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The internal probe relates to an officer’s ICE-related searches of license plate data.

Religious organizations in Louisville can now apply to become overnight shelters, allowing them to open their doors for people escaping homelessness or domestic violence. But the process to get approved started just this week, leaving little time for one church praying its shelter can open in January. "The son of...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kentucky Humane Society announced that its Bissell Pet Foundation’s Holiday Hope Empty the Shelters event was a success. The organization found 30 dogs and 30 cats to loving forever homes from December 1 - 15. That is 60 total adult pet adoptions in two weeks.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) — A man is hospitalized after being shot inside a liquor store in Louisville’s Russell neighborhood, while his friend has been arrested for firing a gun in the air and driving under the influence. The shooting occurred just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, at...

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (WAVE) – The chief of the Clarksville, Indiana, Police Department is calling one of his officers a hero. Officer Matt Purlee, a seven-year veteran of the force, helped save people from a burning home earlier this month. Purlee said he was patrolling the area near Eastern Boulevard,...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville family is sharing the heartbreaking decision that led them to send their 16-year-old daughter more than 700 miles away for care — a move they say ultimately saved her life. Reese Applegate has severe autism. Her parents, Mariam and Steve Applegate, say they...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Next year, the American Printing House for the Blind will open a new museum highlighting inclusion, education and the contributions of blind Americans. “I’ve been a guide dog user since 2014,” said Danielle Burton, communications accessibility editor. “For me, being deafblind, it lets me actually...

The year that was brought new stories of old problems in Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal shooting that occurred in downtown Louisville in June 2023. Louisville Metro Police initially arrested Timothy Wright and Willetta Lewis in connection with the shooting death of 38-year-old Jeffrey Bizzle, which happened on...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville police have released images of a man wanted in connection with the 2022 shooting death of a 42-year-old man in the Shelby Park neighborhood. Surveillance footage captured a man running near the scene just before 10 a.m. on March 1, 2022. Officers were called...