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Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 4:56 PM EST
|By Mark Stevens
The attorney argues Indiana can't prove a crime took place within the state
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Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 7:29 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
A damning lawsuit has been filed in federal court based on numerous allegations against Kentucky’s Department of Juvenile Justice.
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Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 11:55 AM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
The New York Times premiered a documentary Tuesday on the final moments of Jarod Draper’s life.
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Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 4:15 PM EST
|By Mark Stevens
State law grants judge executives full police powers if they also serve as their county's alcoholic beverage control administrator
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 11:40 AM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
The federal lawsuit was filed Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 5:35 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
The lawsuit’s finalizing came on the same day a former LMPD officer was sentenced in relation to the incident in June 2020.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:51 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
A juvenile detention facility in Lyndon previously shut down after a series of violent problems will reopen soon.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:33 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
Yet another shooting is identified as having a connection to a 600-round gang shootout at Louisville apartment complex.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 6:59 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
One of the city’s major departments is in the middle of an investigation for allegations of discrimination.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 3:17 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez and Dustin Vogt
The shooting happened on New Years Eve at the Enclave at Breckenridge apartments in Hikes Point.
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Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 6:24 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
A Louisville apartment complex finds itself in the middle of one of the biggest shootouts the city has recently seen, with more than 600 casings found by LMPD.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 6:04 PM EST
|By Brandon Spencer
Louisville Metro residents are frustrated after going weeks without mail from USPS.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 5:57 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
On Friday, one issue managed to unite both parties on the Senate floor, that something must be done about Kentucky’s Juvenile Justice System.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 6:58 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
The mother told the deputy, “It’s graveyard dirt for my rituals is all it is...it doesn’t hurt anyone. It ain’t going to do nothing but give you a curse. That’s about it. I don’t do drugs.”
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 12:33 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
Just when the story of the so-called Cocaine Bear, a drug-sniffing movie celebrity couldn’t get any weirder, it does.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 6:35 PM EST
|By John Boel
"There was nothing in her apartment that was illegal."
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 11:15 AM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
This comes after multiple riots, people getting hurt and accusations of sexual assault and cover-ups exposed by WAVE News Troubleshooters.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 10:39 AM EST
|By Mark Stevens
The worker has not been identified by the coroner's office.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 3:55 PM EST
|By Mark Stevens
A city code inspector ordered an emergency demolition after the fire department requested an inspection of the property.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 6:52 PM EST
|By Brandon Spencer
The Interdenominational Ministerial Coalition held a press conference to address issues at the Adair County Juvenile Detention Center and let parents address their concerns.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 12:19 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez and Brandon Spencer
The incident, which happened around February 2021, was captured by what appears to be a cruiser’s dash camera.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 11:40 AM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
An employee was also severely beaten by at least one teenage detainee.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 12:15 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
This brings the total number of guns found this school year to 14, compared to eight this time last school year.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 4:52 PM EST
|By Natalia Martinez
The facility housed teens mostly accused of violent crimes.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 5:56 PM EDT
|By WAVE Staff
Gary Thompson was jailed and chased out of places all around Kentucky and earned the nickname, “The Bogus Beggar.”
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
LMPD Chief Erika Shields is calling for more transparency and believes the public should be able to know which judges are doing what.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
The suspect accused of killing two young girls in Delphi had developed pictures for one of the victim’s families.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 10:39 PM EDT
|By Mark Stevens
The two were recorded on surveillance video at the South Carolina home of the daughter of a man running for Clark County sheriff.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 5:21 PM EDT
|By Mark Stevens
A door closing access to the judge's bench is missing in courtroom 203.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 11:00 PM EDT
|By John Boel
More than 500 light poles rendered useless because someone has been stealing the high grade copper wiring inside.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 6:00 PM EDT
|By John Boel
One Kentucky family was told they need to sign their special needs child over and put them in the state’s care in order to get help.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
After blistering reports of assaults, violations and chaos at a juvenile detention center in Lyndon, the state’s Oversight and Investigations Committee held its first hearing Thursday.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
After scathing allegations against a state-run juvenile detention center in Lyndon, the Louisville Metro is welcoming a national symposium on juvenile services.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By John Boel
Donna Purvis is co-sponsoring an ordinance amendment that would require random code enforcement inspections at rental properties and create a registry to ensure properties are up to code.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 5:20 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
“You are more than entitled to have your personal opinions,” she said. “You are not entitled to bring those to work, especially when you are a public servant.”
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 3:10 PM EDT
|By Mark Stevens
The door locks have been recommended since Sandy Hook, but 25% of public schools do not have them
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
From riots, fights, assaults on staff and teens having sex, some are urging for the Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Center to be closed down.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 7:42 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
A former Louisville Metro Police detective who was charged for alleged civil rights violations in relation to the Breonna Taylor raid will not stand trial until next year.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By John Boel
Gary Thompson was jailed and chased out of places all around Kentucky and earned the nickname, “The Bogus Beggar.”
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By Mark Stevens
The reform is part of over one hundred identified by an independent review.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 5:11 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
A former FBI agent and former long-time federal prosecutor said Joshua Jaynes, one of the LMPD officers indicted federally in relation to the death of Breonna Taylor, has not been given a legally fair shot even before his trial begins.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 4:07 PM EDT
|By Connie Leonard
It involves people pretending to be law enforcement, who have an effective way to get money out of victims.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 8:35 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
A former LMPD officer who was sentenced to five years in prison for charges of sexual misconduct and possessing child pornography has been released early.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Connie Leonard
Now several area builders are pumped to show off their latest creations at Homearama this weekend.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 5:35 PM EDT
|By Mark Stevens
Money doesn’t fall from trees, but two dozen homeowners feel like they threw their money away after a tree contractor cashed their checks and didn’t do the work.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 2:58 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
Hankison was indicted August 4 along with three other former officers on charges related to the raid that resulted in Taylor’s death on March 13, 2020.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez
The Narcan boxes are going to be placed in every dorm at LMDC, something that Collins said no other jail in the country has attempted.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:39 PM EDT
|By Connie Leonard
Social media is sharing the ways employers are pushing people out instead of firing them outright.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Connie Leonard
Rent, mortgage payments and utility bills are going up and many families are having trouble keeping up.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 3:56 PM EDT
|By Mark Stevens
The fire marshal's emergency order declared the electrical hazard so dangerous to life and limb, the yacht club must be closed.