Louisville KY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Well, that escalated quickly. Just the other day, I circled the Indiana University School of Music building in Bloomington, generating the resolve to walk inside and interview the person in charge of instrument rentals for my first bylined story at the Indiana Daily Student (IDS). It was...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability is urging the community to reduce single-use plastic waste with a new initiative. The “Plastic Free July,” campaign encourages residents, businesses and organizations to swap out disposable plastic items in favor or reusable,...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A second arrest has been made in connection to a bar fight in Louisville that led to the death of another man. Ronnie Watkins, 30, was arrested Tuesday, nine days after a man was killed outside of Corner Tavern, according to an LMPD news release. Christopher...

More than 20 arrests on federal drug trafficking and illegal gun possession charges were announced this week at the U.S. Department of Justice's Louisville office, as law enforcement agencies in attendance advised a new collaborative effort should help continuing efforts to crack down on violent crime. "Let these...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Five people from around the Louisville area have been federally charged in connection to alleged schemes to defraud Medicaid and divert controlled substances. The five charged are part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 ‘National Health Care Fraud Takedown.’. Ashley Barnett, 41, of...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Nearly two dozen people suspected of trafficking in fentanyl and meth have been charged after an ongoing joint operation involving local and federal law enforcement agencies that spanned from Kentucky to California. That's according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in...

There are four indictments naming people from Kentucky to California. This is part of "Operation Take Back America," an effort that targets cartels. Investigators said the suspects trafficked drugs across Kentucky with the supply lines reaching back to California. The charges include trafficking deadly fentanyl,...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville police are seeing a decrease in violent crime as a whole in the city, but more recently, a lot of young people are now becoming involved in homicides and shootings. LMPD Deputy Chief Emily McKinley said on WDRB Mornings Tuesday that around 45% of shooting...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun was in New Albany Tuesday to highlight a new law aimed at preventing health health issues that could lead people to need long-term care and divert the need for Medicaid services.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Federal law enforcement busted 20 people trafficking guns and drugs between Louisville and western states in two separate investigations started in 2024. In the process, they seized more than $1 million worth of drugs and over 100 firearms. In May, a federal task force arrested people...