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Flashback Friday: D. X. Murphy
The architect whose firm was behind Churchill Downs’ iconic spires also designed churches and hospitals all over town.
November 20, 2025 02:34 PM
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Declan Lowthian
The Seelbach Hotel is a Beaux Arts Baroque style hotel with two awnings out front with the hotel's logo on them.
Culture
Take a ghost tour of the Seelbach
Support the Louisville Downtown Partnership — and maybe see some ghosts along the way.
October 1, 2024
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Declan Lowthian
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Food
Come on, dish: Which Louisville restaurant do you miss the most?
We want to know — which Louisville restaurant or meal sparks nostalgia in your heart, and belly, and why?
September 30, 2024
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Iron gate with headstones in the background.
Culture
12 Louisville mysteries and legends
Learn about the unexplained and curious events in Derby City.
September 25, 2024
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Katie Molck
A rusty, industrial bridge crosses a wide river, with a modern city skyline in the background.
City
A new study could reconnect Portland and Shawnee to the Ohio River
Between I-64, railroad tracks, and a flood wall, there’s a lot in the way.
September 24, 2024
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Jeff Milby
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Events
Celebrate the Belle of Louisville’s 110th Birthday
The Belle is hosting a three-hour, themed event for her birthday.
September 20, 2024
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Jeff Milby
A wide shot of the louisville public library main branch.
History
Check it out: The history of Louisville’s main branch library
The 120 year-old building that just keeps growing.
September 19, 2024
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Declan Lowthian
A museum exhibit features artifacts like an old typewriter, old newspapers, and other media equipment.
Culture
This exhibit is like a time machine for Louisville media
Flashback: Louisville Media Through the Years will run through January at the Frazier History Museum.
September 12, 2024
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Jeff Milby
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History
This 19th century Exposition really lit up Louisville
Before the Kentucky State Fair, there was the Southern Exposition
August 22, 2024
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Declan Lowthian
A large figure of a human sits on hay.
Culture
Who’s the big guy at the Kentucky State Fair?
Freddy Farm Bureau has been sitting on the front porch since 1958.
August 21, 2024
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Jeff Milby
A long, bare room with very high ceilings covered in flags. There is a crowd of people near the front. There are also a couple of cows. More people sit in bleachers surrounding the room; some lean against a rail in front of the bleachers.
Culture
The Kentucky State Fair through the years
Louisville hasn’t always been the home to the state fair.
August 15, 2024
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Jeff Milby
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