Louisville attractions are as enticing as ever, including a healthy fine-arts scene, interesting architecture both old and new and, of course, the Kentucky Derby: As it has done for more than 120 years, the race and associated events transform the town each spring.
Gas plant explosion rocks Texas town; no injuries Wave 3 Fire officials say there's been an explosion at a natural gas plant in a town south of Austin, Texas, but no injuries have been reported. Witnesses say flames shot 400 feet...
Bayh to face off with Jon Stewart Wave 3 Indiana Senator Evan Bayh is scheduled to make his first appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The show broadcast on Comedy Central says the Democratic senator will...
Police looking for suspect who fired at officers Wave 3 Police in central Kentucky say they are searching for a person who fired shots at officers in a mobile home park. Campbellsville Police spokesman Ronnie Dooley said officers...
Most of those arrested for looting not charged Wave 3 Most of the people arrested for looting after the June flooding in Columbus have been cleared of criminal charges. Of the 24 arrested for theft, only seven still face charges....
Doctor stripped of medical license Wave 3 A doctor accused of improperly writing drug prescriptions and having sex with his patients has been stripped of his medical license. The Indiana Medical Licensing Board voted 6-0...
Holiday and hurricane could mean double whammy at gas pumps Wave 3 ... email As forecasters are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Gustav, expected to gain strength as it heads toward the Gulf Coast, motorists are keeping an eye on rising gas...
Athletics fields close after fire ant invasion Wave 3 An invasion of fire ants following heavy rains in East Tennessee has shut down all athletic fields at the Athens Regional Park. City Parks and Recreation Director Austin Fesmire...
Scaffold collapses in San Diego, injuring 9 Wave 3 Fire officials say a scaffold has collapsed over a walkway at a downtown San Diego construction site, injuring nine people. Fire spokesman Daniel Calderon says two of those injured...
Bill Clinton forcefully endorses Obama Wave 3 Former President Clinton has pledged to cheering Democratic National Convention delegates to strongly support Barack Obama's campaign for the White House. Clinton told the...
Clinton releases delegates ahead of roll call Wave 3 Less than an hour before the Democratic convention calls the roll of the states, Hillary Rodham Clinton began an emotional gathering with her delegates Wednesday by telling them she was...
Top Iraqi official detained at Baghdad airport Wave 3 An Iraqi official says U.S. forces have arrested Ali al-Lami, a top Shiite in charge of keeping senior supporters of Saddam Hussein out of the government. The official, Qaiser Watout...
JCPS launches probe into death of PRP player Wave 3 ... email Wednesday, family, friends, and classmates of a Pleasure Ridge Park High football player said their final goodbyes to Max Gilpin. But one week after Gilpin collapsed...
Ivy Tech enrollment up 11 percent this year Wave 3 More than 86,000 students are attending the 23 Ivy Tech Community College campuses in Indiana this year. That's an 11 percent increase from last year. Ivy Tech was founded in...
Judge unseals some documents in Gail Coontz investigation Wave 3 ... email The mother accused of killing her two children and then showing up at the University of Louisville with a gun was in court Wednesday. In early July, The Courier-Journal...
Obama makes brief convention appearance Wave 3 Senator Barack Obama has traveled to the Democratic National Convention arena, making an unscheduled and unscripted appearance to join the party in celebrating his historic presidential...
Small-town Ky. mayor, son charged with vote buying Wave 3 A small-town mayor and his son in eastern Kentucky have been indicted in federal court on vote-buying charges. Court documents say 73-year-old Pineville Mayor Bob Madon and his...
Widow of Flight 5191 Wave 3 ... when Comair flight 5191 crashed at just after takeoff from Lexington's Blue Grass Airport killing 49 of the 50 people...
Woman raped, assaulted and left for dead; suspect arrested Wave 3 A 58-year-old man remained in jail and a woman was hospitalized in critical condition after what Kentucky State Police described as a brutal attack. Trooper Steve Pavey says...
Tropical Storm Hanna forms in Atlantic Wave 3 The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Hanna has formed northeast of the northern Leeward Islands in the Atlantic. The eighth tropical storm of the Atlantic season had top...
MySpace pulls family pictures of burned child from site Wave 3 ... email On the popular social networking site MySpace.com, you can find pictures of almost anything, including violence and nudity. But WAVE 3's Scott Harvey reports that one...
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