Shively police seek public’s help to identify armed robbery suspect
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Shively police are asking for the public help in identifying a robbery suspect. Police said the woman captured on surveillance video had displayed a handgun during an altercation and stole items from a Thornton’s convenience store. Police did not provide a date when the crime...
Bodycam: Woman arrested in Florida decades after allegedly leaving state with her daughter
(WLKY/CBS Newspath) A woman was arrested decades after police say she disappeared from Louisville with her own child, leaving the child’s father with no answers. Earlier this month, Debra Leigh Newton was arrested in Florida. After the arrest, her daughter Michelle reconnected with Joe, the father she never knew, and...
2 men indicted by Louisville grand jury in year-old murder case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Two men were indicted earlier this month on murder charges more than a year after a fatal shooting in Louisville's Portland neighborhood. Andra Jennings, 35, and Kris Owens, 22, were indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on Dec. 15. Each faces a complicity to murder charge.
Here are the top 12 biggest restaurant openings in Louisville in 2025
More than 120 restaurants opened in over the last year, meaning the Louisville food scene is still heating up. The Courier Journal tracked each opening since the first days of 2025, as restaurants such as Benfinita Modern Italian and Yonutz, the smashed doughnut chain, opened their doors. Throughout the year, we...
Louisville police investigate two weekend shootings; victims expected to recover
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police are investigating two separate weekend shootings that left two people injured. The first incident occurred just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the 100 block of East Wellington Avenue. Officers found a man behind a duplex with a gunshot wound to his arm. Around...
Holiday shopping lifts small business sales slump
Christmas shoppers are filling the streets of NuLu as stores stock up with gifts for the holiday, providing relief to small businesses.
Georgia’s Sweet Potato Pie Company Supports Literacy in Louisville
Sometimes, inspiration comes from a divinely led idea. The owner of Georgia’s Sweet Potato Pie Company traces the start of her entrepreneurial journey to a spiritual connection. Dawn Urrutia was an early childhood educator, not a professional baker, when she decided to take on the challenge of making a homemade...
Louisville state representative to file bill to extend juvenile sentence, financially obligate parents
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Representative Jared Bauman (R-Dist. 28) will introduce a bill in the upcoming 2026 legislative session in January focused on teen crime. The bill aims to bring reform to Kentucky's juvenile justice system through at least doubling probation time and detention center stays depending on the crime,...
How a Kentucky artist and poet document local refugees’ stories
The project is a collection of poems and illustrations based on the stories of clients from Kentucky Refugee Ministries in Louisville.
Beloved Baxter Avenue Theatres to close, owner says
It’s official: Baxter Avenue Theatres will close. The news comes after weeks of rumors that the 29-year-old movie theater would shut its doors.
