‘Navigating in Guts’: a Former Worker Exposes Conditions Inside Slaughterhouse
It’s been over two years since David Olmos Herrera worked at the JBS Swift & Co slaughterhouse in Louisville, Kentucky, but he can still remember the perpetual filth, the heat from the massive by-product cooker and the smell of dead animals. At the Butchertown area plant, around 10,000 pigs are slaughtered and...
Deadly LMPD shooting was ‘another avoidable tragedy,’ critics say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - When Katelyn Hall’s family called 911 Friday night, they expected help for the 28-year-old. Responding officers ultimately reverted to deadly force after de-escalation didn’t work and she charged at the officers. To Dr. Suzette Schuermann, a registered nurse, it’s a hard headline to hear...
Kentucky police crushed a $100K Durango Hellcat, citing stolen parts
The 2021 Dodge Durango Hellcat was built to be outrageous, a supercharged family hauler that could out-accelerate many sports cars. In Louisville, it ended its life as a flattened hulk under a scrapyard crusher, its $100,000 potential sacrificed in the name of public safety. Kentucky police say the SUV was pieced...
Louisville mayoral candidate wants to undo city-county merger
Jody Hurt is a musician and educator who says he wants to put local government back in the hands of the people who live here.
Questions raised after Louisville officers fatally shoot woman in crisis
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police Officer Robert Baker and Officer Robert Gabbard responded to a call in east Louisville about a person experiencing a mental health crisis on Friday, March 27. When officers arrived, they found a 28-year-old woman who had locked herself inside a bathroom. According to...
‘I thought I was going to die’: Woman attacked while running on Louisville Loop...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A woman training for a marathon says she was attacked by a stranger while running on the Louisville Loop near Beckley Creek Park Sunday morning. She’s now hoping that her story will teach others to be more careful. Jaden Barker said her Sunday morning run...
Harrowing dash, body camera footage shows emergency response to UPS plane crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Hundreds of first responders helped in the aftermath of November 2025’s crash of UPS Flight 2976. WAVE News sifted through dozens of hours of footage to compile a story that shows what police, fire and EMS dealt with in the minutes and hours after the plane went down.
2 new Wawa stores planned for Louisville, Jeffersonville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — New Wawa locations are coming to Louisville and Jeffersonville. In a social media post, Bass Group Real Estate said Wawa stores are coming to both areas after closing on development for the sites. The new Louisville location will be at 13602 Dixie Highway, and the Jeffersonville store will be...
Crews preparing for work on Blackiston Mill Bridge replacement in southern Indiana
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Work will begin soon to replace a busy bridge taking traffic between New Albany and Clarksville in southern Indiana. More than 20,000 drivers use the Blackiston Mill Bridge each day. For years, the bridge has been plagued with repairs and flooding concerns, closing for several months last...
2 men arrested, 100 pounds of meth seized in Shelby County after multi-agency investigation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A joint narcotics investigation involving the Jeffersontown Police Department, the DEA, IRS-Criminal Investigations, Appalachia HIDTA, and with assistance from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of two men and seizure of around 100 pounds of methamphetamine, according to a...
