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Former WAVE reporter killed in Texas crash

Charla Young was 52 years old
Former WAVE Troubleshooter Charla Young died May 10, 2025 in a traffic crash near Houston, Texas.

Clark County

Derek James Pixley, 33, of Borden, Indiana,  is charged with one count of murder in the 2022...
Suspect arrested in 2022 homicide

Forecast

Trust the WAVE Storm Tracking Team to provide you with the latest weather conditions for WAVE...
FORECAST: Scattered downpours this afternoon

Kentucky

8-year-old Jack Foor's parents are fighting the state to keep his Medicaid coverage.
Families forced to fight for Medicaid coverage after being dropped out of the blue

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Crime

Burglars caught on camera breaking into Hideout Pizzaria in Valley Station

Burglars caught on camera breaking into pizzeria in Valley Station

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By WAVE Staff
A pizza shop in Valley Station hopes Facebook users can help them and police find a trio of burglars caught on camera.

Crime

Carrington Bagwell is charged with one count of second-degree assault in connection to a Jan....

23-year-old arrested, accused of encouraging shooting at Taylor Berry Wendy’s

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Samantha Murray
Carrington Bagwell is charged with one count of second-degree assault in connection to a Jan. 4 shooting in the parking lot of a Wendy’s on Taylor Boulevard.

Events

File- The West End Farmers Market in August, 2024

West End Farmer’s Market returns this weekend

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Samantha Murray
It will be next Sunday, May 18, in California Park from 3 to 7 p.m.

Crime

32-year-old Trevor Thompson is charged with one count of second-degree assault.

Man arrested in connection to Portland neighborhood shooting that left 1 injured

Updated: 15 hours ago
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By Samantha Murray
The shooting happened in the 100 block of North 30th Street around 7:15 p.m.

Hardin County

Business Recovery Center opening in Elizabethtown

Updated: 16 hours ago
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By Quenton Robertson
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that a Business Recovery Center will be opening in Hardin County to help small businesses, nonprofits and residents affected by the recent severe storms.

News

A decade after her name was put on a waiting list at Cedar Lake Park Place, spot finally...

Years-long waiting list remains for Kentucky intermediate care facilities

Updated: 17 hours ago
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By Alena Noakes
A decade after her name was put on a waiting list at Cedar Lake Park Place, a spot finally opened up for Lauren Reis. She has spent the last seven years living more than two hours from family.
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StormTALK! BLOG 5/13/25

News

The winning pieces were created by Christopher Sabol from PRP and Lauren Cox from Atherton...
JCPS student murals unveiled at local McDonald’s

News

A $20 million project will offer labor and delivery services at UofL Health – Mary & Elizabeth...
Labor/Delivery services returning to South Louisville after 50 years

News

Families forced to fight for Medicaid coverage after being dropped out of the blue
Families forced to fight for Medicaid coverage after being dropped out of the blue

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Crime

Antoyne Penick of Louisville and Anyelle Curtley Sr. of Louisville

2 Louisville men, 1 Illinois man indicted, accused of killing federal witness

Updated: 17 hours ago
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By Samantha Murray
A superseding indictment has charged three men with murder of a federal witness.

Education

JCPS student murals unveiled at local McDonald's

JCPS student murals unveiled at local McDonald’s

Updated: 18 hours ago
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By WAVE Staff and Samantha Murray
The winning pieces were created by Christopher Sabol from PRP and Lauren Cox from Atherton High School.

Kentucky

Sen. Rand Paul on May 12 after speaking with business representatives in Louisville at a...

Senator Rand Paul describes impact of tariffs in Kentucky as “extensive”

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By David Mattingly
Paul was one of just three republicans recently voting against the Trump administration’s tariffs.

Crime

Trooper Jarrod Lewis was arrested in Barren County May 7 and charged with driving under the...

Kentucky State Police trooper previously indicted for excessive force arrested on DUI charges

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By Samantha Murray and WAVE Staff
Trooper Jarrod Lewis was arrested in Barren County May 7 and charged with driving under the influence and having an open container.

Local

200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette visit to Louisville, Jeffersonville

Group celebrates 200th anniversary of Marquis de Lafayette visit to Louisville

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By WAVE Staff and Samantha Murray
Two hundred years ago this week, the Marquis visited Louisville and Jeffersonville.

Louisville Metro

Artist render of The Birthing Place, a $20 million project that will offer labor and delivery...

Labor/Delivery services returning to South Louisville after 50 years

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By Brian Shlonsky
A $20 million project will offer labor and delivery services at UofL Health – Mary & Elizabeth Hospital.

Kentucky

Hope For All Pets took the cat, named Bunny, to Sheabel Veterinary Hospital in Lexington,...

Kentucky man accused of biting cat’s ears off

Updated: May 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM EDT
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By WKYT News Staff and Phil Pendleton
A Pulaski County man is facing animal cruelty charges after deputies say he abused a cat during a domestic dispute.

News

Authorities investigating human remains found in Meade County

Updated: May 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM EDT
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By Charles Gazaway
Police are unsure if the remains are connected to an open missing person case.

Weather Blog

For thumbs

StormTALK! BLOG 5/12/25

Updated: May 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM EDT
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By Brian Goode
StormTALK! BLOG 5/12/25

Louisville Metro

Overnight shooting leaves 2 wounded

Updated: May 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM EDT
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By Charles Gazaway
Anyone with information is asked to call the anonymous LMPD Crime Tip Line.

Kentucky

Lexington saw three shootings in a seven-hour span over the weekend, leading to arrests,...

Lexington sees 3 shootings in 7-hour span

Updated: May 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM EDT
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By WKYT News Staff
Lexington saw three shootings in a seven-hour span over the weekend, leading to arrests, injuries and car damage.

News

When floodwaters were 10 inches high outside the Haymarket on River Road, there was already 18...

Haymarket reopens following historic flooding along River Road

Updated: May 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT
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By Fernando Garcia-Franceschini
The Haymarket reopened to the public on Mother's Day weekend after impacts from historic flooding forced it to shut down for weeks.

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Crime

Bradford Marsili is charged with 20 counts of possession of matter with a sex performance of a...

UofL doctor charged with 30 counts related to possession and distribution of child pornography

Updated: May 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM EDT
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By Samantha Murray
Bradford Marsili is charged with 20 counts of possession of matter with a sex performance of a minor between the ages of 12 and 18 and 10 counts of distribution of obscene material.

Kentucky Derby

Celebrities at the red carpet at Kentucky Derby 151. JD Shelburne (top left), Guy Fieri (top...

REPLAY: All celebrity interviews from WAVE’s coverage of Kentucky Derby 151′s red carpet

Updated: May 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM EDT
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By Samantha Murray
Kentucky Derby 151 saw celebrities like Simone Biles, Guy Fieri, Chris Tucker, and Shawn Stockman on the red carpet, showing off their fashion and speaking on their excitement for the Run for the Roses.

News

Now, on the street where her family still serves out of her cafe, South Clay Street bears the...

Shirley Mae honored with a street sign for her legacy in Louisville

Updated: May 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM EDT
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By Alena Noakes
An honorary street sign of ‘Shirley Mae’s Way’ was installed by city leaders and unveiled on Saturday.

Kentucky

A 2.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded south of Nicholasville at 3:41 a.m. Sunday.

2.8 magnitude earthquake recorded in Central Ky. on Sunday morning

Updated: May 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM EDT
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By WKYT News Staff
A 2.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded south of Nicholasville at 3:41 a.m. Sunday.

Local

Milo’s Boba and Bakery Mother’s Day weekend fundraiser to support Noah Maddox’s family.

Community comes together to support family of Floyd Central student who drowned in lake

Updated: May 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM EDT
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By Fernando Garcia-Franceschini
A business in downtown New Albany is donating all of its Mother's Day weekend proceeds to help support the family of Noah Maddox.

Shelby County

Woman found dead along I-64 in Shelby County ‘exited’ moving car, police say

Updated: May 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT
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By Samantha Murray
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a woman was found dead on I-64 on May 9.

Sports

Sovereignty has won the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby, beating out the field of 19 on a...

Derby winning jockey fined, suspended for striking Sovereignty too many times during race

Updated: May 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM EDT
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By Andres Lukic
The jockey who won Kentucky Derby 151 was fined and suspended for striking Sovereignty too many times.

Louisville Metro

Chef Hayden Taylor Towns hasn’t been able to open his dream barbecue restaurant yet, but not...

Issues with landlord turn chef’s barbecue pit dream into a money pit nightmare

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By Logan Perrone
Chef Hayden Taylor Towns hasn’t been able to open his dream barbecue restaurant yet, but not because of any personal issues or city hurdles. He claims his landlord is sabotaging him.

Floyd County

Organizers of the Harvest Homecoming festival are getting a head start on developing a new...

Harvest Homecoming adds safety procedures 1 year after deadly shooting

Updated: May 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM EDT
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By Derek Brightwell
Organizers of the Harvest Homecoming festival are getting a head start on developing a new safety plan after a deadly shooting there in 2024.

Louisville Metro

Proposed tennis and pickleball complex will not be built in Joe Creason Park

‘It is clear that our community has serious objections’: Proposal to build multi-million dollar tennis and pickleball complex at Joe Creason Park axed by mayor

Updated: May 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM EDT
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By Fernando Garcia-Franceschini, Samantha Murray and Olivia Russell
After community members voiced backlash against a proposed tennis and pickleball complex, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Friday afternoon the project will not be moving forward in Joe Creason Park.
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