University of Louisville Clery Report now shows eight rapes this semester
On Oct. 5, between 5:00 to 10:00 AM, another reported rape occurred on the University of Louisville campus, according to the UofL Clery Report. The University of Louisville Police Department received the rape report on Oct. 8 at 10:25 AM. It took place on Belknap Campus at Cardinal Towne apartments. ULPD continues to...
The Ultimate Kids Eat Free (or Cheap) Guide in Louisville
You’ve packed lunches, signed permission slips, tracked down missing shin guards, and somehow remembered which kid wanted the blue cup and which one wanted the exact same blue cup but with fewer ice cubes. And now… everyone’s hungry. Again. We get it. You want to be that...
Gun seizures contribute to drop in shootings, homicides, says LMPD Deputy Chief
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - In 288 days, one LMPD division has seized 250 illegal firearms in just one part of the city. Some of them are specially equipped to fire a lot of bullets. “These four guns, two of them have extended magazines,” Deputy LMPD Chief Emily McKinley said while...
As Kentuckians fight back against data centers, the impact to their health is often...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - From Oldham County to Meade County to right here in the Louisville Metro, data centers are not going away. Neither is the long list of concerns people have over them. Dr. David Hein, the University of Louisville Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology’s Professor and Chair, has...
Louisville Fire Department celebrates promotion of 22 firefighters to higher ranks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Louisville Fire Department celebrated 22 firefighters Wednesday who were recently promoted. The firefighters and their families joined city leaders in the Mayor's Gallery downtown, everyone celebrating on stage. In total, 22 people were promoted through the ranks, ranging from colonel to...
Juvenile arrested more than one month after Shawnee neighborhood shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A juvenile has been arrested in connection with a September shooting in the Shawnee neighborhood that left a man in the hospital, according to Louisville Metro Police. Officers responded to a ‘shots fired’ run in the 200 block of Glendora Avenue on Tuesday, Sept. 9, when...
‘You become a family:’ Dozens attend service for Louisville veteran without family
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - On Wednesday dozens gathered to lay to rest a Louisville born veteran who passed away in September. Those in attendance were not related to the veteran by blood, rather by service for their country. Terry Swanner served as a radio operator in the Navy. He was...
1 person dies after being rescued from burning home in Louisville’s Newburg neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Firefighters rescued one person from a burning home in Louisville's Newburg neighborhood early Tuesday. According to a release from Asst. Chief Dewayne Hutchens with the Fern Creek Fire Department, fire officials were called to the 4200 block of Monticello Avenue just after 7 a.m. Fire...
Woman found shot in Shively neighborhood; Police investigating
SHIVELY, Ky. — A woman is injured after a shooting early Wednesday morning in Shively. At about 12:30 a.m., the Shively Police Department responded to a shooting in the 3500 block of Shaffner Drive, according to an SPD news release. Officers on scene found a woman in her 30s...
Chinese national charged with St. Matthews Kroger gift card fraud scheme to be deported
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A judge has decided a Chinese national charged with taking part in a gift card tampering scheme in Louisville will soon be deported. A Jefferson County grand jury had previously indicted Tianlong Chen and four other men for operating a criminal syndicate and attempting to steal $1 million.
