Louisville KY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kentucky is one of the top two states where police seized machine gun conversion devices last year, with nearly 600 confiscated. Law enforcement believe that number is an undercount. The devices, which can convert pistols into automatic weapons, were unheard of six years ago. Now criminals...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man being investigated for a December officer-involved shooting and carjacking in Louisville has now been indicted in connection with an October homicide in Jeffersontown. According to Jeffersontown Police, 36-year-old Winthrop Taylor was indicted on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the shooting...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Jefferson Mall's future is in question as new documents reveal it owes millions of dollars on the property. A recent filing of the fourth quarter report with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows CBL Properties is in discussions with the mall's lenders to either foreclose or transfer...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The family of the woman who died while Louisville crews were cleaning up an alley are searching for answers for their loved one. Sandra Akers is mourning the loss of her sister Tyrah Adams, who died Thursday, Feb. 12 while Louisville Public Works employees were performing a routine alley...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — One local church made it easy for its congregation to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday by opening a drive-thru. The drive-thru was open outside of St. Andrew United Church of Christ on Browns Lane from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and will be open again from 5-6 p.m.

CLARKSVILLE, Ind. — Semi-truck rollover closes I-265 East ramp from I-65 South in Clarksville. Clarksville police say the ramp to I-265 East from I-65 South will be closed for an extended period after a semi-truck rolled over on Wednesday. Officials confirmed it was a single-vehicle crash and that no...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Between exams, clinicals and sleepless nights, nursing students face a lot of pressure. At Galen College of Nursing in Louisville, some students find relief from two lovable dogs. Henry and Maisy, two English Cream Golden Retrievers, have become unofficial therapy dogs for students struggling...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - An LMDC officer is now out of a job after pleading guilty to official misconduct from an incident with an inmate in 2024. In May of 2024, Joseph Cortina was shoved and tased at Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, something his attorney, Sara Collins, says his behavior didn’t warrant.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville Fire Departments officials confirm that units responded to a structure fire in the 1800 Bloc of W. Market Street early Wednesday morning. Crews were dispatched at 12:56 a.m. and arrived four minutes later to find a two‑story, metal‑clad commercial building with heavy fire showing.

Louisville, Kentucky – Strong thunderstorms may move across much of Kentucky late Thursday, bringing threats of large hail, damaging wind gusts, and even a possible isolated tornado by late afternoon. According to the National Weather Service in Louisville, a strengthening surface low will advance into the western...