A city board was scheduled to hear the hotel company’s demolition request at a meeting on Wednesday that was subsequently cancelled.    

The hotel company applied last week for a demolition permit for the Odd Fellows building as part of a $1.2 million project to add indoor and outdoor courts on Muhammad Ali Boulevard 

In an interview Thursday, Ed Harness said his relationship with Louisville Police Chief Paul Humphrey is "cold." 

U.S. District Judge Benjamin Beaton said that it he doesn’t believe there 'is much sense or utility in a court trying to force a case like this to persist when the (DOJ) doesn’t want it to and the city doesn’t resist that position.'

Jefferson County Public Schools no longer would get a payment meant to represent its share of lost property tax payments

"From Louisville Metro’s perspective, the proposed Consent Decree is an effective mechanism to keep the reform process on track and to provide third-party validation of Louisville Metro's progress by means of an independent monitor that will report to the public."

The city approved the wrecking permit Monday, giving developers 30 days to start and finish the demolition, according to the Department of Codes & Regulations

The agreement comes after the DOJ found police and Metro government for years engaged in practices that violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law, including excessive use of force and searches based on invalid search warrants.

Louisville would rebate $5.3 million in local property taxes for the project under an ordinance introduced at Metro Council this week