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Be Our Guest at The Georgetown Bakery
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- WDRB invites you to Be Our Guest at The Georgetown Bakery. The Georgetown Bakery is more than just a bakery! It is a full service restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Some of their favorites include buttermilk pancakes, biscuits and gravy, pork tenderloin, meatloaf, country...
Honor Marie brings some local flavor to the Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Honor Marie is a Kentucky Derby contender who will likely get some local backing, thanks in part to a first-time Derby trainer who's from Louisville and has been building toward this opportunity. Whit Beckman has been working with Derby horses for years, both as an assistant...
Judge sets $250,000 bond for man charged in Russell neighborhood murder last December
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man charged with murder in a fatal shooting last December was in court Wednesday. The LMPD Fugitive Unit arrested Cornell Hill, 48, for the Dec. 2, 2023 murder at 24th Street and Elliott Avenue on Tuesday. He's charged with murdering Demonte J. Cobbs at that location.
KYTC to review dangerous corridor that has seen deadly crashes, including teenager
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Nearly a year and a half ago a teenage nursing student was killed in a car crash in south Louisville. The location of the crash is the same area Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is taking a look at to improve safety. Haley Hines was 18-years-old, a graduate...
Fest-A-Ville kicks off with music, hot air balloons and a plethora of fried food
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kentucky Derby Festival's Fest-A-Ville kicked off Thursday morning, a week-long celebratory leadup to the Kentucky Derby complete with funnel cakes, turkey legs, hot air balloons and a lot more. "The good food, the good eating — that brings me back every year," said Crystal Gray,...
Louisville Metro Police officers will have higher pay, more laxed discipline process
Louisville Metro Police officers will see a higher salary and a less severe disciplinary process as part of their new contracts approved Thursday by Metro Council . "I hope that we can all embrace the fact that we're all going to hold them accountable, and I see that they're trying to hold themselves...
Step inside this tranquil garden featured on the 30th Anniversary Crescent Hill Garden Tour
When Crescent Hill homeowner Patti and her then-husband were looking to buy the place she now calls home, they were living just a few doors down the street. Their old spot had a nice front lawn, but the new place featured a vast space that Patti knew would allow her to use her green thumb. Over the last 27 years, she has done just that. ...
Driver sentenced to 10 years in prison for 2021 Clark Memorial Bridge crash that killed 2
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville man who pleaded guilty to chargesin a crash that killed two people on the Clark Memorial Bridge learned his fate in court this week. Rahsaan Mosley was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Last month, he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, wanton endangerment and failure...
‘This might have been the oldest case we have’: Genealogy test identifies victim in over 30 year cold case
DAVIESS CO., Ky. (WFIE) - After decades of investigating, the cold case victim known widely as handless footless has been given a name. State police identified the man as William Matthews of Louisville. Hunters discovered Matthews’ body in a wooded area off Pleasant Valley Road in Philpot in January 1990....
Humana warns of tough times ahead for Medicare Advantage
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville-based Humana Inc. warned investors of tough times ahead in the next few years for Medicare Advantage, even as the company maintains that its bread-and-butter business will recover in the long term. On Wednesday, Humana backed off its 2025 profit targets for the second time since...
The business of horse racing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is now just a little over a week away. It’s an event that puts thoroughbreds and the equine industry in the spotlight. Officials with The University of Louisville say the school is home to the only equine industry...
This week's WHAS11 Shelter Star would make the perfect addition to a family in need of a companion
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NOTE: Olive was adopted at the end of March but was unfortunately returned. She is looking for her forever home. At Louisville Metro Animal Services (LMAS), hundreds of adoptable dogs and cats are desperately waiting for their forever family. The shelter is overcrowded, and when a dog stays for too long, tough decisions have to be made. Still, staff believe there is a family for every animal, they just need to find them.
Louisville Basketball Fans Adopt Zach Bryan’s “Revival” As Rallying Song As Head Coach Pat Kelsey “Revives” The Cardinal Brand
WE'RE HAVING AN ALL NIGHT REVIVAL! Zach Bryan's "Revival" is an all-timer, and if you've ever seen the country artist live, you know that particular song always brings the energy. It's also bringing a lot of high spiritedness to a once proud fanbase that has been toiling in turmoil and mediocrity for the last couple of years. It's no secret that the University of Louisville men's basketball program hit rock bottom. The "Kenny Payne Experiment," as you might call it, was a complete disaster. Even Payne himself related his tenure as a head coach at his alma mater to the Titanic, albeit...
Police investigating after shots fired Wednesday on I-64E ramp at Hurstbourne Parkway
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police in Jeffersontown are investigating after an apparent shooting Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 64. It happened around 1:30 p.m. at the ramp from I-64 East to Hurstbourne Parkway. No one was hurt. Police said the person who fired shots drove off before officers could get there....
Pletcher-trained Fierceness the early Kentucky Derby 150 favorite
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fierceness is the early favorite for the 150th Kentucky Derby next month. While the favorite now, horse racing fans are probably cautiously optimistic about his chances. Fierceness is owned by Todd Pletcher, who's had the favorite two other times, but both horses scratched before the race.
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