Dozens of Pappy Van Winkle bottles help drive $2.5 million whiskey auction
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A historic Sotheby's auction netted more than $2.5 million for a bourbon collection that included dozens of rare bottles of Pappy Van Winkle. According to our partners at Louisville Business First, the 360-bottle auction was the first time in its 282-year history that Sotheby's held a live...
‘A lot of discovery’ | Attorneys seek more time to review evidence in Dejaune...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The woman accused of killing her son and leaving his body in a suitcase dumped in rural southern Indiana returned to a Louisville courtroom Tuesday. Dejaune Anderson is charged with murder (domestic violence), first-degree manslaughter, first-degree criminal abuse of a child 12 or under, and abuse...
Louisville airport offering 3 new nonstop flights to these major cities
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An airline will be providing three new nonstop routes from Louisville's airport beginning in May. Natalie Chaudoin, a spokesperson for the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, announced Breeze Airways will be offering nonstop flights to Hartford, Connecticut; Los Angeles, California; and...
Man Found Dead Inside Southwest Louisville Home
LMPD’s Homicide Unit is investigating after a man was found dead in southwest Louisville. Officers responded to a call at around 12:45 p.m. of a corpse inside a home in the 5400 block of Carol Way on Tuesday, January 27. At the scene, police found a man who had...
Shively church damaged in overnight 3-alarm fire
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Shively church has been left badly damaged after an overnight fire. The Highland Park Missionary Baptist Church on Shanks Lane, near Cane Run Road, caught fire just after midnight Thursday morning. PRP Fire, alongside Louisville Fire, Shively Fire, Fairdale Fire, Fern Creek Fire and...
Accidental shooting death raises conversations around gun safety
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A 14-year-old boy died Wednesday afternoon in an accidental self-inflicted shooting on Greenwood Avenue, police said. LMPD responded to the incident around 2:30 p.m. A family member at the scene tells WAVE the victim had been staying at the home when he found a gun, picked...
3 people injured in crash involving TARC bus in downtown Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A TARC bus was involved in a crash in downtown Louisville Thursday morning. The crash happened just after 8:40 a.m. on South Brook Street and East Jefferson Street and was reported as an injury accident. TARC said the driver and two passengers were taken to the...
Louisville man dies after 9-minute ambulance delay in Washington, DC apartment
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man died after suffering cardiac arrest in his Washington, D.C., apartment just steps from a firehouse, sparking questions about the city’s 911 response. His family in Kentucky is now questioning the city’s emergency response. William Ostertag, 28, collapsed during a workout at...
LMPD: Woman hospitalized after shooting herself accidentally
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman was hospitalized after being shot during an attempted robbery in Louisville Wednesday evening, police said. The Louisville Metro Police Department’s First Division responded to University Hospital shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday after an adult female was brought in privately with a gunshot...
Louisville man federally indicted in drug case
PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - One Louisville man was indicted by a federal grand jury after police said he was trafficking meth in Pike County. Andrew Billingslea was arrested, along with Jonathan Jones, in the case in November. According to court documents, Billingslea was indicted for knowingly and intentionally...

















