Noise, smells, and the complaints that do not fit in any other box.
80 scoops so far.
Two cows at 700 Vine St are at the center of a rough little complaint. Somebody called Louisville Animal Services saying the animals don’t have enough shelter, enough land, or s...
A dead German shepherd was found in a bin at 1250 Bardstown Rd, on the northwest corner near the dumpster. The city tagged it as an animal issue and closed it out the same morning...
Smelled something off near 1172 E Broadway lately? One neighbor says it was a mix of wet dog kibble and pork. They rated it a 4 out of 5 and said it left them with a headache and...
Smelled something awful near 1316 Hepburn Ave lately? One person says the sewer in the 1300 block closest to Barrett Avenue has “smelled horrible” for the past two or three weeks....
Smelled something off near 991 Logan St lately? One neighbor sure has. They reported an unusual odor there on Oct. 6 and called it a “Butchertown stink.” No symptoms, just a 3-out...
Smelled something rough near 120 S Wenzel St lately? One neighbor sure has. They called about JB Swift, saying, “JB Swift has got to be stopped! What is happening with the meat pr...
The city got an animal issue at 700 Vine St about cows being kept in a very small area. That’s the word on the block, and cows are not supposed to be there under the land rules. T...
Smelled something rough in the Highlands lately? One neighbor says the JBS plant is at it again. “Disgusting odor from the JBS plant again today, all the way to my neighborhood in...
Smelled something burning near 1228 Logan St lately? One neighbor says it’s been coming from the backyard over and over. At about 7:30 PM, then again around 12:50 AM and 4:10 PM,...
Smelled something off near 1001 Logan St 118 lately? One neighbor sure has. They said there was an unusual smell at 1001 Logan St, #106, and rated it a 2 out of 5, so more nuisanc...
A call came in about a dog at 1104 Cherokee Rd 4, near Cherokee Rd and Grinstead Dr. An anonymous caller said a tenant in Unit 4 was beating and kicking what they described as a b...
Smelled something rough near 315 Baxter Ave lately? One neighbor sure has. They say, “The swift factory smells so bad. I could hardly breathe this morning.” APCD Community Complia...
Smelled something rough near 340 Baxter Ave lately? Somebody sure has. One person reported an unusual odor there on Sep. 24 and rated it a 5 out of 5, the worst kind. They said th...
Smelled something swift near 942 E Kentucky St lately? One person sure has. The city got a call about “Swift odors” at that spot in Louisville. That’s one account, mind you, but i...
Smelled something rough on the 1100 block of E Broadway lately? One person sure has. They say it was a “Swift slaughterhouse stench” over by 1100 E Broadway, and they rated it a 4...
There’s a hit opossum at 1600 Beechwood Ave 1, at the alley by Mid City Mall in Louisville. Baxter says that’s the scene, and if you were hoping for a less grim little wildlife up...
Smelled something rough at 1015 Marshall St lately? One neighbor says it was a full-on slaughter smell, and they gave it a 5 out of 5. That’s one account, mind you, but it’s enoug...
Smelled something rough near 725 Logan St lately? One neighbor sure has. They told the city it smelled like “JBS swift, rotting pig meat,” and said it hit hard enough to make them...
Smelled something off near 1009 Charles Street? One neighbor says it’s the Swift plant in Germantown and Merriweather, even though they say it’s miles away. That’s the complaint t...
A dog at 1321 R Hull St is at the center of a nuisance complaint. One neighbor says it “continuously barks outside all day starting around 7am” and is “left alone outside,” making...
Smelled something rough at 429 Baxter Ave lately? One neighbor says it’s been a slaughterhouse stench that hangs around all day. They say it’s been coming back more than once a we...
Smelled something rough near 1207 Fern St lately? One neighbor sure has. They say the odor was coming from the Swift meat plant, and they rated it a full 5 out of 5. By 10 p.m.,...
Ever catch a whiff of something rough near 711 Brent St? One neighbor says the smell at the JB Swift plant was a 5 out of 5 on Wednesday afternoon. That’s one account, but it’s a...
Smelled something rough near 933 Charles St lately? One neighbor sure has. They told the city the Butchertown smell has made it to Germantown, and they say JBS is the source. That...
Smelled something awful near 1032 Samuel St lately? One neighbor sure has. They say it was a rank dead-pig smell so bad it brought on headaches and nausea, and they were mad enoug...
Smelled something off at 1019 E Oak St? That’s the word there, “Smells like JBS.” APCD Community Compliance has the odor report open now, so the city’s on it.
Smelled something nasty near 1206 Lexington Rd in Louisville? One neighbor sure did. They say the Swift meat plant smell there was a full 5 out of 5, with nausea and a headache to...
Smelled something rough near 1088 Baxter Ave lately? One neighbor sure has. They reported a “disgusting odor consistent with livestock processing” at their home on the intersectio...
A squirrel feeder at 1106 Julia Ave has turned into a whole neighborhood drama. One neighbor says the feeder is tied to a tree in the public right of way, and that peanut shells...
Smelled something rotten near 325 Baxter Ave lately? One neighbor sure has. They say it was a strong rotting pig flesh smell at 325 Baxter Ave in Louisville’s 40204, and they ra...
Ever caught a rough smell near 1037 H Everett Ave? One neighbor says they can smell the Swift plant, and this week is worse than usual. “Every other week is bad, but this week is...
The squirrels around 1120 Julia Ave are causing quite the racket, or at least one neighbor says they are. They say the little critters have chewed up about $150 to $200 worth of pl...
Smelled something off near 1406 St Anthony Pl lately? One neighbor sure has. They reported an unusual odor there on Sept. 22 and pointed to a Butchertown plant as the source. They...
Smelled something mighty porky near 900 Charles St lately? One neighbor says it’s been a very, very strong swift pork smell on the 900 block. That’s the kind of odor that does not...
Smelled something off in Cherokee Triangle lately? One neighbor sure has. Louisville got a call about a bad odor in Cherokee Triangle on September 22. That’s the whole scoop for n...
Smelled something rough near 1116 Samuel St lately? One neighbor says the meat processing plant, though it’s 3 miles away, is making it “impossible to spend extended time outside o...
Smelled something rough near 938 E Muhammad Ali Blvd lately? The complaint says JBSWIFT animal rendering is at it again, and the odor is drifting over from 1200 Story Ave. It’s no...
Smelled something rough near E Breckinridge St and Edward St lately? One neighbor sure has. They told the city it smells like a slaughterhouse or meat processing, and they rated i...
Smell something rough near 947 Barret Ave? One neighbor sure has. They say the Swift Pork/JBS processing facility’s odor is so strong it keeps them from opening windows or being o...
Smelled something rough near 911 Vine St in Louisville lately? One neighbor sure has. The city got an odor complaint there, with the smell described as “Smells like the slaughte...