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2 people dead after shooting in Park Hill neighborhood, Louisville police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Two people are dead after a shooting in the Park Hill neighborhood Saturday evening. John Bradley, a spokesman for Louisville Metro Police, said officers responded to the 1700 block of West Ormsby on a report of a shooting. Police found a man and a woman who...
Woman hospitalized in shooting in Portland neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A woman is in the hospital after a shooting in the Portland neighborhood Friday evening. Louisville Police responded to a call of a shooting in the 400 block of N 25th Street around 5:42 p.m. where they found a woman who’d been shot in the leg.
1 person dies at Lake Cumberland after boating accident
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A person died in Lake Cumberland after a boating accident on Saturday, according to Russell County Search and Rescue. Emergency crews responded to a boating accident on the lake near Cemetery Island around 1:30 a.m. One person was rescued, but another person died in the incident.
Kentucky Derby Festival's Great Balloon Race canceled Saturday due to weather
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fans looking forward to the Great Balloon Race will have to wait another year to see it. The Kentucky Derby Festival's Great Balloon Race was set to take off at 7 a.m. on Saturday, but has been canceled due to weather. Watch the Rush-Hour race in...
Woman sentenced to 65 years for deadly crash that killed 2 toddlers
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A woman was sentenced Friday for a deadly crash that killed two toddlers back in November 2022 in West Point. The woman behind the wheel, Angela Chapman, was sentenced to 65 years. Chapman had walked away from a drug treatment facility, immediately went to Walgreens to...
Bond set for Beechmont man accused of holding 3 women hostage in his cellar
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A man accused of holding three women hostage in Beechmont for hours faced a judge on Friday. Cordell Jones, 54, is charged with three counts of unlawful imprisonment. Officers went to his home on Seelbach Avenue around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday for a report of a...
A special party on the dance floor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Lights, music and dancing. That’s what 150 middle schoolers with Jefferson County Public Schools experienced at the 2nd annual “MSD Spring Fling.”. Cody is a sixth grader, and he was excited about the fling, saying, “Dancing, photo booth, take a picture, food everything.”
JCPS offering teachers opportunity to drive school bus for district
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Public Schools is casting a wider net to try and recruit more bus drivers, starting with teachers. The district is advertising for teachers to double as a bus driver in its employee newsletter. Teachers who choose to become a bus driver will be paid...
CEO: Derby City Gaming Downtown doing 'modestly' well
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This will be the first Derby week for the new Derby City Gaming Downtown, owned by Churchill Downs. The CEO of Churchill Downs Inc., Bill Carstanjen, revealed how the location is doing in a conference call this week. "We thought it would start relatively modestly because...
2024 Kentucky Derby Festival mini/Marathon results
Runners from all 50 states and several countries came to Louisville for the 51st annual GE Appliances miniMarathon and the 23rd run of the GE Appliances Marathon. The 13.1-mile miniMarathon and the 26.2-mile full marathon race, which attracts between 10,000 and 12,000 runners to Louisville every spring, is the only course in the world that includes a lap around the infield of historic Churchill Downs. ...
Former inmate turned Louisville pastor using annual walk to show L.O.V.E.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- While thousands will hit the pavement for Saturday's Kentucky Derby Festival marathon, dozens will be walking with a different purpose. Saturday afternoon, dozens of people will meet at First Gethsemane Baptist Church on Algonquin Parkway for the annual L.O.V.E. (Love Overcomes Violence and its Effects) Walk. They’re hoping to raise awareness and change the recent trend of violence in our city.
Students go head to head in drone flying competition at Krammer Middle School
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dozens of Jefferson County Public Schools students reached new heights on Saturday. Students from rive JCPS schools learned how to fly drones and then went head to head in a drone flying competition. Krammer Middle School hosted the schools while students taught the lessons. Students navigated...
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