LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Tom Jurich has made the drive back to Louisville plenty of times. His children live here. So do his grandchildren. And his 96-year-old mother still calls it home.
But on Tuesday, winding through the mountains of Eastern Kentucky — detouring around closed highways and old memories — Jurich acknowledged that this trip was different.
This time, he’s coming back to be honored. A portion of Floyd Street, the road that runs through the heart of the University of Louisville’s athletic complex, will be renamed “Tom Jurich Way.”…