Larger grocery store, retail buildings could come to Mid City Mall in Highlands
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - New development documents shine a light on what could be coming to Mid City Mall in the Highlands. The zoning documents, filed by a law firm in Georgia, propose new construction for a 54,000 square foot grocery store and six stand-alone retail buildings that total 53,000 square feet. The...
West Nile Virus detected in southern Indiana; What to know
FLOYD COUNTY, Ind. — Southern Indiana health officials advise residents to continue taking precautions to avoid mosquito bites after some of the insects were found to be carrying the West Nile Virus. The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) has notified the Floyd County Health Department that two positive pools...
Husband dies with 1-year-old daughter in crash on honeymoon; wife suffers serious injuries
MCLEAN CO., Ky. (WFIE/Gray News) - Three people, including a toddler, died in a crash in Breckinridge County over the weekend. Kentucky State Police said the collision happened just after 5 p.m. Saturday on Kentucky Route 261. Authorities said Hunter Lyons was driving with a woman and a 1-year-old child...
Big Nita’s Cheesecakes draws big lines of hungry customers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The doors did not open Friday until 1 p.m., but a line started forming three and a half hours before. “If you want to get what you want,” Kathleen Free said as she stood at the front of the line, “you got to get here pretty early.”
26-story Meidinger Tower in downtown Louisville hits market a year after foreclosure
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- One of Louisville's highest skyscraper's is on the market a year after it went into foreclosure. The 26-story Meidinger Tower at 4th Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard is for sale, our partners at Louisville Business First reported Thursday. Mark Wardlaw of NAI Fortis Group said the building...
Owners of WAVE-TV in Louisville to acquire new stations, including WDRB-TV. What we know
An agreement to move forward with a major national media acquisition could have a notable impact on two major Louisville television stations. Gray Media Group, the company that owns WAVE-TV , has agreed to purchase Block Communications' TV outlets, which includes WDRB-TV . The planned $80 million acquisition was...
Kentucky State Police Traffic Safety Checkpoint
In an effort to enforce the traffic laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police Post 5 in Campbellsburg, which provides coverage for Oldham, Henry, Trimble, Carroll, Gallatin, and Owen counties, will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints at approved locations in accordance with...
Kentucky sees surge in removals from organ donor registry amid federal investigation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Hundreds of people are removing their names from the Kentucky Donor Registry amid a federal investigation into Louisville-based Network for Hope over claims it tried to harvest organs from some people who woke up after being declared brain dead. In a document given to Congress, the...
Watch 70+ minutes of cat videos at this Louisville theater for a good cause
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Grab your snacks and put down your phone, the internet’s best cat videos are coming to the big screen this month for a limited time. Cat Video Fest is a 70-minute, G-rated selection of all things feline —silly, cuddly, sentimental and comedic—and you can enjoy it right here in Louisville. The...
2 pedestrians hit in southern Indiana; driver charged with being impaired
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 30-year-old Jeffersonville, Indiana, man was arrested after crashing a car into two men early Friday morning. Jeffersonville Police said in a statement Friday that officers responded to the intersection of Pearl and West Maple streets on a crash involving two pedestrians. Police found two...
