Right now moving on on the WHS ,
we're following breaking news tonight
out of the Russell neighborhoodf
West Louisville where a man hasn
shot and killed an LMPD spokespn
telling us it happened just before 9:00
tonight at 26 and Madison stree.
When officers got there,
they found the man who had been shot.
He was taken to U of L Hospital where
he died not long after arriving.
Right now, as you can see,
detectives were on the scene.
They are canvassing the area
trying to find witnesses.
Anyone who can help detectives n
always call the anonymous tip l.
That number is 574 LMPD and a mn
in Elizabethtown is dead after
police say he was hit by a trai.
Elizabethtown police say offices
located 64 year old John Duncan at the
railroad crossing on East Dixie.
at about 1:30 this afternoon.
He died at the scene.
The coroner's office,
police and the CSX railroad comy
are handling this investigation.
All new since 6:00 tonight on the 19.
It was a close vote by the
Hillview City Council tonight,
but neighbors are elated.
A controversial plan by a localy
owned concrete company to expand
neighbors raising their health concerns.
WHS 11 Nineteen's Connor Stefan reports.
Why tonight's decision of Bullit
County shocked everybody.
This is for the council meeting.
Your concern business in your backyard.
You would not let it happen after concern.
We are asking you to not only ln
to us, but to hear us. Hillview
City Council fielded dozens durg
this public hearing over a comps
plan to expand. We've never
been reassured. Our car feel lie
he's being robbed, but now she's
going to have to get changed.
Look around for the about
piece of land though.
It was one concrete concern or
concrete company that brought
these Hillview homeowners here.
39 traffic The fight over a prod
city ordinance allowing family
owned business SNS Concrete to
rezone nearly 10 acres of its lt
industrial land as heavy indust,
allowing to cite large scale undertakings
and heavy industrial equipment.
It's raised health concerns for
neighbors living just feet from
it. Our neighborhood is not an n
area and our neighborhood is not
suitable for industrial purpose.
Steve has done everything that
he can and will continue to do o
make sure that he's in compliane
health wise with all the.
Apartments. Another
issue. Noise, what neighbors say has been
an ongoing disrupter for months.
He's just like sticking their finger in your
*. S&amp;S Concrete owner Steve Smith
said his workers have been told to be
mindful of residents while work,
though he also admits to having used a
rock crusher on the site for about six
months after buying the property in 2022.
An attorney for the company says that Smith,
who is a fourth generation business owner,
wasn't aware he needed a differt
zoning permit to operate the
rock crusher at the time.
She says when he found out,
he immediately stopped using the equipment.
That equipment will sit idle a bit longer.
After this vote, three
votes for, three against, we'll go back
to the Planning and Zoning Commissioner,
Hillview City Council holding an
expansion to property or operat.
For now it is so exciting becaue
just it's from the heart, a vote that
came as a surprise to these neighbors.
Some of the council members too.
They voted yes if they lived in my place.
I'm not a betting person, but I still.
Every nickel I got,
they would not want to live the.
Neighbors say they respect Smith
in his business but prefers
operations move elsewhere.
In a statement,
the company's attorney said it's
working on the next steps for SS
Concrete at this time in Hillvi,
Connor, Stefan,
The WHS 1119 on your side
and it is not over yet.
The issue of rezoning will now
head to the Bullitt County Plang
and Zoning Commission and they
will review tonight's decision.
Also new tonight here on the 19,
changes could be on the way for
people in Louisville who run Airbnb's
and other shortterm rentals.
Tonight, the local Planning Commission
considered more than a dozen
recommended changes to the regulations.
They include restricting occupay
in the Airbnb's to 12 adults,
and even fewer if the Board of Zoning
Adjustment wants to add further restrictions.
Owners would also be required to live
at a residence for at least six months
before submitting an applicatio.
And the annual registration
fee would increase to $250.
That's up from $100 right now.
The recommendations come after
concerns about shortterm rentals
in Louisville ruining the feel f
community in some neighborhoods.
Our neighborhood is on the brink
of becoming all shortterm renta,
with many blocks in our neighbod
containing 2 to 4 STR's, and soe
are right next door to each oth.
Many Airbnb operators spoke agat
the proposal of tonight's meeti.
They argue that a handful of ows
are making everyone else look b.
And I'm here to support other
Airbnb owners that are like me.
I'm trying to supplement my inc.
I'm trying to preserve,
maintain, protect and pay for te
historic property that I own.
With rising taxes, insurance,
utilities and maintenance costs,
the struggle is real every day.
Louisville Planning Commission sent the
recommendations to the Metro Council,
with some slight adjustments.
The Louisville Metro Council will ultimately
have to approve any regulation changes.
They have the final say.
The group Friends of Public Art,
say it's going to fight a judge's ruling
late today preventing the return of the John
B Castleman statue to Cherokee Triangle.
Today, Judge Jennifer Bryant Wilcox denied
the group's motion to reinstall the statute.
The request came if the Kentucky Supreme
Court gave this Group A victory recently,
finding a conflict of interest in the
original decision to remove the statue.
Friends of Public Arts
spokesperson Steve Weiser,
talk to us tonight about this new ruling.
Again, feel
that they're improperly
proceeding with this decision, o
we think that they're not legally based.
And we'll challenge that up
to the Supreme Court if it takes it again.
He went ahead and tell us as well they
do plan to file some kind of ap.
The statute was repeatedly vandalized in 2020
because of Castleman's ties to Confederacy.
He later fought for the Union.
Wiser and friends of public art argue
that Castleman work to keep the parks
integrated in Louisville and have proposed
adding a memorial to the Cherokee triangle
spot to recognize though who fot
parks for The Who fought park segregation.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg's office
has said repeatedly it has no plans to place
the statue back in its original location.
It currently is in an outdoor storage
lot owned by Metro Government, friends,
family and students saying goodbye today
to Oldham County teacher Max Emerson.
Emerson was shot and killed on a Washington,
DC college campus while he was e
for a conference this afternoon.
People lined the halls at Southt
Christian Church Crestwood Camps
ahead of the funeral service.
Tables were also set up where
people could share their memoris
of the well known teacher.
Washington DC police have charged a 22
year old man with Emerson's mur,
a popular pavilion in southwest
Jefferson County used for everyg
from community gatherings to weddings.
It's considered a loss after a morning fire.
Take a look This is the aftermath now
with the fire at the Farnsley Mn
Landing Pavilion on the Ohio Ri.
PRP firefighters responded to te
flames about 9:20 this morning.
One person was treated for smoke inhalation.
They believe a nearby car with n
electrical malfunction caught fe
and it spread to the pavilion.
And this is what it looked like
this morning just after 9:00 o'k
when firefighters arrived.
You can see the flames are everywhere in
this video recorded by PRP firefighters.
Firefighters say they do not bee
the fire was set deliberately.
And in a Facebook post, Riversi,
the Farnsley Mormon landing,
wrote that they are heartbrokeno
lose the David Armstrong Pavili,
but they are so grateful that ny
was hurt on strike.
Louisville Coffee employees,
baristas from 2 Coffee chains jd
forces today and their fight for
a new contract.
Priest is from locally owned
Sunner Goss and Starbucks went n
strike at the Sunner Goss on 5th
Street in downtown Louisville.
They are calling for a raise
of a higher quality of life.
Workers called out the companies in the
middle of union contract negotiations
haven't gotten very far in the
process and it we've been met
with a lot of resistance and
unwillingness to negotiate. We
we contacted both companies earlier today.
Sunner Goss declined to comment but Starbucks
sent us a statement saying in part quote.
Starbucks is committed to progrs
negotiations to progress negotiations
toward a first contract where un
representatives have approached contract
bargaining with professionalism.
It goes on to say that union reps have,
quote, consistently failed to show up
for our partners despite the repeated
claims and escalating publicity stunts.
All new on the WHS 1119 Churchil
Downs is preparing for their
September and fall racing meets.
Tickets are now on sale for
Churchill September meet now.
The tickets posted online right now say
the location will be at Churchill Downs.
We asked Churchill Towns tonighf
they are moving the races back o
Louisville for September in the fall.
They told us they will have an
announcement in the coming week.
The spring meet was moved to Els
Park in Western Kentucky followg
12 horse deaths at the Churchill
Downs track since mid-april.
Churchill Downs also announced
new safety initiatives.
And the Horse Racing Integrity and Safety
Authority launched an investiga.
That final report is expected
to be released soon.
By the way,
the Kentucky Horse Racing Commin
has released that the cropsy res
from two more of those horses
that died at Churchill Downs.
Kimberly Dream suffered an injuy
to her left front leg on May
27th and was euthanized.
The veterinarian found that the
seven-year old Mayor's health
was consistent with her age,
but noted she was the oldest in
the field that day was racing aa
higher level than she had previously.
No prohibited substances were
discovered in the drug test and
no other factors were listed.
Now lost in limbo with euthanizd
the day before after also hurtig
his leg in a fall During the ra,
the gelding unseated as rider
in the post parade,
but the veterinarian at the
track cleared him to race.
No prohibited substances
were found in the drug test.
The veterinarian rights the
horse's back hoof may have come
up and hit the front to foot,
causing the injury.
A group of mothers say they're
outraged after their children's
burial sites were left in disary
at a Louisville cemetery.
It happened last Friday at the
Green Meadow Cemetery on Shanks
Lane in southwest Louisville.
The group of moms say crews trad
their belongings and did not notify them.
I was literally in tears.
She had a fence around and
her father left her some shoes.
Her sister,
she put a little little flower .
It's like a solar flower pot that's gone.
I came out here Friday.
I wasn't able to speak to anyon.
Came back out here Saturday,
the gates were locked,
came back out here Sunday.
Again, was not able to speak to anyone
once I released the press conference,
came out here today,
I was able to speak to someone.
Graveside manager Terry Watkins
also told us his team threw away
items last week to mow the area.
According to their rules, created in 2017,
flowers and decorations must bet
off the ground during mowing se.
So I want to apologize to the
families, but it's a myth. If yu
think we do not care, that's not true.
Moving forward, he says the gravesite
will have signs and a list of rs
available for people with loveds
buried in the Green Meadows Cemetery.