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Man on electric scooter dies after crashing into open car door
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) – A man attending an event in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, died after crashing an electric scooter into an open car door Thursday, according to police. A spokesperson for the Pigeon Forge Police Department said the passenger of a stopped truck opened the truck’s door....
2 people dead after semi crash on Interstate 65 near Austin, Indiana early Tuesday morning, police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Two people died in semi crash on Interstate 65 southbound in Austin, Indiana, early Tuesday morning. The crash happened just before midnight on Interstate 65 southbound near the 33-mile marker, just south of the Austin exit. Indiana State Police said in a news release that when...
Woman arrested, charged with terroristic threatening for several bomb threats in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville woman was arrested in connection with several bomb threats around the city. According to Louisville Metro Police, Cassandra E. Muckle, 49, was arrested for bomb threats called in to the Broadway Kroger, the Louisville Zoo, Central High School and 4th Street Live. "These threats...
Louisville police recover body from Ohio River. What we know
Louisville Metro Police officers found a body in the Ohio River Monday afternoon, about six miles from downtown Louisville. LMPD spokesperson Aaron Ellis said the department's river unit recovered the body near the 1500 block of Southwestern Parkway. A report of a body floating in the river near a stationary barge was first reported around 3:40 p.m. by a tugboat operator, who then contacted the Coast Guard, Ellis said.
Man dies during surgery after shooting self during foot pursuit, Louisville police say
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man died during surgery after shooting himself during a foot pursuit on Tuesday, according to Louisville Metro Police. Sgt. Matt Sanders, a spokesperson for LMPD, said officers tried to stop a vehicle in the 4300 block of Sunset Avenue just before 5:30 p.m. in the city's Chickasaw neighborhood. That's off Hale Avenue, not far from Flaget Field Park.
MetroSafe reporting officer involved in PRP crash
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries Tuesday afternoon after a crash on Dixie Highway. LMPD said the officer was responding to a call with lights and sirens on when the crash happened near Lower Hunters Trace. Witnesses told...
The Clarksville location of Fresco Tea Bar has closed
The Fresco Tea Bar location at 1370 Veterans Pkwy #100 in Clarksville closed on April 19. As many of you know, today will be our last day at the Clarksville location on Veteran’s Pkwy. Our temporary lease has been taken over by a permanent tenant starting in May. The location will now host an authentic Mexican Restaurant from Louisville who will be expanding to the Indiana side.
Man arrested in connection with December murder in Louisville's Russell neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man wanted on a murder warrant for a fatal shooting in Louisville's Russell neighborhood last December has been arrested. Louisville Metro Police said the department's Fugitive Unit arrested Cornell Hill, 48, for the Dec. 2, 2023 murder at 24th Street and Elliott Avenue. According to...
Watch Kentucky Derby, Oaks horses train during morning workouts at Churchill Downs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Morning workouts at Churchill Downs are open to the public starting Thursday, April 25 through Wednesday, May 1. Churchill Downs will be open free-of-charge daily from 7 a.m.-10 a.m. so guests can watch the nation’s top 3-year-old Thoroughbreds train ahead of this year’s 150th Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
New Kentucky law aimed at helping local police solve cold cases
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- There's a house in Louisville's Park Hill neighborhood that has become a beacon of hope. At 25th Street and Standard Avenue, a boarded-up house was transformed into The Ace Project, a safe place for people impacted by gun violence and trauma. Rose Smith, who's son was...
I picked the wrong park to watch Thunder Over Louisville. What an embarrassment.
I took my family and met some friends at Carrie Gaulbert Cox Park on River Road to watch the air show before Thunder Over Louisville on Saturday. What an embarrassment to our city. The grass looks like it hasn’t been mowed this year. The restrooms were locked. There were two portable toilets for thousands of people. And all this knowing there would be a crowd there for the air show.
CRAWFORD | Triple Crown winner Justify and Gun Runner among those voted into Hall of Fame
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Justify, who won the Triple Crown for trainer Bob Baffert in 2018, now will join his trainer in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, along with eight other inductees, among them Gun Runner, jockey Joel Rosario and famed turf writer Joe Hirsch.
2 residential properties in Berrytown neighborhood up for zoning changes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the historic African American neighborhood of Berrytown, two residential properties on over four acres of land are going up for zoning changes. One at 1408 and another at 1412 North English Station Road. "I mean it's just heartbreaking," Jacolbie Board said. Board's great-grandmother once owned...
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