Louisville KY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - According to newly-released data from the Louisville Metro Police Department, every major category of violent crime is decreasing this year except for one: business robberies. According to data sent to WAVE News by LMPD, business robberies are up 12 percent in 2025. There have been 28...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Local, regional and national law enforcement officers said they have arrested dozens of violent criminals and removed dozens of illegal guns from Louisville's streets this year. "In a place like Louisville, where a small number of people are driving the violence, these kinds of operations...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jack Harlow has teamed up with New Balance to design an athletics shoe that pays tribute to Harlow's high school in Louisville. Harlow shared the news Thursday on Instagram. He's calling the new kicks an indoor soccer shoe. Harlow played soccer before graduating from Atherton High School on...

Despite recession fears and falling consumer confidence, the job market in the United States has remained relatively stable in 2025 thus far. According to May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics data, around 177,000 new jobs were added in April, a slight decrease from the 185,000 new jobs added in the month before, but...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - All southbound lanes of I-65 are reopened after police dealt with a crash just south of the Kennedy Bridge at mile marker 136.5. According to TRIMARC, it is a single-vehicle crash. A spokesperson with Louisville Police confirmed that a pickup truck jack-knifed a trailer on the bridge around 5...

The philosopher and spiritualist Thomas Merton had strong connections to my hometown of Louisville. In 1958, he had a life-changing epiphany downtown where an historic marker now stands, and he spent 27 years as a Trappist monk in a nearby abbey called Gethsemane. Among many things, Merton was an outspoken critic of...

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (WAVE) - A new Wawa location is up and running in Clarksville, Indiana. At 8 a.m., Friday, May 30, the company’s third convenience store in the Hoosier state, which is located at 1354 Veterans Parkway, opened its doors to the public this morning. The first 250 customers...

Buildings were shredded after an EF1 tornado tore through Kentucky early Friday morning, the latest of dozens of tornadoes to strike the state so far in 2025. A tornado destroyed several structures near Mackville, Kentucky, 50 miles southeast of Louisville, Friday morning. The National Weather Service (NWS) in...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville Metro Police is investigating after a man and a boy arrived at UofL Hospital with gunshot wounds Friday morning. The pair arrived around 2:45 a.m. on May 30 via a private vehicle. LMPD is working to determine where the shooting happened and who is responsible.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing man. David Johnson, 65, was last seen in the 3500 block of Janell Road in Shively around 5 a.m. on May 28, according to a LENS alert from Louisville Metro Emergency Services. He is described as a Black man, with black hair and...