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Police are expecting a crowd of up to 800,000 at the waterfront on Saturday.

Kristi Stewart described her father as a man who was always enthusiastic about life, sports, fishing and family.

Shannon and Scott need your help picking out Derby outfits! Cast your vote for your favorite look. 

Each redesign plan would include taking out the lane lights which show x's or arrows based on which lanes are being used during the day. There are three options the city has come up with on how to remove the lane lights.

Kamron Goff, 22, was arrested Tuesday after being identified as the suspect in several armed robberies in Louisville and Shively.

Captain Lauren Hettich will be flying in that fighter jet with her pilot during the air show. She said she is glad to be a part of such a big celebration right in her hometown.

KyCAD is currently a department within Spalding University. The announcement means that would change: KyCAD would break off to create a stand-alone college. 

Boaters who want to be on the Ohio River for Thunder Over Louisville will now be able to get a bit closer to the show.

The Kentucky Department of Public Health is now recommending that everyone in Louisville get the hepatitis A vaccine.

The new downtown hotel isn't just for temporary guests; it features 226 apartment homes.

The charges involve an ad placed on Backpage.com that offered for sale two 16-year-olds for sex.

A man's body was found under the overpass by the park Tuesday morning. Later that day, the park was full of skaters.

Motorists in the Jeffersontown area should expect major traffic problems during the evening rush hour due to a ruptured gas line at one of the city's main intersections.

Kentucky's first school district is now accepting applications for charter schools wishing to open in the 2019-20 school year.

Swiss Hall will remain empty and for sale.

According to an arrest slip, a man admitted he and his uncle had broken into storage units at five different locations.

Metrosafe said the first call reporting the fire came in at 7:55 p.m.

The annual Fillies Derby Ball was held Saturday night at the Galt House. WAVE 3's Shannon Cogan hosted the event, which included cocktails, a coronation, dinner and dancing.

The 2018 National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament was held at the Kentucky Expo Center Thursday through Sunday.

The decision is a win for Louisville after the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to come down on the immigration ordinance earlier this year.

 A car crash on I-64 W near Clark Station Road has blocked the right two lanes of the interstate, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said.

Louisville's professional soccer team has a goal to build an impressive stadium that goes beyond the pitch. The $200 million-dollar project in Butchertown also includes two hotels, retail, restaurant, and office space.

Kentucky's teachers want to be heard in Frankfort on Friday, and hundreds of them will be in the capital as the list of districts closing continues to grow. As those teachers plan to rally, lawmakers are gearing up for it.

Gabriel Tilly said he knows what teachers do for their students and he believes they deserve their pension.

Police tried to tase Russell Bowman several times before he lunged at LMPD Officer Matthew Aden. The moment Bowman lunged, both Aden and Officer Devin Dawes fired their service weapons, killing Bowman.

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.

New York based Christine A. Moore, and her hats and fascinators, are well-known among horse racing and Kentucky Derby fans.

Fifty years after he was killed by an assassin's bullet in Memphis, Dr. King's life, and his work, were remembered in Louisville.

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.

The event drew 6,633 archers from 392 schools across Kentucky.  

I must admit, I didn't know that acai bowl spots were such a big trend in many cities, and that Louisville didn't have many of them. But Lue Ahmed, who moved to Louisville from Lexington, is hoping to spread the word.

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.

University of Louisville students displayed what seemed to be pretty warm feelings towards Mack, who coached for Xavier University.

Leyan Albazzour was born with a rare genetic defect in which the skull and facial bones are underdeveloped. A Louisville pediatric neurosurgeon when he met Leyan at a Palestinian clinic.

You won't be seeing the Cards play in San Antonio for the Final Four this coming weekend, but the University of Louisville won't be lacking representation.

You may have been there at some point in your life for a concert or sporting event. Louisville Gardens, located at 525 West Muhammad Ali Blvd., has been closed for years. On Monday, an East Coast businessman toured the vacant building hoping to breathe life back into the venue.

In April of 2016, Damien Lacambra shot and killed his wife, Amelia Forsting, in Louisville. He was sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter and is eligible for parole at the end of March after serving 20 percent of his sentence.

Last March, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer hired a private investigator to "examine the allegations of sexual abuse in the LMPD Explorer program, and also actions of city employees and others regarding the alleged abuse."

A Louisville march organized by students to bring attention to school safety and gun laws is happening downtown Saturday. Several students told us they hope to speak to a huge crowd. The march begins at Waterfront Park and ends at Metro Hall.

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.

Two men with guns and masks kicked in the back door before walking up to the front cash register and holding employees at gun point, they told us.

Letters telling people they had won a sweepstakes prize were mailed from Louisville to people across the U.S. Police said the massive scam likely went on for months, if not years, with countless victims.

It happened in the 2200 block of Greenwood Avenue just before 1 p.m. Thursday.

More then 800 homes could soon spring up in a new development around Floyds Fork. While some are not happy about it, the problem for neighbors is the project does not require any additional approval, with the exception of a proposed retail area.

Conferences and tourism have led to a huge boom for hotels in the city, and thousands of new rooms are expected in coming months.

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.

LMPD Officer Jeffrey Emerich received his new puppy, Audrey, carefully from a handler, and tucked her close, making a nook with his elbow so she could rest her chin.

Admit it, one of the best parts of making homemade cookies is eating the cookie dough. Although with the raw egg in there, it's not such a healthy thing to do. Now enter Louisville's first NoBaked Cookie Dough store. It's cookie dough that is safe to eat!

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

Mona Bismarck was born in Louisville in 1897 and went on to become the world's greatest figure in high fashion, and the richest woman in America.

Evidence of the force of nature is a lot more obvious in some places than in others. The floors within Captain's Quarters may be bone-dry, but the parking lot is still caked with mud.

More than 20 years ago, retired Major Jason Howk of the U.S. Army joined special forces from the United Arab Emirates as a paratrooper. Over the years, he learned Farsi and Arabic. He finished his military service working in diplomacy in Afghanistan. But that didn't end his fascination with the Middle East.

The Old Forester Distillery on Main Street is now just months from opening. The $45 million project is looking at opening this summer.

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.

One bride told us she wanted a videographer to capture her October wedding perfectly. So she hired a man with good reviews. But he didn't show up. Turns out, she's not the first this happened to.

Louisville Metro joined the Smart911 service on Friday, which uses online profiles to provide information quickly in an emergency. 

Some Smoketown residents are in disbelief over two proposed liquor stores near the corner of Hancock and Broadway. And they're not going to let the stores into their neighborhood without a fight.

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.

For the first time, Jeffersontown High School's resource officer spoke publicly at the JCPS school board meeting following a viral incident at the school a few weeks ago.

As Friday after Thanksgiving has become known for shopping as "Black Friday," Wednesday night before Thanksgiving has become known for partying as "Blackout Wednesday."

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

From Shawnee, to Jeffersontown, to Chickasaw - violence across Louisville affected three children and their families Monday.

The outburst started after the board denied Dr. Chris Kolb's motion to add "policing in schools" to the agenda.

One day after the newlyweds returned from their honeymoon, Jason Spencer was shot to death in front of his bride.

UB Thomas III spent years behind bars claiming he was innocent, saying he was given beer and drugs during the confession.

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.

WaterStep volunteers found people drinking untreated river and rain water. Others were in areas so rural they hadn't yet seen help at all.

Companies all over the world complain about not being able to recruit enough IT talent, and Louisville might be sitting on a gold mine.

Gov. Matt Bevin has unveiled "Keeping the Promise," a comprehensive plan to save Kentucky's ailing public pension systems.

Now that summer is behind us, dog owners are still being warned to take precautions and to have their dogs vaccinated against the highly-contagious canine flu.

Attorney Steve Pence sat down exclusively with WAVE 3 News after the decision from the UofL Athletics Association.

Little Hands, Little Feet is the brain child of Luther Brown. It's a 13-week gun safety program for children.

Two investigations are being conducted into how the gun of an off-duty Louisville Metro Corrections officer went off in a supermarket parking lot. 

Stamper travels the country talking to communities to hear their concerns with their local police departments and offer solutions.

On Monday one of the last Louisville Hometown Hero banners was unveiled. It honors a trailblazing woman and civil rights leader: Alberta Jones.

Angela Leet is buckled up for the uphill ride. Louisville has not elected a republican mayor since the 1960s.

A Louisville native now living in Las Vegas was among the emergency responders providing aid to the victims of the of the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States.

The Puerto Rican community in Louisville says family members lack basic supplies, and distributing donations is a problem.

The Puerto Rican community in Louisville is rallying together with organizations like WaterStep to help with basic needs.

At the end of the school year, the University of Louisville is cutting off its long standing commitment of buying ads in the school paper.

Electronic thieves hit a neighborhood off Manslick Road. On Thursday morning, a family awoke to find several cars broken into, but not a trace of damage.

The Louisville motorcycle community has suffered a lot in the last week. A survivor of the first deadly crash says he was visited in the hospital by a man killed just days later in the second deadly crash.