The requirement has led Louisville drivers to pay as much as 35 cents more per gallon than surrounding counties and other parts of the state.

Marc Hibel was arrested in 2023 after officials found explosive chemicals at his home on Applegate Lane in the Highview neighborhood.

The health department plans to conduct mosquito control in Irish Hill, NuLu and around Iroquois Park. 

Rail operator CSX says that a chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and residents can return to their homes. Authorities reviewed air monitoring data and decided it was safe to let people return to the small town of Livingston. The CSX train derailed around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday near the remote town with about 200 people in Rockcastle County. Two of the 16 cars that derailed carried molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached. It’s believed that the fire released the potentially harmful gas sulfur dioxide.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and other officials gave a what they called a final update on the Applegate Lane site Thursday morning.

It has been a slow process on Applegate Lane, as heavy machinery continues to remove the home piece by piece.

After months of planning, crews have started dismantling a home in Louisville's Highview neighborhood where dangerous chemicals and explosives were found in July.

The EPA began the demolition process by removing structural parts of the home.

The city originally planned to burn the home down but the EPA said this would be a safer option.

The house on Applegate Lane is scheduled to be knocked down the week of Oct. 16.