JCPS schools get ready to enforce new law banning use of cell phones in...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - As Jefferson County Public Schools students head back to the classroom on Thursday, they’ll be met with a sweeping change: a new law that restricts the use of cell phones in school. While Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) leadership gave guidance, every school had to...
Louisville developer sues to declare city-county merger unconstitutional
A Louisville real estate developer is suing to declare the city-county merger of 2003 unconstitutional and void.
U of L Health delays South End birthing center “indefinitely,” citing Medicaid cuts
The Birthing Place at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital would have returned labor and delivery services to southwest Louisville for the first time since the 1970’s.
$2 ticket in Kentucky Lottery scratch-off nets Louisville woman $25,000
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville woman remained calm and collected after discovering she had won $25,000 on a new scratch-off ticket from the Kentucky Lottery. The woman, who doesn't want to be identified, said she enjoys playing new scratch-off games, so she picked up a "Wild Cash 20X" ticket at the Circle K...
‘Let me finish her’: Mom who begged son to let her keep hitting 6-year-old...
Zeinab Abdi was indicted in Kentucky for allegedly beating her 6-year-old daughter in the head with a hammer as the victim's sibling tried to intervene. The post 'Let me finish her': Mom who begged son to let her keep hitting 6-year-old in head with hammer indicted on multiple felonies first appeared on Law & Crime .
Louisville teachers put finishing touches on classrooms, preparing for 1st day of school
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The countdown is on for teachers and students as the start of the new school year begins in just a few days in Louisville. Both sides are already feeling the first-day-of-school jitters. "Even though it's my 13th year, I'm nervous ever year," Jessica Galati, a fifth-grade...
Man ‘coincidentally’ ran into girlfriend’s ex at restaurant then ‘accidentally’ shot him: Police
Carlos Garcia-Romero is accused of shooting his girlfriend's ex-husband after "coincidentally" running into the victim at a Kentucky restaurant. The post Man 'coincidentally' ran into girlfriend's ex at restaurant then 'accidentally' shot him: Police first appeared on Law & Crime .
11 people charged in Evansville and Louisville following drug trafficking investigation
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — 11 people have been charged in two separate federal indictments following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking in Evansville and Louisville on July 28 and July 29. The 11 people charged include: According to the EPD, Jadrion Giffin and Michael Kelly allegedly led two related drug...
For 3 Days, A Dog Hid In A Bush In Kentucky, And The Reason...
A young dog was discovered hiding in a bush in Louisville, Kentucky, and he’d been stuck there for three long days. He was tied to a tree so tightly, he could barely move more than a foot in any direction. There was no food, no shelter, just an empty bowl sitting beside him.
Man killed in Buechel neighborhood shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man is dead after a shooting in the Buechel neighborhood Wednesday morning. Louisville Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 4200 block of Norbrook Drive just before 5:45 a.m. Aug. 6. Officers arrived to find a man who had been fatally shot....