Officer wounded during 2023 bank shooting to retire
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The Louisville Metro police officer wounded during the mass shooting at Old National Bank is retiring from the department. Officer Nick Wilt will officially take medical retirement from LMPD on January 30, 2026. Wilt was wounded on the morning of April 10, 2023, as he...
Louisville’s 3rd Wawa store opens on Dixie Highway in Pleasure Ridge Park
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A new Wawa is open in Louisville. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday at 5229 Dixie Highway, not far from Lower Hunters Trace. The celebration included free T-shirts for the first 100 customers, free hot coffee, and a charitable hoagie building competition between local first responders.
Louisville man charged after allegedly posting video threatening victims with gun
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, robbery and other charges in court Friday after allegedly posting a video on social media showing him threatening people with a gun. According to court documents, 24-year-old Daquan Smith posted a video to his Facebook and Instagram...
Multiple snow chances and brutal cold
We still have plenty of snow on the ground across Kentuckiana with loads of cold air, but we've got to reintroduce a little more of both over the next few days. An area of low pressure moves in from the west tonight and skirts south of our region on Friday. This will introduce a chance for snow for many of our...
Woman Hospitalized After Accidental Shooting Near National Turnpike
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman was hospitalized Wednesday evening after accidentally shooting herself, Louisville Metro Police reported. Officers were called to University of Louisville Hospital around 7 p.m. after the woman was brought in with a gunshot wound to her leg, LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell said. Initially,...
Person arrested for stabbing on Carbine Lane
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A person has been arrested in connection to a stabbing that sent one man to the hospital Thursday night. Louisville Police responded to a call of a stabbing in the 4000 block of Carbine Lane just after 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 29. Officers arrived to find a man who’d been stabbed multiple times.
10 Louisville, Kentucky Fried Chicken Spots Locals Trust Every Single Time
Louisville, Kentucky takes fried chicken personally, and that pride shows up the moment you hear the first crunch. This is not fast food obsession, but a deep respect for technique, seasoning, and patience. Locals know which places never slip, even on busy nights. Good fried chicken here feels dependable,...
Loss of Louisville’s Baxter Avenue Theatres leaves just two Kentucky indies still standing
For many movie lovers, independent theaters are like houses of worship — the flicker of the screen bringing together strangers in a dark room to share in collective dreams of faraway places and people, different languages and fantastic stories. But in Kentucky, just two dedicated art house cinemas are still in...
Four New Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Opens
The Kentucky Cannabis Industry Alliance (KCIA) announced that four new additional licensed medical cannabis dispensaries are opening across the commonwealth. Two new dispensaries are open to registered patients:. Blue Sage – 172 Imperial Way Nicholasville, KY. Green Releaf – 1900 Murphy Avenue Ext., Ferguson, KY. Two...
Proposed bill would freeze property taxes for Kentuckians 65 and older
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A state representative from Louisville is hoping to make life a little easier for people 65 or older by waiving their property taxes. Representative Daniel Grossberg, who represents District 30, has filed a lot of bills this session, but he tells WAVE this one, House Bill 317, is one he’s...

















