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KHSAA football season is approaching. Meet 10 top RBs in Louisville area for 2024
As the 2024 high school football season approaches, the Louisville area is loaded with top-notch running backs with scholarship offers from Division I colleges. Leading the way is Central senior Cortez Stone, who has 5,439 career rushing yards and is looking to join former Central star Ace Wales as the only running backs in Louisville history to reach 7,000 yards. ...
KHSAA football season is nearly here. Meet 10 of top D-linemen in Louisville area for 2024
Who are the top guys in the trenches? As the 2024 high school football season approaches, several defensive linemen who made impacts last season in the Louisville area are returning. ...
Morning Briefing: Bus stop hotline for Louisville schools, 'massive hurdle' to challenging Kentucky's abortion ban and Gov. Beshear rallies for Harris
Good morning, Kentucky. Here's what you need to know today. We may see a few lingering showers early this morning, but they will wind down fairly early in the day. We will see highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s in the afternoon with heat index values approaching 100 degrees in most areas, possibly higher in west Kentucky. A stray shower will be possible during the afternoon with a better chance of storms moving into the western half of the state later tonight.
A look at 70 years of transportation, integration and forced busing in Louisville's public schools
LOUISVLLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Public Schools will begin a new chapter of its storied transportation history Aug. 8 when nearly 100,000 kids return to class across Louisville. For the last 70 years, Kentucky's largest school district's transportation plan has taken many forms. And on more than one occasion,...
JCPS families take care of back-to-school shopping for free in west Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Stacey Rae matched her daughter's excitement Tuesday morning as she shared with her all the makeup she was able to find. Ray, a mother of two, came out to Jefferson County Public Schools' Clothing Assistance Program's Back to School clothing blitz. Nearly 100 JCPS families signed up to do their back-to-school shopping in CAP on West Jefferson Street in the Russell neighborhood.
Bus stop hotline helps Louisville parents before new school year
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With the first day of school Aug. 8, the phone lines are open at Jefferson County Public Schools, and calls are coming in. Jefferson County Public Schools has launched a hotline to help parents with questions about their child's bus route. Parents and guardians can call...
KHSAA football season is almost here. Meet 10 of the top QBs in Louisville area for 2024
As the 2024 high school football season approaches, two quarterbacks in Louisville are looking to lead their teams to repeat state championships. Sophomore Zane Johnson is back to lead a Trinity squad seeking its second straight Class 6A title. Senior Connor Hodge is the new quarterback at Christian Academy, which will try to...
Anchorage Public School may delay first day of classes due to mold concerns
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Anchorage Public School may have to delay the first day of classes after mold was discovered in the building. Students were supposed to return on Aug. 7, however, recent mold concerns may delay the original start date. In a letter to families Tuesday, Superintendent Karen Solise...
Vote for Louisville high school boys preseason 2024-2025 athlete of year before poll ends
As fall sports get underway, ushering in the 2024-25 prep sports season, it’s time for readers to vote for The Courier Journal's preseason boys Athlete of the Year. Listed below are five standouts for the preseason award. Players from the following counties were eligible: Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby and Spencer. ...
JCPS sending transportation stipend info to parents ‘sometime next week’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - When JCPS ended bus transportation to more than two dozen Magnet and Traditional schools, thousands of families were left with a summer to find an alternative. Carpools have emerged as a popular fix, backed by JCPS plans to offer transportation stipends to affected parents. One week...
JCPS 'learned a lot' from last year as it works to avoid repeat of first day transportation mess
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- As Jefferson County Public Schools students get ready to head back to school next Thursday, district leaders are sharing what they're doing, and have done, to avoid another transportation meltdown. The district has been working all summer long to make changes after some students arrived home...
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