Louisville KY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 93,000 students across Louisville’s Jefferson County Public Schools returned to classrooms to kick off the new school year. Whether reuniting with friends or sharing a last wave with parents, the energy was high for students and families alike. Superintendent Brian Yearwood made visits...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man is in the hospital after a stabbing in a subdivision off of the Greenbelt Highway, Louisville Police said. Officers responded to a reported stabbing in the 5900 block of Santa Fe Trail around 7 a.m. Friday. They arrived to find a man who’d been stabbed.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with a shooting in the Chickasaw neighborhood earlier this year, according to Louisville Metro Police. Officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 3500 block of Greenwood Avenue on Wednesday, Feb. 18. At the scene, police found...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The new Ford electric vehicle that will be built at the Louisville Assembly Plant has a name. The Ford Fathom will be a midsize SUV and the first vehicle produced on the new Universal Electric Vehicle Platform. According to the Ford website, the Fathom will...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A man was killed and a woman was hospitalized after a shooting Thursday night in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood. According to Louisville Metro Police, officers were called around 8:50 p.m. to the 500 block of East Jacob Street on a report of a shooting. When officers...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Metro Louisville announced Thursday that $1.1 million in grant funding is available to local nonprofits working to tackle and prevent homelessness. Mayor Craig Greenberg, D-Louisville, announced the funding, which city leaders said is intended to support people experiencing homelessness and help keep

A Jefferson County jury found Gage Leviathan Lewis guilty of murder in connection with the May 2024 shooting death of Dion Smith Jr. at a Louisville gas station.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Police are investigating after a JCPS bus was stolen on the first day of school. The activity bus was stolen from Central High School Thursday afternoon with no students on board, LMPD spokesperson Aaron Ellis said. After being stolen, the bus hit two parked cars in...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Louisville man was arrested late Monday night after allegedly driving through a highway work zone and striking a Kentucky State Police patrol vehicle. According to arrest records, Jose M. Salazar Agreda, 51, was traveling westbound on Interstate 264 near the Exit 19 ramp around 10:17...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jefferson County Public Schools issued more than 30,000 referrals for cell phone violations during the last school year, the first full year under a new state law prohibiting cell phones and other devices in the classroom. Data provided to Spectrum News through on open records request...