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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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.
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Breonna Taylor’s mother called out Black Lives Matter Louisville and Kentucky Rep. Attica Scott, using the word “fraud” to describe both in a Facebook post.
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While Constance Miller was being booked into the Jennings County Jail, the child was placed in the care of Child Services until other arrangements were made.
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Bruno Castillo-Juarez is accused in an August carjacking, and also faces charges of receiving and distributing child pornography.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday that he’ll lift statewide COVID restrictions once 2.5 million Kentuckians have been vaccinated.
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced in a statement Thursday the sentencing of 35-year-old Christopher Bauda (pictured), who was arrested for the crimes last year.
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It turned out that convicted felon Keith Stull also was wanted on a prior charge for allegedly robbing an AutoZone store at gunpoint.
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Hess was heavily involved in the investigation and arrest of Eric Conn, a Kentucky doctor who pleaded guilty to a $500 million Social Security fraud scheme, then fled the country before being captured in Honduras in 2017.
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Hours before a man was scheduled to appear in court to possibly learn whether he could be involuntarily sentenced to a mental facility, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed into law the very measure that would allow such a ruling.
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The University of Louisville and the University of Georgia on Wednesday announced they will play each other in two football games in the near future, according to multiple reports.
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Jefferson County Judge Ann Bailey Smith on Thursday rejected former LMPD Det. Brett Hankison’s request to have his case moved out of the county.
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Two teen boys shot in Panama City Beach, Fla., overnight were from the Louisville area, WAVE 3 News has learned.
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The Kentucky Derby Festival Pegasus Parade could be coming to your neighborhood this year, organizers announced Tuesday.
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Former LMPD officer Brad Schuhmann was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation, with six months of home confinement, for his role in the department’s Explorer program sex scandal.
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A police chase through Louisville ended with an LMPD officer shooting a suspect Tuesday afternoon.
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Damien Carter was arraigned Tuesday morning on robbery and assault charges.
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The body of Jacob Stover, the Prospect teenager who went kayaking from Cox Park in January and then disappeared, was pulled from the Ohio River near the Newburgh Dam.
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The man once charged with attempted murder of a police officer the night of the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment had his charges dropped Monday.
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Kroger reported a more than 8-percent sales spike in 2020, a year that saw shoppers bulk buy and hunker down amid a global health emergency.
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The body of a Kentucky man who disappeared last week may have been found in the Grand Canyon.
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Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio said Thursday that schools across the district are ready to get back into the classroom.
Brett Hankison was one of three LMPD officers who fired their weapons at Taylor’s apartment last year, leaving the 26-year-old woman bleeding to death in the hallway of her Louisville apartment.
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A demonstrative Mayor Greg Fischer on Thursday introduced the results of an exhaustive, independent review of the Louisville Metro Police Department.