John Boel

John Boel's wins for best news anchor three of the past four years put his career Emmy Award total at 87, but he's even more proud of his wife and two daughters.

John is a 13-time Edward R. Murrow Award winner, but he's even prouder of his efforts helping people in the world of addiction recovery.

When he's not working or speaking, John enjoys fishing and training for triathlons. He has completed 11 Ironman Triathlons, and at the age of 54 John is also an author. His book "On the News, In the News" spent three months on the Louisville best-seller list.

John co-anchors WAVE 3 News from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. each weekday, and he loves to tell a good story.

Recent Articles by John

Heroin, a fire, and an insider: The Troubleshooter investigates

Fifty firefighters unknowingly tried in vain to save a place that one of its former customers said was burning a hole of misery into the souls of the addicted.

John Boel

Published May 12, 2021 at 6:22 PM

Medicaid transportation program failing by the thousands in Indiana

Getting to the doctor should be the easiest part of healthcare, but for many in Indiana, it has become the toughest.

John Boel

Published May 3, 2021 at 6:42 PM

Mentally ill on the streets: The Troubleshooter investigates

A Harvard study found one-third of the nation’s homeless have a serious mental illness. You can see homelessness all around downtown and the numbers grow every year.

John Boel

Published April 6, 2021 at 9:14 PM

Never-ending drugs, overdoses, complaints: The Troubleshooter investigates

The newest home that Troubleshooter investigators are asking questions about is at 103 St. Catherine Street, where numerous instances of alleged drug deals and drug use are being reported.

John Boel

Published February 19, 2021 at 7:48 PM

Unbridled Spending: Troubleshooters examine a popular Derby gala

It’s one of Louisville’s grandest Derby galas, but a WAVE 3 News Troubleshooter investigation found some interesting trends regarding the amount of money the Unbridled Eve gala has been donating to charities.

John Boel

Published December 14, 2020 at 7:09 PM

‘Bogus beggar’ back at it after prison time

He became known as the “bogus beggar” through his fake panhandling act all over Kentucky.

John Boel

Published November 10, 2020 at 7:09 PM

Brett Hankison: Fired LMPD detective thought Kenneth Walker was firing an AR-15

The grand jury recording of the state’s presentation of the Breonna Taylor case was released Friday.

John P. Wise, Natalia Martinez and John Boel

Published October 2, 2020 at 6:44 PM

The Possibility City is plastered in plywood

“Seeing our beautiful downtown getting literally destroyed, man it’s just heartbreaking,” Youness Elmesyah said.

John Boel

Published September 23, 2020 at 12:33 AM

Pastoring or ‘hustling?’ Controversy grows over preacher’s properties

A local pastor is accused of running a drug house at one of the Louisville properties he owns.

John Boel

Published August 18, 2020 at 7:24 PM

Funeral home accused of holding boy’s body ‘captive’

A 6-year-old boy who loved to play basketball, Malachi Fryer didn’t know anything about guns.

John Boel

Published July 20, 2020 at 7:43 PM

Questions persist about car needing repair that got sold

Eighty-year-old Mildred Thompson is still confused about what went down that day.

John Boel

Published May 29, 2020 at 7:31 PM

A raid, a rescue, and more trouble for Trixie Foundation

After our second report, complaints about the shelter’s conditions ended in this weekend’s raid by state police.

John Boel

Published May 5, 2020 at 12:10 AM

TROUBLESHOOTER: How many non-essential businesses are essentially still open?

In less than a month the city of Louisville received more than 2,000 complaints about businesses violating Governor Andy Beshear’s order to close non-essential businesses.

John Boel

Published April 24, 2020 at 6:57 PM

COVID-19 orders and guidelines changing lives, or are they?

On a recent day around the Louisville area, WAVE 3 News Troubleshooter John Boel found plenty of people out playing basketball or congregating in groups, doing exactly the things Gov. Andy Beshear is urging Kentuckians not to do.

John Boel

Published March 25, 2020 at 1:18 AM

Store owners say proper police probe an illusion in $1 million jewelry heist

It started with the flicker of a light turned on at 1:27 a.m. on July 29. Half an hour later, sparks and flames flew, glittering more brightly than the jewelry all around the store. Hours later, their work was done.

John Boel

Published March 10, 2020 at 10:08 PM

Dying dogs, delayed justice -- Cruelty questions abound at Trixie Foundation

Randy Skaggs says he's strong enough to survive the criticism he gets as the person in charge of the Trixie Foundation in Elliott County.

John Boel

Published February 25, 2020 at 8:43 PM

Preacher says his house has addicts, not drug dealers

“It’s supposed to be a transition home,” a neighbor wrote, “but it's nothing more than a crack and heroin spot. All hours of the day and night there's constant flow of traffic to this location."

John Boel

Published February 4, 2020 at 7:30 PM

New law, citations having little effect on panhandlers

The hardest part about going undercover for a story on panhandling is not being undercover enough for panhandlers.

John Boel

Published January 14, 2020 at 6:37 PM

’I don’t think anybody could scream’ -- Standard Gravure massacre case file released

Perhaps more eerie than the silence during the police walk-through was the silence while workers were being shot, especially the guys trapped in the break room.

John Boel

Published December 19, 2019 at 6:23 PM

An undercover look at Louisville’s newest crime hot spot

The intersection of Dixie Highway and Hill Street was the site of WAVE 3 News' latest undercover Troubleshooter investigation.

John Boel

Published December 3, 2019 at 4:32 PM

Inconsistency found in illegal boarding and halfway house crackdown

The face of Louisville's crackdown on illegal boarding and halfway houses could be seen at 541 Ormsby Avenue.

John Boel

Published November 12, 2019 at 5:04 PM

Upon Further Review: Kentucky stewards’ rulings prompt questions about consistency, drug use

After the historic disqualification in the Kentucky Derby, WAVE 3 News took a closer look at the rulings issued by Kentucky’s horse racing stewards.

John Boel

Published October 29, 2019 at 5:31 PM

Ironman Louisville swim cancellation wipes out more than just 2.4 miles

Thousands of Ironman participants say they're disappointed they won't get to run the full three legs of the race, but instead only two.

John Boel

Published October 11, 2019 at 5:04 PM

Measuring utility usage: Is your bill correct?

From the wheels winding around outside the house, to the tabulations and terminology in the bills, utility consumption can cause power outages of the brain.

John Boel

Published October 8, 2019 at 6:03 PM

Taxation without verification causing a mess for homeowners in West Buechel

West Buechel is a small part of town, but some of its residents are experiencing big problems with the city's efforts trying to clean up a property tax mess.

John Boel

Published September 17, 2019 at 7:54 PM

30 years later, Standard Gravure massacre survivors dealing with a different kind of assault

A disgruntled worker who’d been vowing for a year to get even after being placed on disability walked in with a duffel bag full of guns. He went with the AK-47.

John Boel

Published September 10, 2019 at 6:39 PM

Busted but not broken; alleged heroin house appears undaunted

It was hard to get answers the conventional way about what was going on at the corner of Peachtree and Sale.

John Boel

Published August 27, 2019 at 6:50 PM

For 44 years, a 10K a day has kept the doctor away

A 69-year-old Louisville man has run 100,000 miles in his lifetime and says he has no plans on stopping.

John Boel

Published August 23, 2019 at 7:33 PM

City not even part of the way toward solving illegal halfway house crisis

Large, formerly abandoned houses, filled with 10 to 20 tenants, spilling out into the neighborhood, attracting prostitutes, severely impaired people, drug dealers doing transactions through car windows, and police officers responding to it all.

John Boel

Published August 6, 2019 at 7:47 PM

’Unmanageable and unsustainable’: CPS crisis in Jefferson County investigated

For years, WAVE 3 News has reported the problems and complaints against Kentucky's Child Protection System.

John Boel

Published July 23, 2019 at 7:45 PM

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