{"id":802465,"date":"2026-08-04T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/802465\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:54:15","slug":"sun-valley-park-and-golf-course-facing-thousands-in-damage-from-vandalism-in-south-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/802465\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Valley Park and Golf Course facing thousands in damage from vandalism in South Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) &#8211; Louisville Metro Councilmember Crystal Bast in District 14 is asking for the public\u2019s help after vandals caused significant damage to Sun Valley Park and its golf course. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sometime Sunday night, people riding four-wheelers drove through the park and golf course, damaging the green. Hole #1 was completely destroyed and will require substantial time and funding to fix. Hole #4 also sustained damage but is expected to be repairable. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"The vandalism comes shortly after the city invested funds into improving the course to make it...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HDRQEAUVSVEQPK3IMEO2VA74DE.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"664\" \/>The vandalism comes shortly after the city invested funds into improving the course to make it more family-friendly.(wave)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The crime comes shortly after the city invested funds into improving the course to make it more family-friendly. Now those improvement dollars will have to be redirected towards repairs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In addition to the golf course damage, vandals used spray foam to create swastikas in the parking lot. Crews are working to scrape and remove them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThere is absolutely no place for that in our community,\u201d Former District 14 Councilmember Cindi Fowler said in a statement. \u201cThis should make every one of us angry because it\u2019s our community and our tax dollars that pay the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In response to the incident, officials announced that security cameras are scheduled for installation throughout Sun Valley Park, including the golf course and the community center. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Anyone with footage, witness accounts, or information regarding the individuals responsible is urged to contact the District 14 office to help LMPD with the investigation. Tips can also be left <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmpd.gov\/339\/Report-a-Tip-Crime\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lmpd.gov\/339\/Report-a-Tip-Crime\">here<\/a> at LMPD\u2019s tip line.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WAVE. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) &#8211; Louisville Metro Councilmember Crystal Bast in District 14 is asking for the public\u2019s help&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[3071,427,137796,340635,99,340634,340633,39118],"class_list":["post-802465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-crime","tag-golf","tag-lmpd","tag-louisville-city-councilmember-crystal-bast","tag-sports","tag-sun-valley-golf-course","tag-sun-valley-park","tag-vandalism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}