Sarah Shadburne in a floral dress

Sarah Shadburne

City Editor

Sarah Shadburne is based in Louisville, KY, and has worked in local media for the last three years, where she’s produced more than 400 stories covering local topics — from bourbon to banking to local murals. She loves getting outside, interpreting birth charts + shaking the feather toy for her cat Tangy.

Six-year-old thoroughbred horse Somelikeithotbrown stands outside a garage wearing a branded silk that says "Kentucky Downs."
Food
Celebrate Louisville’s first Hot Brown Week with “spokeshorse”
Trainers say it was the six-year-old horse’s destiny to become Hot Brown Week’s spokeshorse.
October 25, 2022
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Sarah Shadburne
A person dressed as the Pope Lick Monster, wearing a furry costume and goat horns, pretends to choke City Editor Katie. The photo has a playful and staged air about it.
History
Meet these legendary Louisville, KY monsters
Allow us to make formal introductions
October 21, 2022
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Sarah Shadburne
The gif shows two angles of the putting bays at the new Topgolf Louisville location.
Travel and Outdoors
See photos of the new Topgolf Louisville
October 20, 2022
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Sarah Shadburne
A crowded tap room is illuminated by a neon sign that reads "Falls City"
Culture
Attend these five Halloween parties in Louisville, KY
It’ll be a graveyard smash.
October 19, 2022
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Sarah Shadburne
The gif first shows City Editor Sarah wearing a black Kentucky for Kentucky shirt, then shifts to City Editor Aaron with LEXtoday inside a University of Kentucky stadium. Then the gif pans to Senior City Editor Katie at Red River Gorge, and finally to City Editor Molly with LEXtoday standing by a blue mural of the outline of Kentucky with her dog Ziggy.
Culture
Celebrate National Kentucky Day in Louisville, KY
Release your unbridled spirit.
October 19, 2022
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Sarah Shadburne
A stone monument stands on some grass and reads "Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp. Est. 1874. Camp closed from dusk till dawn.
Travel and Outdoors
Great Escapes: Our guide to Cassadaga, FL
Planning a getaway? Check out Cassadaga, Florida, the psychic capital of the world.
October 18, 2022
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Sarah Shadburne
A book sits upright with a happy-looking jockey on the back of a racehorse. The title is "Local Baby Louisville."
Arts
Visit the Louisville Book Festival next weekend
It’s coming to the Kentucky International Convention Center on Fri., Oct. 28 + Sat., Oct. 29.
October 17, 2022
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Sarah Shadburne
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Culture
Celebrate Día de los Muertos in Derby City
There will be dancing, food, and face-painting galore.
October 13, 2022
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Sarah Shadburne
The side of a brick building with a mural that reads "Whiskey got me in to trouble."
The History of Louisville’s Old Fashioned
We’ve got the 411 on LOU’s signature cocktail — and it’s whiskey business.
October 13, 2022
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Sydnie Roberts
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