John P. Wise
Director of Digital Media
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John P. Wise is an Emmy and Murrow Award-winning news veteran who manages the digital team at WAVE 3 News in Louisville.
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Friday’s Racing FC Louisville game has been canceled following a damning report Thursday alleging sexual coercion and other misconduct by a prominent National Women’s Soccer League coach, WAVE 3 News has learned.
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Churchill Downs Inc. announced Thursday that it plans to open a new, casino-like entertainment venue in downtown Louisville.
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The NFL’s Chicago Bears have reached an agreement with Churchill Downs Inc. to purchase “the entire Arlington Park land parcel” in Arlington Heights, a suburb about 25 miles northwest of Chicago.
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Mayor Greg Fischer and other city leaders gave an update Thursday on the investigation into Wednesday’s bus-stop shooting the claimed the life of a high school student.
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The mother of Tyree Smith gave a heartbreakingly raw interview to WAVE 3 News on Thursday, barely more than 24 hours after her teenage son was gunned down by a drive-by shooter’s bullet.
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A Vine Grove man told his family that he had killed a woman, and when deputies showed up a short time later, they found her body duct-taped and wrapped in a sleeping bag, according to a police report.
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A Jeep was in St. Matthews early Thursday morning, “that fits the description” of the Jeep that investigators said they’re looking for in connection with Wednesday’s deadly shooting of a local high school student.
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The mother of a teen shot and killed by a drive-by shooter at his bus stop Wednesday morning prayed with community supporters 12 hours later.
One child was killed and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting at a school bus stop in the Russell neighborhood Wednesday morning.
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Metro Councilman Jecorey Arthur was one of a handful of local leaders who spoke at an hourlong news conference Wednesday, addressing the latest instance of gun violence that claimed the life of a teen waiting for his school bus.
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A Louisville man was arrested and charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman near Iroquois Amphitheater in the middle of the afternoon Monday.
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A bicyclist who was struck and killed Sunday has been identified.
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A Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to sodomizing a 15-year-old boy with a sex toy, then had his sentence commuted by former Gov. Matt Bevin, is expected to plead guilty in federal court.
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An Indiana husband and wife were involved in separate crashes at the same location, just minutes apart, and both would later fail field-sobriety tests, investigators said.
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Gov. Andy Beshear began his Team Kentucky update Thursday on a grim note.
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A woman who was found dead in a trash can has been identified.
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Three people have been arrested in connection to the deadly shooting of a person who was found early Tuesday morning in the parking lot of a Bardstown steakhouse.
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Former Louisville assistant basketball coach Dino Gaudio was sentenced Friday to probation and a $10,000 fine for attempting to extort money from the University of Louisville.
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The FBI’s Louisville office announced Friday that it has discovered an “item of interest” on its fourth day of digging in a Nelson County subdivision.
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It happened Wednesday evening around 7 p.m. at the Zaxby’s on Fern Valley Road.
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FBI agents returned to Bardstown on Wednesday morning, hoping to unearth some clues in their investigation into the disappearance of a Nelson County mother of five.
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A high school student was charged after a cafeteria brawl spilled outside into the parking lot of a local high school.
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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer on Monday recognized more than a dozen LMPD officers and Metrosafe dispatchers whose quick work helped thwart the kidnapping of a child in Valley Station last month.
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Joey Votto, the Cincinnati Reds’ all-star first baseman, homered in the first inning of Thursday’s game at the Chicago Cubs.
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The University of Louisville will require unvaccinated students, faculty and staff to be tested for COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming school year.
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Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci are at it again.
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An inmate at the Department of Corrections in downtown Louisville has escaped, WAVE 3 News has learned.
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Louisville’s Metro Department of Corrections was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a pickup truck crashed into the building in downtown Louisville.
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These ramp improvements are part of the project to extend the life of the 59-year-old bridge that connects Louisville and New Albany.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has sent a letter to the director of the National Security Agency, demanding the NSA investigate its own alleged spying of a popular television host.
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Charles Dorsey Jr., better known as “Bud,” died Thursday, WAVE 3 News has learned. The famed Louisville photographer died at age 79.
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Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday announced plans to activate more than 200 Kentucky National Guard members to help in the crisis at the Mexican border later this year.
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Det. Joshua Jaynes was fired in January, about nine months after the narcotics raid at Taylor’s home that left the 26-year-old Louisville woman bleeding to death on the floor.
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The former Apollo High School and University of Kentucky star spilled some interesting gossip on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Tuesday.
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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer told WAVE 3 News on Wednesday that the media is to blame for the perception that downtown Louisville is unsafe.
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Cory Evans, the LMPD officer accused of hitting a protester in the back of the head with a riot stick, has resigned from the department.
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Louisville Metro Council President David James on Sunday announced that he’s suspending his mayoral bid.
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The man accused of crashing into an LMPD cruiser and killing a detective will stand trial in October.
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A man whose 3-month-old son died after ingesting a lethal amount of meth was found guilty of felony neglect and could face up to 40 years in prison.
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The woman who was shot to death inside a home in Clarksville has been identified.
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Former University of Louisville swimmer Mallory Comerford left for the Olympic trials Thursday, but not before receiving a surprise sendoff at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
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Bob Baffert won’t be able to win another Kentucky Derby until 2024 at the earliest.
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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s positive, post-victory drug test was confirmed by a second sample, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
The man who caused a crash that killed an LMPD detective who was performing a traffic stop was watching porn on his cellphone at the time of the fiery collision, according to newly obtained documents.
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Seventeen days into his one-year prison sentence, a former LMPD detective walked out of jail Friday.
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Parents of several high school seniors say their kids will not be allowed to walk across the stage for their commencement ceremony Friday.
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Some high school students involved in a “disturbing video” have been punished, according to one of Louisville’s premiere Catholic high schools.
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Jack Harlow’s DJ has been indicted on a murder charge in connection to this month’s deadly shooting at Vibes, a Louisville nightclub.
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Medina Spirit won the 147th Kentucky Derby on May 1 at Churchill Downs. Eight days later, however, news hit that the colt had tested positive for an illegal amount of betamethasone.
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Just days after he announced an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a similar probe into the Louisville Metro Police Department.