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Mans best friend to the end Dog stands watch over owners body in tornado wreckage
MOORE, OK - The Oklahoma County Sheriff's office tweeted a photo of a frightened, muddy dog Monday after a deadly EF-5 tornado ripped through the town. The comment accompanying the photo said, "scared, but this little pup survived." On Tuesday, the photo became more poignant when the owner's body was discovered near where the pup was standing watch. "Man's best ...
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PRPs Miller sets new record with win 1007
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Bill Miller now stands alone. He is the all-time winningest baseball coach in Kentucky high school history. Pleasure Ridge Park's 12-0 win at home over Valley on Tuesday night in a 21st district semifinal was win #1,007 for Miller. That is one more than Larry Gumm won at Green County. Miller is 1,007-264 in 34 seasons as the Panthers head coach."I didn't ...
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New ordinance cracks down on parents allowing underage drinking parties
SHELBYVILLE, KY (WAVE) – The Shelbyville City Council is in the process of adopting a new ordinance that makes it easier to hold parents responsible if underage drinking goes on at their house. "Sometimes as parents if we are not careful we become their friend, instead of their adult," said Mike Zoeller, Shelbyville City ...
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Woman brags about hit-and-run on Twitter cops tweet back
An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled ...
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Teen forced into car trunk over borrowed money
"(Smith) went to remove her from the trunk of the vehicle, and she was able to escape and flee on foot from the vehicle," said Lt. Todd Kessinger, of the Louisville Metro Police ...
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Gun shop owner has plans for firearms university in Jefferson County
Matt Gumersell has lofty plans to expand his gun shop business to another section of the county.There's no secret to his timing. Gun sales are booming, and in Jefferson County alone, more concealed-carry permits have been issued this year than all of last.Gumersell, the owner of Sovereign Arms in Arnold, has his eye on the grounds of a shuttered Catholic school in the Imperial area. He ...
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Police Man on billboard platform smelled like marijuana
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Police made a bizarre arrest near Bowman Field in Louisville. Monday, Louisville Metro police officers were called to the Bearno's on Taylorsville Road on a report of a suspicious person. The caller stated two men had climbed on top of Bearno's Pizza, then climbed on top of the billboard adjacent to the restaurant. When officers arrived on the scene they saw ...
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Teen who smirked gets maximum sentence in slaying
A South Bend teenager who angered a judge by smirking during his sentencing for killing a 16-year-old boy has received the maximum time behind bars allowed under a plea agreement. St. Joseph ...
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Tornado among strongest storms to hit US
The tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburbs this week ranks among the strongest storms ever to strike the United States, packing powerful winds that topped 200 ...
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Bold and the Beautiful to air overnight Wheel of Fortune on MeTV
Sun was hard to come by in Moore, Oklahoma, Tuesday. The sky still looked menacing, dark and foggy. Mist turned to rain. Lightning struck. From the air, this suburb outside Oklahoma City looked like flattened cardboard. On the ground, homes were ...
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Troubled relationship might have led to mans shooting death family says
The family of a man who was shot to death at his ex-girlfriend's home in Ramsey, Ind., said the man's troubled relationship might have led to his death ...
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Former officer shot in line of duty dies
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A former firefighter and police officer, who was shot in the line of duty, has died. According to Supporting Heroes, Detective Bobby Branham, died on May 14, following a surgery he had performed due to complications of a gunshot wound he sustained on July 16, 1972. After he was shot, Branham spent over eight months in the hospital and underwent eight surgeries in ...
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Man arrested for allegedly kidnapping teen
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A Louisville man is behind bars for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old girl and holding her at gunpoint. Louisville Metro Police arrested Bryan M. Smith, 20, on Sunday. Detectives say on Saturday, an unidentified juvenile told police that Smith accused her of stealing money from him. According to police, Smith forced the juvenile into a car by gunpoint and eventually ...
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NWS OK tornado was top-of-the-scale
Rescuers worked all night at Plaza Towers Elementary, where they hope survivors can still be found alive after a deadly tornado destroyed the school. (Source: ...
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More tornadoes possible in 4 states Tuesday
Residents in tornado-stricken Moore, OK, await news on missing love ones Tuesday, a day after a massive tornado devastated the city, killing at least 51. Rescuers worked all night, with particular ...
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Man shot and killed in Harrison Co. identified
HARRISON COUNTY, IN (WAVE) – A man shot and killed Monday in Ramsey, IN has been identified. Indiana State Police said an autopsy conducted at the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office found that Joe Johnson, 33, of Louisville died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. Autopsy results will not be complete for about six weeks when toxicology tests are finished. A preliminary ...
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Tenants inspect units after Highlands apartment fire
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – One day after fire ripped through a Highlands apartment, several tenants returned to salvage what was left of their homes. Tenants returned to a variety of destruction at the fire damaged apartment along the 1000 block of Cherokee Road. Some tenants' units endured only smoke and water damage, while other tenants lost everything from furniture to clothing in ...
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Louisville students get one-on-one with Dalai Lama
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Study hard, be kind, put others first. Lessons adults try to teach children every day. Tuesday students from around Louisville got those lessons from a world leader. The students filled the Kentucky Center Tuesday morning to ask the Dalai Lama their own questions. While they knew he would speak about compassion, they said there's a lot they told him they were ...
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Oklahoma tornado cuts 17-mile path
Search-and-rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life a day after a monster tornado pulverized a vast swath of suburbs of Oklahoma ...
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Section of Broadway shut down after water main break
According to the LWC the main break was eight inches wide and caused 40 to 50 businesses and homes in the area to have low pressure or no ...
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Man held for stalking family of Jennifer Lawrence
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A Chinese-born Canadian citizen is being held for stalking the family of Academy Award-winning actress and Louisville native Jennifer Lawrence. The Indian Hills Police Department said Han Cong Zhao contacted the brother of Jennifer Lawrence more than 200 times and left a threatening voice mail message. During a recent court appearance, Jefferson District Court ...
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Local volunteers headed to Oklahoma for tornado relief
Those volunteers headed out Tuesday morning. They're now in the middle of a 12-hour drive to Oklahoma, but that's just the beginning of the work they have ...
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Weather service Okla. Tornado was EF5
Search and rescue crews with dogs went through smashed houses and crushed cars on Tuesday, looking for signs of life in the aftermath of the monster tornado that pulverized a vast swath of Oklahoma City's ...
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Chemical prompts bomb squad response at Jefferson County school
The bomb squad from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is responding to West Jefferson Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.The sheriff's office reports that students were evacuated from the school, 9449 S. Barnes Ave., Conifer, after an unstable item was found in a chemistry lab.The evacuated students were gathered at the football field while the danger was assessed.The incident ...
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Pregnant woman accused of driving drunk
Sarah Ricketts was pulled over Monday night for speeding. A trooper said he smelled alcohol and noticed an open bottle of vodka. Police say Ricketts, who is six months pregnant, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 percent. She was arrested on a preliminary charge of driving while intoxicated with a prior DUI conviction. Ricketts was being held without bond at the Vanderburgh County ...
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Louisville recieves grant to redress racial legacy
The history of Louisville is a story of courage, human tenacity and vision, oppression, redemption, slavery and equality. Modern day Louisville has political and legal equality enshrined in its culture like any other major city in the modern world, but the blight of racism remains, in the socio-economic character of the city.
Fortunately, the W.K Kellogg Foundation is playing a part, along with many other organizations on a local and national level, in providing the city with the societal progress needed to eliminate those legacies that linger from the past, the legacy of the slave trade, of the civil rights movement and the violence and backward tendencies that accompanied them. Read more
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