Josh Wood
Enterprise and Investigations Writer at The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Watchdog/news reporter @courierjournal // Former Middle East correspondent // Kentucky Colonel // Get in touch: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
courier-journal.com | Josh Wood
WHP, a company not fully disclosed, plans to build a $6 billion data center in Oldham County, Kentucky. The project, named "Project Lincoln: OC Data Center," would be located on 267 acres and create hundreds of jobs. If approved, the data center is expected to generate tens of millions in county taxes and stimulate significant economic impact. While data centers are crucial for modern technology, they have faced criticism in some areas for their environmental impact and appearance.
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3 weeks ago |
courier-journal.com | Josh Wood
Josh WoodLouisville Courier JournalA line of strong storms is expected to hit the Louisville area late Sunday evening or early Monday morning, potentially bringing damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes. The National Weather Service warns that the risk of tornadoes is increasing, with the possibility of strong and long-track tornadoes. Louisville is included in a large area where there is a greater than 10% chance of a tornado within 25 miles.
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3 weeks ago |
courier-journal.com | Josh Wood
Louisville Metro Police arrested three juveniles between the ages of 13 and 16 after an exchange of gunfire near the base of the Big Four Bridge on Friday evening, police said. In a statement, Sgt. Matt Sanders, an LMPD spokesman, said officers heard gunshots near the base of the pedestrian bridge at about 7:30 p.m. on Friday. “It appears two groups of juveniles and otherwise young adults exchanged gunfire and then everyone fled,” Sanders said in a statement Friday night.
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1 month ago |
courier-journal.com | Josh Wood
Josh WoodLouisville Courier JournalBreonna Taylor’s death in 2020 during a botched Louisville Metro Police raid sparked a movement to ban no-knock warrants. In June 2020, no-knock warrants were banned in Louisville after Metro Council passed “Breonna’s Law.”Kentucky limited, but did not outright ban, no-knock warrants in 2021. There have been repeated legislative efforts to ban no-knocks on the federal level, but they have all failed so far.
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1 month ago |
courier-journal.com | Josh Wood
A historic church in downtown Louisville is facing emergency demolition months after it was gutted by a blaze that took 80 firefighters to extinguish. According to online Louisville Metro Government records, St. Paul's German Evangelical Church at 213 E. Broadway was deemed "very unstable, open and unsafe" in a March 10 inspection where an emergency demolition order was posted.
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