Louisville police tout 30% decrease in homicides, non-fatal shootings
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville police said homicides, non-fatal shootings and carjackings are all down more than 30% so far in 2025. "These are results that are not just because of the work that our officers are doing but it's because of the work our community is doing with our officers and with each other,"...
JCPS schools get ready to enforce new law banning use of cell phones in...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - As Jefferson County Public Schools students head back to the classroom on Thursday, they’ll be met with a sweeping change: a new law that restricts the use of cell phones in school. While Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) leadership gave guidance, every school had to...
Louisville developer sues to declare city-county merger unconstitutional
A Louisville real estate developer is suing to declare the city-county merger of 2003 unconstitutional and void.
U of L Health delays South End birthing center “indefinitely,” citing Medicaid cuts
The Birthing Place at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital would have returned labor and delivery services to southwest Louisville for the first time since the 1970’s.
$2 ticket in Kentucky Lottery scratch-off nets Louisville woman $25,000
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville woman remained calm and collected after discovering she had won $25,000 on a new scratch-off ticket from the Kentucky Lottery. The woman, who doesn't want to be identified, said she enjoys playing new scratch-off games, so she picked up a "Wild Cash 20X" ticket at the Circle K...
‘Let me finish her’: Mom who begged son to let her keep hitting 6-year-old...
Zeinab Abdi was indicted in Kentucky for allegedly beating her 6-year-old daughter in the head with a hammer as the victim's sibling tried to intervene. The post 'Let me finish her': Mom who begged son to let her keep hitting 6-year-old in head with hammer indicted on multiple felonies first appeared on Law & Crime .
Louisville teachers put finishing touches on classrooms, preparing for 1st day of school
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The countdown is on for teachers and students as the start of the new school year begins in just a few days in Louisville. Both sides are already feeling the first-day-of-school jitters. "Even though it's my 13th year, I'm nervous ever year," Jessica Galati, a fifth-grade...
Man ‘coincidentally’ ran into girlfriend’s ex at restaurant then ‘accidentally’ shot him: Police
Carlos Garcia-Romero is accused of shooting his girlfriend's ex-husband after "coincidentally" running into the victim at a Kentucky restaurant. The post Man 'coincidentally' ran into girlfriend's ex at restaurant then 'accidentally' shot him: Police first appeared on Law & Crime .
11 people charged in Evansville and Louisville following drug trafficking investigation
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — 11 people have been charged in two separate federal indictments following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking in Evansville and Louisville on July 28 and July 29. The 11 people charged include: According to the EPD, Jadrion Giffin and Michael Kelly allegedly led two related drug...
For 3 Days, A Dog Hid In A Bush In Kentucky, And The Reason...
A young dog was discovered hiding in a bush in Louisville, Kentucky, and he’d been stuck there for three long days. He was tied to a tree so tightly, he could barely move more than a foot in any direction. There was no food, no shelter, just an empty bowl sitting beside him.