Daily Briefing: Who is Louisville’s new police chief?

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Today we can expect another sunny day with a high of 82.

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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg removed the “interim” tag from Paul Humphrey’s title, naming him the permanent Louisville Metro Police chief. Humphrey was named interim chief in June following the resignation of former LMPD Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel.

Here’s everything you need to know about Humphrey and the future of LMPD.

In other news:

  • LMPD: For several years, Louisville Metro Police trained faith leaders to respond to crises. One participant says the program never reached its potential.
  • Bourbon: In the weeks ahead of Bourbon Heritage Month The Courier Journal asked distilleries, collectors and museums about their oldest bottles of bourbon. Learn about 10 of the oldest bottles we found.
  • Gerth: During his Kentucky speech, Donald Trump Jr. incorrectly claimed immigrants aren’t being relocated to places where Democrats live — they are — and blamed immigrants for all kinds of problems, our Joe Gerth explains. Read his full column.
  • Food: Need a new go-to place for pizza? Wheated Louisville is a pizza and cocktail restaurant in the Highlands that serves ​​Neapolitan-style pies inspired by traditional coal-fired pizza. Get a taste of what to expect.

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