Louisville KY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – An orthopedic surgeon who was a fixture on the sidelines of sporting events in the Louisville area for nearly 50 years has died. Dr. Walter E. Badenhausen died overnight at the age of 96. During his long career, Badenhausen treated thousands of athletes at the...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville police have announced the arrest of a teen boy in connection to a south Louisville woman’s groping. WAVE News spoke with the victim after the time of the incident. Jan Fletcher’s home doorbell camera captured the video that showed someone asking her strange questions before...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A woman was taken to the hospital after being shot early Thursday morning on Interstate 65 South near Grade Lane. According to a news release from Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Dwight Mitchell, officers responded to a call of a vehicle collision around 3:47 a.m. to find a woman who'd...

Police in Kentucky are investigating after a woman was assaulted on her front porch in an incident caught on video, according to news reports. On Aug. 23, 78-year-old Jan Fletcher was cleaning her front porch in Louisville when she said a young man, maybe around 14 to 16 years old, walked up asking for directions to...

A 20-year-old arrested Monday while attempting to break into a local Louisville business confessed to police that he burglarized multiple other places. Louisville Metro Police said in a social media post that Deandre Smith-Cowherd was arrested as he was breaking into a business around 2:15 a.m. According to police,...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Suicide Hotline is open 24/7 and can be reached by dialing 988. Audra Upshaw fought back tears as she talked about her 12-year-old son, Silas Pollock. The curious and strong-willed boy would have started seventh grade at Farnsley Middle School this school year, but died by suicide in...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville Metro Police say a man is in the hospital after a shooting in the Waterson Park neighborhood that is believed to have started with a car crash. Officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 3300 block of Newburd Road at around...

There was quite a spectacle at the Louisville Fairgrounds on Wednesday. From across the city, folks witnessed a gigantic funnel cloud of dirt. A dust devil hundreds of feet tall was seen swirling around and caught on camera by a man named Dave Tors captured it while working at the UPS Worldport nearby. Here it is...

Detectives at the Louisville Metro Police Department face heavy caseloads, insufficient training, and outdated computer and software systems. As a result, misdemeanors often go uninvestigated and time that could be spent on investigations is lost to administrative tasks. Those were the findings of a year-long...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man is facing new charges after the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says he dashed out of court. Deputies say that on the morning of Wednesday, August 27, Wisam Khalil was in a courtroom in the Hall of Justice on a complaint warrant. According to...