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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man was sentenced to 45 years in prison Wednesday after he assaulted a woman and attempted to kidnap her in 2023. In May 2025, a jury found James D. Riley guilty of Kidnapping with Serious Physical Injury, Assault in the First Degree (Domestic Violence), Assault in the Second Degree (Domestic...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A woman was sentenced to seven years in prison following a crash that left a mother with life-threatening injuries and seriously hurt her 8-year-old son. The crash occurred on July 1, 2022, at the intersection of Shelbyville Road and North Madison Avenue in Middletown. According to...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — More than two years after the murder of a Louisville mother, her killer was sentenced to decades in prison. Kierrea Stone-Gonzalez was shot and killed, and her child was left abandoned in her Rangeland Road apartment by Jeremy Thompson in September 2022. “I doubted very...

Becky Wright via iStock A trucker found himself in a life-or-death predicament and pulled the “Stay Earthside” card. The post Semi-truck driver dangling over Louisville, KY, overpass leaps out to safety appeared first on MotorBiscuit .

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dr. Marty Pollio attended his last Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) board meeting as superintendent. "For his final time, we introduced to you, Dr Marty polio to give his superintendent's report," said board chair Corrie Shull. Pollio's last day is July 1. After eight years as...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The days of public school teachers, coaches and volunteers in Kentucky texting students for school-related matters are coming to an end. And in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), they're already over as the school district moves to be in compliance with Senate Bill 181, set to take effect Friday.

Two Kentucky lawmakers are hoping to revive bills in the next legislative session that did not pass through the General Assembly before. Sen. Greg Elkins, R-Winchester, and Rep. Rachel Roarx, D-Louisville, spoke about their bills in front of the Interim Joint Committee on Local Government Tuesday morning. Elkins’...

In his third annual budget presented to Metro Council, Mayor Craig Greenberg again put the city’s attention and its money first into public safety. Legal analyst Leland Hulbert on jury selection during the Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson trial. Updated: 53 minutes ago. Legal analyst Leland Hulbert on jury selection...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville Metro Police has released its report on the fiery semi crash that shut down I-65 for most of the day on June 13. The report cites “human error” as a factor in the crash, saying that the driver did not have the truck under control.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville continues to chip away at an affordable housing shortfall of more than 60,000 units. And it is a task that continues to bring new challenges. Affordable housing is defined as accommodations that cost less than 30% of household income. “Our shortfall is more than a...