Louisville KY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Derby-winning jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. is now at home recovering following a serious fall at Churchill Downs last weekend. Hernandez told WAVE that he was released from the hospital on Thursday afternoon. He was seriously hurt on Sunday, September 21, while he was racing on Sgt...

SELLERSBURG, Ind. (WDRB) -- A local fiber optic contractor is in hot water again after causing a gas leak in a southern Indiana neighborhood, cutting natural gas service to hundreds of homes. Frustration surrounds the Yorktown Park subdivision in Sellersburg after Lumos, which has been installing internet for a week.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man convicted of killing a construction worker and shooting a Louisville Metro Police officer in the face could spend the rest of his life in prison. Friday afternoon, a jury recommended Keyshaun Stewart serve two consecutive life sentences for the November 2021 shooting on Interstate...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville city leaders are mounting pressure on state legislators to reopen the Youth Transitional Services building. Metro Council passed a resolution Thursday, Sept. 25, calling on Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky. to expedite that process. Councilmember Kevin Bratcher, D-22, a sponsor of the resolution,...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's parks could soon have more than just rangers keeping watch as Metro Council considers a plan to transform the program into a fully trained park police force. For people like Mitzi Wilson, who has spent a lifetime in Baxter Square Park, the idea sounds like...

KENTUCKY — Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teenager last seen in Valley Station. According to an Operation Return Home alert, 16-year-old Elizabeth “Liz” Geter was last seen Sunday, Sept. 21, in the area of Autumn Lake Drive. She was wearing a black hoodie, brown shirt, dark jeans, black...

On May 18, 2024, Richard Graham was booked into the Louisville Metro jail. He didn’t survive the night.

Police are asking for help searching for a man who assaulted a girl waiting to be picked up from school on Sept. 18 in Louisville.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A widespread mold issue at the Crossing at South Park apartments in Fairdale hasn't been fixed more than three months after Louisville Metro Codes and Regulations began issuing violations for the issue in July. "I thought it would be cleared before I moved back home, and...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A jury delivered a guilty verdict against a Louisville man for a murder that took place in 2021. Kaelin Denzel Akins was arrested and charged with the murder of Ousmane Ndaw, among several other charges, in November 2021. On Thursday, September 25, a Jefferson County jury...