Crews demolish former bowling alley near Kentucky Expo Center
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A longtime bowling alley near the fairgrounds in Louisville was torn down Tuesday. The Executive Strike & Spare Family Fun Center has sat outside Gate 1 of the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center for decades on Phillips Lane. The bowling alley closed late last year...
Norton Clark Hospital modernizes heart care with $7 million investment
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Norton Clark Hospital has announced completion of a major investment in cardiovascular care in southern Indiana. The hospital unveiled their upgraded catheterization lab and state-of-the-art CT scanner with advance cardiovascular imaging capabilities. The $7 million, five-month project will now...
3 men arrested after large amount of drugs, guns and cash seized in Old...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Three men were arrested Tuesday after a large drug bust in Old Louisville. Multiple divisions with the Louisville Metro Police Department, along with SWAT, executed a search warrant in the 1400 block of South Floyd Street and found firearms, ammunition, a large amount of marijuana,...
Fireworks in Louisville: What to know before you celebrate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As you prepare to celebrate Independence Day, make sure you know what kind of fireworks you can legally shoot off in your backyard. Kentucky defines all consumer fireworks as suitable for public use, with some restrictions on the size and amount of pyrotechnics inside the device.
Louisville man sentenced to 30 years after chaining woman in barricaded home
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for chaining a woman to the floor of a home near the Park neighborhood in 2023. Moises May was convicted on May 1 of forcing his ex-girlfriend, Joanna Wilson, to have sex for money with several men, cutting her hair with a...
2 girls, ages 12 and 13, charged in shooting of 2 juvenile girls
Two girls, ages 12 and 13, have been arrested in a shooting that injured two juvenile girls. The shooting occurred on Friday, May 30, at approximately 5:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of West Chestnut Street in the Russell neighborhood in Louisville, according to a report by WAVE.com. When police...
4 Kentuckians charged in national Medicaid fraud takedown
The DOJ claimed that the four were part of the nationwide efforts to line their pockets while stealing from programs entrusted to care for the elderly and disabled.
2 Shelbyville men convicted on federal drug trafficking, gun charges
KENTUCKY, USA — A federal grand jury has convicted two Shelbyville men of drug trafficking and firearms offenses, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office - Western District of Kentucky. Benjamin Quintero Martinez, 31, and Rodolfo Reyes Martinez, 27, were found guilty of possessing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and...
Bigger police presence expected in NuLu after consecutive weekends of ‘street parties’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Some businesses in Louisville's NuLu neighborhood have had enough of large crowds they say are drinking in the streets and causing disruption overnight for a second consecutive weekend. "We feel that this is out of the business’ hands and has become largely a Metro and LMPD...
System goes down at Bowman Field licensing branch, turning people away after waiting for...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Systems down at the Bowman Field Regional Licensing Branch sent a line of people home for the day on Monday, after waiting hours for their appointment. WHAS11 was at the Bowman branch location when a DMV employee stepped outside to tell the dozen people in line that their systems were down, and to...