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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A Kentucky woman is celebrating an unexpected windfall after nearly discarding an $80,000 winning lottery ticket. Pamela Howard-Thorton had been eyeing the $5 Flamingo Bingo scratch-off game for some time, but it wasn't until a recent visit to a Speedway in Lebanon Junction that she decided to try...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville attorney will once again offer free Uber vouchers for rides on the 4th of July in an effort to help keep city roads safe and prevent accidents. Darryl "The Hammer" Isaacs, owner of Isaacs & Isaacs Personal Injury Lawyers, is providing the vouchers through...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police have made an arrest in a shooting that happened back in April. LMPD said Fourth Division officers were called to the 4500 block of South First Street around 6:30 p.m. April 12. That's in the Beechmont neighborhood. Officers found an adult male suffering...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) —The sorrow of losing a spouse is impossible to side step. "My husband passed away in '96, and my children always wanted to take me out and do things with me," Rose Brady said. "I thought I'm interfering with their lives, I've gotta find something." Brady...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A three-vehicle crash on I-64 resulted in one person going to the hospital, a car over the guardrail and three lanes of eastbound traffic being shut down. The crash happened just before 6:15 a.m. near mile marker 13, just past the Watterson Expressway exit. A spokesperson...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a 67-year-old woman missing from the Chickasaw neighborhood. A Golden Alert was issued for Vanessa Gentry-Phillips, who was last seen near the 4400 block of Winnrose Way at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Gentry-Phillips is 5-foot-4 and...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — People braved the heat to get an inside look at a first-of-its-kind affordable homeownership initiative in Louisville. A brand new affordable housing duplex was unveiled across from Shelby Park. For years now, Matthew Ruben and the Shelby Park Neighborhood Association have worked hard to get more...

Louisville is full of historic buildings that often go unnoticed, from old fire stations and faded mansions to carved stone facades left behind by early immigrants. These hidden spots may not make the usual tour guides, but they reveal a lot about the city’s history and character. Scattered through neighborhoods like...

A Kentucky woman nearly tossed away her fortune —literally. Pamela Howard-Thorton, of Shepherdsville, south of Louisville, accidentally threw away one of four scratch-off lottery tickets, only to discover hours later that the “garbage” ticket was worth $80,000. She was able to retrieve it from the trash, WNKY reported.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville's Metro Council will vote on the mayor's budget Thursday, and one of the additions is potentially building a training facility for first responders. The money would be used to only purchase the land though, and not to build the facility. The city is looking at...