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Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 1:59 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 1:12 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise, David Mattingly and Phylicia Ashley
Churchill Downs Inc. announced Thursday that it plans to open a new, casino-like entertainment venue in downtown Louisville.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 2:46 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 3:07 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 2:47 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 11:31 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 11:01 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 11:39 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise and Olivia Russell
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.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 2:45 PM EDT
|By Charles Gazaway and John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 12:51 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 8:51 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
A Louisville man was arrested and charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman near Iroquois Amphitheater in the middle of the afternoon Monday.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2021 at 10:47 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise
A bicyclist who was struck and killed Sunday has been identified.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 12:40 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 1:12 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Gov. Andy Beshear began his Team Kentucky update Thursday on a grim note.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 7:56 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise
A woman who was found dead in a trash can has been identified.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 10:47 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2021 at 12:02 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 10:35 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise, Phylicia Ashley and Tori Gessner
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.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 11:51 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and John P. Wise
It happened Wednesday evening around 7 p.m. at the Zaxby’s on Fern Valley Road.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 6:55 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise, Tori Gessner and Phylicia Ashley
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.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 12:06 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise, Phylicia Ashley and Shellie Sylvestri
A high school student was charged after a cafeteria brawl spilled outside into the parking lot of a local high school.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 2:51 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Joey Votto, the Cincinnati Reds’ all-star first baseman, homered in the first inning of Thursday’s game at the Chicago Cubs.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2021 at 2:52 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
The University of Louisville will require unvaccinated students, faculty and staff to be tested for COVID-19 ahead of the upcoming school year.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 12:39 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci are at it again.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2021 at 11:35 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise and Jerrica Valtierra
An inmate at the Department of Corrections in downtown Louisville has escaped, WAVE 3 News has learned.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 10:13 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise and Dustin Vogt
Louisville’s Metro Department of Corrections was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a pickup truck crashed into the building in downtown Louisville.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 1:19 PM EDT
|By Sarah Jackson, John P. Wise and Phylicia Ashley
These ramp improvements are part of the project to extend the life of the 59-year-old bridge that connects Louisville and New Albany.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2021 at 12:11 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 9:42 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Charles Dorsey Jr., better known as “Bud,” died Thursday, WAVE 3 News has learned. The famed Louisville photographer died at age 79.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 12:18 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise and Taylor Durden
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.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 12:11 AM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez, John P. Wise and Stephen Goin
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.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2021 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
The former Apollo High School and University of Kentucky star spilled some interesting gossip on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Tuesday.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer told WAVE 3 News on Wednesday that the media is to blame for the perception that downtown Louisville is unsafe.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2021 at 12:37 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2021 at 9:48 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Louisville Metro Council President David James on Sunday announced that he’s suspending his mayoral bid.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 1:58 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
The man accused of crashing into an LMPD cruiser and killing a detective will stand trial in October.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 1:25 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 12:08 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
The woman who was shot to death inside a home in Clarksville has been identified.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2021 at 11:03 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise and Phylicia Ashley
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.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 7:10 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Bob Baffert won’t be able to win another Kentucky Derby until 2024 at the earliest.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 5:19 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s positive, post-victory drug test was confirmed by a second sample, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2021 at 8:53 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise and Natalia Martinez
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.
Updated: May. 28, 2021 at 5:38 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Seventeen days into his one-year prison sentence, a former LMPD detective walked out of jail Friday.
Updated: May. 28, 2021 at 12:07 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise, Faith King and Taylor Durden
Parents of several high school seniors say their kids will not be allowed to walk across the stage for their commencement ceremony Friday.
Updated: May. 21, 2021 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
Some high school students involved in a “disturbing video” have been punished, according to one of Louisville’s premiere Catholic high schools.
Updated: May. 12, 2021 at 12:00 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise, Dustin Vogt and Jerrica Valtierra
Jack Harlow’s DJ has been indicted on a murder charge in connection to this month’s deadly shooting at Vibes, a Louisville nightclub.
Updated: May. 11, 2021 at 3:15 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2021 at 5:32 PM EDT
|By John P. Wise
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.
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