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The Louisville Zoo has announced it will rename its splash park following the fallout surrounding Papa John's founder John Schnatter.

Given the possibility of Kentucky's Medicaid overhaul coming back, advocates are urging people to participate in a federal comment period.

The victim was fishing with family members around 1 p.m. July 17 near the Greenwood Boat Dock when he went into the water to free a snagged line. Those on the boat said he began to struggle and went underwater.

Plans have been revealed for a new way to get kids interested in what's going on outside of their windows in West Louisville. 

This is the fourth year for the Petrino Family Foundation's "Courage Camp." It's a time for University of Louisville football Coach Bobby Petrino to coach kids who don't typically suit up for him. They have all been patients of Norton Children's Hospital and many of them have heart conditions.

One man, multiple victims and multiple chances to get it right. Isaiah Jenkins is currently being held on a $500,000 cash bond after he was recently charged in the 2016 shooting death of George Robert Brown.

Louisville Metro police began installing the barriers at 6 a.m. Thursday at Seventh and Magazine Streets.

Accusations are not only headed at the company's founder John Schnatter for using a racial slur, but other players at the helm of the company are now accusing him of sexual misconduct and creating a "toxic culture."

Recent reports show Kentucky has one of the highest rates of child marriages in the United States, but that's about to change.

Applicants for jobs in Kentucky State Government will no longer ask the applicant for his or her criminal history. On February 1, Governor Matt Bevin has signed an executive order removing the convictions or criminal history box from state job applications.

The victim claims it happened four years ago and says she reported her allegations to the Louisville Metro Police Department at the time.

The body of Jadylynn Myers, 24, was found on July 10 in a wooded area on the side of Bircham Road, which is off Shelbyville Road in eastern Jefferson County.

Louisville Metro Council President David James believes Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad should be placed on the "Brady List," an official list used by prosecutors identifying officers who have been caught in a lie.

The testing of a rape kit that had been sitting for years led to a match with a man who is currently serving a sentence in another rape case.

A man drowned in the Ohio River near the Greenwood boat ramp during a fishing trip with his family on Tuesday afternoon.

Yacir Raful Jr., 19, was arrested by the Louisville Metro Police Department on Tuesday and charged with murder.

Pizza mogul John Schnatter is making major moves to repair his reputation and regain his position on the Papa John's Board.

In Louisville recently, Walmart announced they are closing three locations. And those join the list of stores leaving including Kmart, Sears, Macy's, HHGregg and Toys R' Us, just to name a few. So, what happens to those huge spaces?

The 11,300-seat $55 million facility will be located in Louisville's Butchertown neighborhood and will open.in March 2020.

The attendees of the 2018 Forecastle Music Festival, largely millennials and 75,000 strong, represent a key demographic for a city hungry for economic growth.

Papa John's CEO Steve Richie issued an open letter on Sunday evening in light of the controversy surrounding comments made by founder John Schnatter.

Members of the Combat Vets Motorcycle Association rode their bikes throughout Kentucky on Saturday as a way to help out other veterans who are homeless. 

Final Four MVP Luke Hancock and several other players worked with the law firm Morgan and Morgan to challenge the NCAA. University of Ohio Professor David Ridpath broke down their chances in an interview with WAVE 3 News Anchor Scott Reynolds.

More lighting, green space and pedestrian friendly areas are intended to break down the "Ninth Street divide." The options focus on connecting the river with Broadway.

Despite unrest in Haiti over gas prices, a Louisville group continues to prepare to make a delivery there. 

Louisville Metro Council drafted an ordinance to give the homeless a 21 day notice if they have to leave a camp. In this case, the state owns the property, so it's not required, but the state agreed to follow the ordinance.

A Kentucky woman who lost her child when he was just three years old wanted to do something to create a legacy for him.

It's 90 pages, but a former County Attorney said it represents a tangled web, full of conflicts -- officers investigating officers, a mayor investigating his own office, and the same attorneys representing the city and the officers.

A report summarizing the investigation into how the city handled allegations of sexual abuse by former officers who were mentors in the Louisville Metro Police Department's Explorer Program has angered city and state leaders, while also prompting more questions.

The city sold buildings on Bardstown Road in the Highlands to be developed into offices and a tap room for a company attempting to relaunch Sterling Beer. But the developers resold the property instead.

Bevin said people should wait for investigators -- meaning the FBI -- to see what exactly happened, who the key players were and what actions they took. However, Bevin said there's enough information out there already to know that bad things happened.

Public meetings on the development have been going on since 2016. During the last of the meetings, on Wednesday, June 27, many were disappointed at the final proposal. The 3.3 acre property would include a mix of residential, retail, and hotel space.

Get ready to pay more. Kentucky's new expansion of the 6 percent sales tax is about to hit everyone in the pocketbook. Pet care, landscaping services, and gym or club memberships will now get taxed. And in a bit of a surprise to many people, local charities will also be paying.

The wind ripped up roofing and gutters and damaged siding in several areas on Tuesday afternoon.

A video WAVE 3 News received Sunday shows a man one month after he was shot. In it, he is free-styling, kind of a warning about tough times and who you trust.  

The city's Code Enforcement Board decided BP had reached the threshold for criminal activity, costing taxpayers thousands of dollars. They announced it needs to shut down. But the store's attorney is planning to appeal in court.

The Louisville Metro Police Department's impound lot is bursting at the seams. Taxpayers are paying for short-term upgrades to the current lot on Frankfort Avenue that is too small and taking a toll on nearby Beargrass Creek.

A post of a young deer on Facebook has started a social media firestorm. Many people in Louisville are upset after photos and videos of a man with a deer on a leash started popping up online.

Louisville is concentrating on leveraging local music festivals and a digital strategy targeting people known as influencers.

There were a lot of changes waiting for fans this year at Churchill Downs, but not all of them made the neighbors happy.

As of April 24, 2018, according to Metro Public Health and Wellness, more than 15,500 people in the high-risk categories have been vaccinated.

In a seven year period, 55 percent of homicide cases in Louisville resulted in an arrest. But broken down by race, when the victim is African American, arrests are less likely, when the victim is Hispanic, even more so.

Protests in Nicaragua are bringing the country inches closer to a national catastrophe. One woman in Louisville has received several videos of the violence that surrounds her family daily.

Interim Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis said he is "deeply concerned" about ongoing allegations of maltreatment and endangerment of preschool children in the Jefferson County Public Schools Head Start program.

A prominent Louisville graffiti vandal was arrested, and police said pictures of his suspected crimes were posted on his social media account.

The arrest of a Louisville real estate broker combined with Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jr’s assassination weeks earlier - and the reality of other cities going up in flames - all contributed to a highly charged, volatile environment in Louisville during 1968.

The Ohio River Valley is one of the worst places in the country for those with allergies. In the spring, tree pollen is present and this year, it hit the area all at once.

Matthew Heimbach, leader of the white nationalist Traditionalist Worker Party, was on probation for a misdemeanor charge after shoving and yelling at a woman at a Donald Trump rally in Louisville back in 2016.

Main and Clay is a luxury apartment building bordering three neighborhoods. Inside people will find spacious common areas and modern apartments.

In a year, Louisville typically sees about 16.4 million visitors -- more than a hundred times the number of people at the 2018 Kentucky Derby.

For years, Nettie Wilson used the agency Travel Crazy to book trips to see Kentucky play post-season basketball. She said Kenn Harp offered convenient travel packages to see the team play on the road and that past trips were successful -- until 2017.

The Kentucky Derby has become an enormous stage where the city of Louisville is selling its bourbon image to the world. In just a decade, the city has gone from zero bourbon attractions to eight and counting.

In 2017, one runner completed the mini Marathon and then he went into cardiac arrest. That man was Matthew Murdock, Brenda's 23-year-old son.

In just one of the eight Louisville Metro Police Department's patrol divisions, 100 guns have been taken off of the streets by the 101st day of the year.

Conditions on the Ohio River led the U.S. Coast Guard to establish a restricted zone in the areas closest to the country's largest firework show. 

Activists and candidates stepped up to the mic Monday afternoon to criticize Gov. Matt Bevin's explosive remarks attacking teachers, and his subsequent apology.

New distilleries, new brands and new stops on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail mean more jobs and tax revenues.

For hundreds of dollars, you can get behind the wheel of some of the world's fastest and most expensive exotic cars for a day.

Surveillance cameras are pointed, from a nearby business, in the direction of the crime scene. It's the same spot where Cody Eubanks' children would play.

Students at Louisville's Holy Cross High School are learning to perfect their skills on the hardwood in the same gym where a talented alum made a name for herself decades ago.

On a mile stretch of 7th Street Road there are at least five strip clubs from Central Avenue to Berry Boulevard. Bottoms Up, located on Central Avenue, is now for sale.

Republican lawmakers continued to hammer out a compromise budget Monday, while the future of education funding hangs in the balance.

While a lot work still needs to be done, Superintendent Marty Pollio praised the assessment teams and the findings from Kentucky Department of Education.

It's a motorcycle club located at the intersection of 32nd and Hale in the Parkland neighborhood. State Representative Attica Scott lives just a couple doors down.

The shooting in Las Vegas is an unthinkable tragedy, but it's still one that local hospitals and first responders plan for.

Sergeant Tim Groft, a 15-year veteran of Louisville's fire department, passed away Saturday from an extended battle with cancer.

Jack Dohoney was at work early Saturday when a man came in the back of Wide Open Powersports with a gun.

The homeowner says the man police arrested during the raid was house sitting while she was in the hospital.

Housed in an old church on one of Jeffersontown's busiest streets, 3rd Turn Brewing is a tap house that does little to no distributing. But the brewery has taken off to the point of needing to expand and the City of Jeffersontown is helping out.

Multiple people are wanted in connection to graffiti at The Back Door, located in Mid City Mall.

LMPD Officer Nick Rodman was killed in the line of duty in March 2017. His wife and family are still fighting for benefits.

Park personnel collected a small mountain of debris from the shoreline.

Metropolitan Sewer District crews began work this morning to install floodwall closures at 10th and 27th streets.

After mass shootings like the most recent in Florida, the national conversation turns to gun control. Both sides of the gun debate want to find a solution on mass shootings, but they have a difference in opinion on where to start.

Demonstrators carried candles and walked from Douglass Boulevard Christian Church through the Highlands neighborhood in support of Dreamers and DACA Wednesday night.

He described sitting on the pavement in an alley, feeling angry that he would not be able to say goodbye to the people he loved. There was so much blood, he thought his life was over.

An audit outlined a series of concerns inside JCYC, like reports of sexual misconduct, the lack of legally mandated education and mental health services, and a turnover rate of 38%.

Attorney Josh Engel said the unnamed student was in an inappropriate six-month relationship with a professor and the two exchanged sexually provocative text messages.

A Louisville man is in jail, charged with shooting and killing the mother of his children in front of their 13-year-old daughter. It happened early Sunday in the 1900 block of Viking Court in Jeffersonville. That's where police found Josephine Amon dead.

The new Oakland Hills plan promises to be environmentally sensitive with trails connecting to the park, allowing more people to visit the Parklands more often.

The winter storm is the city's first real test of the winter season and crews will be combating the expected snow and ice without one of its biggest tools.

The merger would add ambulances to Middletown and create faster response times, while adding man power to Anchorage. But it comes at a cost for some residents.

The owner of Altitude Trampoline Park says he is not going to let a few ruin the fun for all of the teens who attend the weekly teen night event.

Just four days into 2018 and University Hospital had already seen seven emergency cases of hypothermia or frostbite. Fewer than half the victims were homeless.

For almost 20 years, Goodwill in St. Matthews has done what they can with the space they have. The store, on Shelbyville Road near Hubbards Lane, has its downfalls.

A Hardin County mother says she's grateful her family is okay after their SUV was hit during Thursday night's chase that wound through Louisville.

Tolling on the Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and the Lewis and Clark Bridges began Dec. 30, 2016. RiverLink announced they're making changes, some sooner than others.

Vitalis Lanshima is a business owner and adjunct professor, born in Nigeria. He is the first immigrant to serve on the city council.

Bus crashes are the most common reason for a code yellow - mass casualty situation - at Norton Children's Hospital.

The space sharing website, Airbnb, claims to help travelers find places to stay in 190 countries and 34 thousand cities. But that list apparently does not include Jeffersontown.

The rash of random break-ins spanned just two months.

Thousands in Kentucky and Indiana face double-digit rate hikes during open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act this year.

A new agreement will require Louisville City FC to invest in a major new stadium for the team, if money from the city is approved by Metro Council Thursday night.

A Louisville woman got a notification that her Amazon package had arrived, but when she checked her mail, it wasn't there. What she found on her surveillance cameras surprised her.