigger. Demarcus Allen, 51, is their first conviction since VRT was formed last October.

1 week ago | kesq.com | Alexis Mathews

By Alexis MathewsClick here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky ( WLKY) - Horses are the highlight of the Kentucky Derby, but the hidden heroes are the immigrant workers who are instrumental in the success of the billion-dollar thoroughbred industry. "Seventy-eight of the backstretch workers in the equine industry are immigrants and over 70 percent of our jockeys are Latinos and immigrants. So, now is the time," said Rebecca Shi, CEO of American Business Immigration Coalition.

1 week ago | wlky.com | Alexis Mathews

Horses are the highlight of the Kentucky Derby, but the hidden heroes are the immigrant workers who are instrumental in the success of the billion-dollar thoroughbred industry. “Seventy-eight of the backstretch workers in the equine industry are immigrants and over 70 percent of our jockeys are Latinos and immigrants. So, now is the time,” said Rebecca Shi, CEO of American Business Immigration Coalition.

2 weeks ago | wlky.com | Alexis Mathews

The impact of cuts in funding and jobs on a federal level by the Department of Government Efficiency is trickling down to local projects. DOGE is on a campaign to save the United States economy $160 billion. But, it comes at the mercy of projects like Alberta O. Jones Park, a vibrant addition to west Louisville’s California neighborhood and an homage to the city’s first woman prosecutor.

2 weeks ago | wlky.com | Alexis Mathews

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has announced another historic budget proposal. Greenberg held the budget address in Metro Hall, unveiling his $1.2 billion proposal. The theme for the proposed budget is "priorities, progress, and performance." It includes investment in several familiar areas. A significant portion is going toward public safety, which is always top of mind for the mayor.