Documenting Kentucky: A Journey through Decades in Photographs
Imagine looking at a state in forty-year intervals. Documenting Kentucky: Three Photographic Surveys, does just that in a new show at the Frazier History Museum in Louisville Kentucky. Between 1935 and 1943, Roosevelt’s New Deal Resettlement Administration (RA) and Farm Security Administrations (FSA) sent...
Louisville UPS workers protest overtime in extreme heat, citing unsafe conditions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Some Louisville UPS workers protested Friday, saying they've been forced to work overtime hours in the excessive heat. "It is up to you to say 'not on my watch will I deplete my health so my family has to suffer.' You get to stop it. You get to be the one," said one of the speakers at a UPS...
Kentucky woman finds $80,000 lottery ticket in trash
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A Kentucky woman is celebrating an unexpected windfall after nearly discarding an $80,000 winning lottery ticket. Pamela Howard-Thorton had been eyeing the $5 Flamingo Bingo scratch-off game for some time, but it wasn't until a recent visit to a Speedway in Lebanon Junction that she decided to try...
Louisville attorney offering free Uber vouchers on 4th of July to help city ‘celebrate...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville attorney will once again offer free Uber vouchers for rides on the 4th of July in an effort to help keep city roads safe and prevent accidents. Darryl "The Hammer" Isaacs, owner of Isaacs & Isaacs Personal Injury Lawyers, is providing the vouchers through...
LMPD makes arrest in Beechmont shooting from April
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police have made an arrest in a shooting that happened back in April. LMPD said Fourth Division officers were called to the 4500 block of South First Street around 6:30 p.m. April 12. That's in the Beechmont neighborhood. Officers found an adult male suffering...
Louisville senior finds footing after loss and challenges by returning to the dance floor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) —The sorrow of losing a spouse is impossible to side step. "My husband passed away in '96, and my children always wanted to take me out and do things with me," Rose Brady said. "I thought I'm interfering with their lives, I've gotta find something." Brady...
1 in hospital after car goes over guardrail on I-64 in 3-vehicle crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A three-vehicle crash on I-64 resulted in one person going to the hospital, a car over the guardrail and three lanes of eastbound traffic being shut down. The crash happened just before 6:15 a.m. near mile marker 13, just past the Watterson Expressway exit. A spokesperson...
Louisville authorities say missing 67-year-old has been found
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a 67-year-old woman missing from the Chickasaw neighborhood. A Golden Alert was issued for Vanessa Gentry-Phillips, who was last seen near the 4400 block of Winnrose Way at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Gentry-Phillips is 5-foot-4 and...
Community celebrates new affordable housing duplex
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — People braved the heat to get an inside look at a first-of-its-kind affordable homeownership initiative in Louisville. A brand new affordable housing duplex was unveiled across from Shelby Park. For years now, Matthew Ruben and the Shelby Park Neighborhood Association have worked hard to get more...
Hidden Architectural Gems in Louisville’s Historic Districts
Louisville is full of historic buildings that often go unnoticed, from old fire stations and faded mansions to carved stone facades left behind by early immigrants. These hidden spots may not make the usual tour guides, but they reveal a lot about the city’s history and character. Scattered through neighborhoods like...