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Louisville news: Local tom cat Rick Pitino said something dumb edition [News]
- "They knew it was coming, but Jefferson County educators were frustrated and disappointed by Wednesday’s announcement that five more district schools had been selected for state-imposed overhauls because of poor academic performance.
Louisville news: Karen Sypher reports to prison, lawyer little more than a Twitter account? edition [News]
- "Calling Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia 'ground zero' for prescription drug abuse, White House drug czar R.
Louisville news: Don’t mention the Cats edition [News roundup]
• Louisville eighth-grader wins national geography bee. [WHAS]
• Karen Sypher’s headed to jail this week. [WDRB]
• Judy Green needs to lighten up. [LEO]
Elton John set to play KFC Yum! Center on April 15 [Music]
Elton John, the 1970s' version of Lady Gaga (except that the existence of his penis has been confirmed) will be playing the KFC Yum! Center on April 15. Tickets, $19.50, $49 and $139.50 go on sale Friday, March 18 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster's website or at 800-745-3000.
Did Karen Sypher's legal team deploy the sophisticated Rolling Stones defense? [News]
An unidentified member of Karen Sypher's defense team wore the Rolling Stones tongue-and-lips necktie (far right) to the federal courthouse on the day the woman who's had 19 nervous breakdowns—many of them televised—was sentenced to 87 months in the pokey. Sypher was convicted earlier this year of extortion after she and Rick "Diddley Daddy" Pitino let it loose, giving up more than just a little T&A on the floor of Porcini's.
Louisville news: Vast conspiracy between Karen Sypher's brain and mouth lands her 87 months in the clink edition [News]
- "Calling her crime brazen and motivated by 'sheer greed,' a federal judge sentenced Karen Cunagin Sypher Friday to 7 years and 3 months in prison for trying to extort cash, cars and a house from University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino." [Courier-Journal]
- "Last weekend I joined 19 other Kentuckians in a sit-in at the office of Gov. Steve Beshear.
Louisville news: Rand Paul doesn't say no about running for president; does he realize people outside of KY vote? edition [News]
- "In an interview with ABC News, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, said Republicans 'aren’t maybe brave enough' to tackle the deficit. When asked if he will someday run for President, Paul noted that he’s only been in Washington a month. 'Come back and ask me in a few months … We’ll see,' he said.
Ten lousy Louisville moments for 'It Takes a 'Ville's!' improv segment [Sponsored content]
While much of Second City's It Takes a Ville! show at Actors Theatre's (316 W. Main St.) is already written, some of the performance is apparently improv, based on suggestions from the audience.
Here then are some of Louisville's best news stories from the past two years you should consider asking the "world's premier comedy theatre and school of improvisation" to tackle:
Rosa Parks, 9/11 and 15 seconds on the floor of Porcini's: The best and worst of the Karen Sypher-Rick Pitino affair [News]
Like Brown and Forman, Hillerich and Bradsby, and Jerry Abramson and Cordish Companies, Karen Sypher and Rick Pitino are a Louisville duo slated for the ages.
Got a good joke (and unless you're a University of Louisville fan, you probably do)? Post it in the comments.
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