Louisville: Quick Facts

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Nov. 14, 2026

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No. 5 SMU volleyball knocks off No. 3 Louisville in slugfest of ACC heavyweights • Nov. 12, 2026, 11:45 PM ET (Dallas Morning News)

Where are Louisville, Kentucky ranked in new college basketball polls? • Nov. 9, 2026, 1:12 PM ET (The Lousiville Courier-Journal)

More than 200 puppets will help 'The Lion King' roar to life in Louisville • Nov. 9, 2026, 5:03 AM ET (The Lousiville Courier-Journal)

All the new things you'll see during Lights Under Louisville this year • Nov. 5, 2026, 5:03 AM ET (The Lousiville Courier-Journal)

Louisville Pizza Week returns this month with $10 pizza deals • Nov. 5, 2026, 5:00 AM ET (The Lousiville Courier-Journal)

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Louisville, Kentucky

Early map of the falls of the Ohio River, site of Louisville, Ky.

Plan of Louisville, Ky., 1836.

Louisville, University of

Barbaro, races across the finish line to win the 132nd Kentucky Derby, with other horses trailing behind.

cyclone: damage

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