WHAS11 Top Louisville News Stories: Tuesday, March 12, 2024

today mayor Craig Greenberg revealed A Five-Year Plan toward Universal prek in Louisville currently of the 964 year-olds in our city he said about 6,800 are not attending free Early Childhood programs this new plan was developed by 23 Early Childhood experts and community members who met over a six-month period last year and together they created a new nonprofit called Thrive by five Louisville which will operate separately from Metro Government and run the universal prek program mayor Greenberg

said in order to deliver on his promise he made during his mayoral campaign the city will invest in preschools and Child Care Centers including private and nonprofits Universal prek will help more parents and caregivers get back into the workforce there are too many parents who haven't been able to afford child care and have had to make the tough choice to stay home so this initiative will give our economy a boost will to start Thrive by five Louisville will begin hiring staff and then recruiti

ng Child Care Facilities to take part in the pilot program in the next few years we'll see financial aid coming to those providers followed by the expansion of Eligibility to more Louisville families and an overall progress report for the program repairs to the Sherman mitt Bridge are underway today but it's still not clear just how long it'll take or when it'll open to traffic some good news though a program manager for the Kentucky transportation cabinet said the team is focused on getting tha

t bridge reopened in a matter of days not weeks the Sherman mitt renewal team shared the graphic right there online showing the issue was discovered about Midway through that first span coming from Kentucky those are the bridge archways officials said the problem is contained two beams but since there's no structural damage to the bridge repairs can begin today officials told us they found an alignment in issue with two lateral floor beams that help support the upper deck of that bridge and that

deck takes you from Kentucky to Indiana Dr William McGinley from uvl speed School said it's important for drivers to be patient and give these Crews time to fix the problem we got to give them time to formulate a plan come back you know if they have to fabricate new uh systems that's going to you know if it's let's say two or three beams they have to fabricate they have to order the beams they have to get them fabric ated and they have to get them in there and that's going to take time transpor

tation officials are working on an updated timeline for reopening that bridge until then your best alternative is the I65 Bridge though it is told as you know you can take the Clark Memorial but southbound traffic is still down to one lane after that semi crash over a week ago so do expect delays wherever you go we want to continue to promote Public Safety on our highways and our byways we just simply want our citizens to be able to get from point A to point B for them to be able to get home to

their families and be able to to do what they want to do and and be able to enjoy this life the way we should ensuring those who make dangerous driving decisions are held accountable for their actions today Louisville's Chief prosecutor announced the city's newest initiative to combat deadly car crashes and rollovers within Jefferson County the Commonwealth attorney's office announced it's collaborating with lmpd to retool the fast team also known as the fatal accident support team it'll be a sp

ecifically trained group of prosecutors who specialize in deadly crashes vehicle assaults and DUIs over the past year in Louisville there were 139 charges related to crashes involving death or Serious injury and 29 of those included DUI that is 1/4 of the Commonwealth's attorney's office cases the goal of this group is to promote Public Safety and get traffic fatality rates down by 5% officials discuss why they chose to collaborate with the attorney's office in lmpd I wanted to ensure that our p

eople knew and were able to perform at their best to give some type of relief to that victim or that victim's family and that we were coming to the Commonwealth attorney's office prepared if they had a question explain this to me we could answer it on the flip side of that I wanted them to be available to help teach prosecutors if hey explain how this works lmpd's Traffic Unit also told us that through a given Grant earlier this year they were able to implement Radars into patrol cars and eight

different units to help them catch people speeding at a fast rate we are learning more details about the man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl in the Algonquin neighborhood in January police said surveillance video LED them to 20-year-old Adrien King now charged in the death of deoya Pernell lmpd said the video shows King arriving at the Parkway Place Apartment Complex on January 29th and he's seen walking toward pernell's home with a gun in his hand later showing the two of them walking tog

ether soon after officers responded to a reported shooting and found Pernell sha in the back of the head police said the two were involved in a sexual relationship and that King had posted on social media earlier he was going to kill her he is also charged with sexual misconduct and distributing child pornography his bond is set at $1 million he'll be back in court on March 20th lmpd is looking for two people in interest in connection to the deadly shooting at Cafe 360 in the highlands take a go

od look at the surveilance photos there the shooting happened March 3rd over at Cafe 360 on barstown road police responded to the bar after receiving calls of a man down 21-year-old Theodor Brown was found dead at the scene 4 days after that shooting Cafe 360 voluntarily gave up its late night liquor license for the next six months Aaron given the president of the Highland Commerce scaled hopes the move encourages other establishments in the area to be proactive before something else happens peo

ple will ignore signage they won't drive the speed limit they won't stop at a stop sign so why would they not bring a gun with them if they're used to packing a gun police said these two are people of Interest again and have not been identified as suspects they are looking for any information about that incident you can call the anonymous tip line that's 574 lmpd or use the online portal meanwhile in Bardstown new developments in the crystal Rogers case Joseph Lawson has added his name to a peti

tion to move the trial out of Nelson County his attorney said he can't get a fair trial there and would rather it be moved to Boyd or Davis counties Brooks H the main suspect in that case has made the same request how Steve Lawson and his son Joseph have all been charged in connection to Crystal Rogers death all three expected back in court on March 21st Brooks ha will stay in jail by the way on that $10 million Bond until his trial the Kentucky Supreme Court denied his attorney's request to rev

iew the case it was his last chance at a different ruling how was arrested last September and charged with complicity to murder and the death of his girlfriend Crystal Rogers his bond was set at $10 million and a judge denied request to lower it he cited H's vast Financial Resources his family history of interfering with the inest investigation and the severity of the murder charge he's expected in court again in about a week along with the other two charged in the case the trial in the deli mur

ders case has been moved up the judge reviewed Richard Allen's request for an early trial and accepted it it is now set for May with jury selection on May 13th Allan is accused of killing 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German in February of 2017 his trial was previously scheduled to begin October 15th but Indiana court rules require that a trial for defendant held in jail on a pending charge start no later than 70 calendar days from the date the motion for an early trial wa

s requested