Kindergarten readiness: Mayor Greg Fischer visited the George Unseld Early Childhood Education Center Friday as JCPS announced new funding for a significant expansion of its Kindergarten Readiness Camp, which showed great results in its first year. Read more.

Top Story: Thorntons Groundbreaking: Mayor Fischer was on hand Friday as Thorntons officials broke ground on a new $27.8 million corporate Store Support Center on Old Henry Road in eastern Jefferson County. Read more. 

Freedom Award: Mayor Greg Fischer has announced that George L. Burney Sr., a civil rights leader in Louisville for more than 60 years, is the 2016 recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award. The mayor will present the award at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17 during the “Keepers of the Dream” event at the Kentucky Center. Read more.

Holiday delays garbage pick-up: There will be no garbage, junk, recycling or yard waste collection on Monday (Jan. 18) within the Urban Services District (former Louisville city limits) in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. Details.

Friday, Jan. 15, 10:30 a.m.: Trees Louisville Campus Canopy announcement. Medora Elementary School, 11801 Deering Road.

Friday, Jan. 15, 1:30 p.m.: Kentucky Health Career Center opening. 746 S. Fifth Street.

Sunday, Jan. 17, 4 p.m.: Keepers of the Dream, Kentucky Center.

Monday, Jan. 18: PRIDE Inc. motorcade (11 a.m.) and MLK Day Service (noon), Hughlett Temple AME Zion Church, 2015 W. Jefferson St.