Thomas C. Kelly, who led the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville for a quarter of a century and guided it through a clergy abuse scandal, died at his home parish on Wednesday. He was 80.

Kelly led a service and delivered the homily at Holy Trinity in eastern Louisville the previous night, and died in the morning, Louisville Archbishop Joseph Kurtz said.

Cornerback Anthony Conner’s impact on the Louisville Cardinals continues to be felt even though he’s no longer playing football after breaking his neck against Rutgers. More >

The city of Louisville bid farewell to Chief Robert White during a reception at Churchill Downs on Tuesday night.The leader of the Louisville Metro Police Department is leaving for the same role in Denver.A crowd of friends and colleagues showed up to support, and say goodbye, to Chief White. More >

Colin Rolfe and Austin Berry tend to get a lot of the national attention when it comes to talk about the University of Louisville men’s soccer team.

But Nick DeLeon is a name many folks are beginning to remember.

Coach Ken Lolla said the senior from Phoenix has been the Cardinals’ “most consistent and dangerous” player all season and has been a key to U of L’s run to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight for the second consecutive season.

Les Waters, the Obie Award-winning director and associate artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre, takes his magic to Louisville, Ky., where he has been named artistic director of the Actors Theatre.

He replaces Marc Masterson, who stepped down in May after 11 years to become artistic director of South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa.

Louisville point guard Peyton Siva has a severely sprained left ankle and is doubtful for Saturday’s game at Butler.

The junior, whom coach Rick Pitino calls his best player, was injured Monday in practice. More >

Thirty-thousand groups with 1.1 million members — and the problem is growing. That’s how the FBI describes our nation’s gang problem, which it said is still plaguing the Louisville area. More >

Louisville is doing it with defense these days. It’s the specialty of Charlie Strong, the Cardinals’ second-year coach.

”Charlie Strong has been as well-respected of a defensive coordinator as there’s been in the profession for the last two decades,” West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said. ”The guy’s won two national championships and has been a part of some good programs being the defensive coordinator. That tells you something.”

The Louisville Cardinals try to run their win streak to three in a row this weekend, but standing in their way are the 24th-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers as the two Big East Conference foes meet at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown. More >