WAVE 3 - Louisville, KYConnie Leonard
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Hometown: Elizabethtown, KY
High School: East Hardin High School
B.A. : Western Kentucky University
Connie grew up working in her father's grocery store. Every night when it was slow, she would read the Courier-Journal Sports section from front to back to pass the time, and sports became an obsession!
Connie's first job was at the Campbellsville, Kentucky Fox Affiliate, WGRB TV, as News Director and Anchor. She then moved on to WLKY here in Louisville as a News Reporter, before joining WAVE 3 as a news and sports reporter. She recently became the weekend anchor and now co-anchors the 7 p.m. newscast with Scott Reynolds.
Connie has traveled extensively for WAVE 3 News, covering the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She has provided extensive NCAA Tournament coverage of Indiana University, University of Louisville, and University of Kentucky including Final Fours in 1996, 97, 98, and the Elite Eight in 1999.
Connie covered Kentucky's football battle with Penn State in the Outback Bowl, traveled with Tim Couch to New York when he was nominated for the Heisman Trophy, and visited Boise State with the Louisville Cardinals in the Humanitarian Bowl. She even followed former UofL Football Coach John L. Smith to Pamplona, Spain for the Running of the Bulls.
In racing: she's covered numerous Kentucky Derbys and traveled to Gulf Stream Park in 1999 for the Breeders' Cup. She also brought us live reports from the Belmont in Elmont, New York in 1999 for Charismatic's try at the Triple Crown.
Connie's in-depth sports interviews have spanned sports greats, from the likes of coach Pat Riley to "the monster mash." Two of her Emmy wins have come in "Sports Reporting" categories. Connie says the best sports stories are with local athletes who may or may not end up being big stars.
Firefighters from several departments fought a two alarm fire September 3 at the Partridge Meadows Apartments in the Lyndon area that damaged eight units.
It's going to be a big holiday weekend in the City of Louisville and the Governor's Cup at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium isn't the only game in town. From festivals to concerts to what's considered the Superbowl of BMX racing - The National Bicycle League Grand National 2010 at E. P. "Tom" Sawyer Park. It's an event that's really made a name for itself in Louisville, bringing millions of dollars into the community.
There is still no decision if Jefferson County Public Schools will move forward with its new student assignment plan for middle and high school students. The school board was considering waiting a year after big transportation problems with the new elementary assignment plan the first week of school. But a last minute recommendation by Superintendent Dr. Sheldon Berman only heated up the debate.
People living next to an asphalt plant in Jeffersonville, IN are suing the city after a five year zoning dispute. Now, they want the construction company that put the plant up to take it down.
Following the Jefferson County Public Schools busing problems during the first week of school, the Neighborhood Schools Act touted by State Senator Dan Seum and Senate President David Williams is now getting plenty of play in Louisville. Even Mayor Jerry Abramson put in his two cents. But we wanted to know what the men running to be the next Louisville mayor really think about the controversial bill?
The work of LMPD homicide detectives has led to the indictments of three men charged in three separate murders, including one cold case dating to July 28, 2000.
For Mary Rose Hulsey and her husband, their trip to St. Lucia was to be the honeymoon of a lifetime. But for Hulsey and some others clients of Louisville travel agent Tommie Perryman, a vacation that was supposed to be a relaxing retreat from their worries was anything but. Louisville Metro Police say Perryman used their hard earned cash for everything but their trips.
One man is dead after he hit an embankment, flipping his truck in Shelby County. The accident happened just before 10 p.m. August 26 on Fisherville Road near the intersection with Taylorsville Road in Finchville.
Two Kentucky senators are sponsoring a bill that would allow Kentucky students to attend neighborhood schools. On August 25, Senate President David Williams and Senator Dan Seum announced they were pre-filing the bill that would change the wording in current state law to allow enrollment for attendance. Opponents of the bill say it would lead to a return to segregated schools.
An east Louisville neighborhood is being very cautious after hearing a woman was raped and robbed at gunpoint. Police say it happened on Tazwell Court at the Eastridge Apartments just outside the Gene Snyder Freeway on the morning of August 24.
