Alena Noakes

Louisville

Political and Investigative Reporter at KALB-TV (Alexandria, LA)

Reporter @wave3news in Louisville, KY / Formerly KALB in Alexandria, LA

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Troubleshooters: Caterer of “pop-up party” cited by Metro ABC

1 week ago | wave3.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville Metro ABC has cited the caterer for Saturday’s “illegal pop-up party”. Stella’s Venue on River Road was hosting an event on Saturday night with a crowd that grew into several hundred, topping 1,000 both inside and outside the venue at one point in the night. Metro ABC officers said it was significantly over capacity and involved underage drinking.
Crystal Rogers Case: Second trial set to start in one week in Warren County

1 week ago | wbko.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - One week remains until the second trial in the disappearance and presumed death of Bardstown mom, Crystal Rogers. The trial of Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson is set to begin on Tuesday in Warren County. Houck is charged with complicity to murder and tampering with evidence. Lawson is charged with conspiracy to murder and tampering with evidence.
Crystal Rogers Case: Second trial set to start in one week in Warren County

1 week ago | wave3.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - One week remains until the second trial in the disappearance and presumed death of Bardstown mom, Crystal Rogers. The trial of Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson is set to begin on Tuesday in Warren County. Houck is charged with complicity to murder and tampering with evidence. Lawson is charged with conspiracy to murder and tampering with evidence.
LMPD reports ‘uneventful’ Friday night in Highlands with increased presence

1 week ago | wave3.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - On Facebook Saturday, LMPD boasted a ‘calm, safe and uneventful’ Friday nightlife scene in the Highlands, an entertainment area that has had crowds get out of hand and violent in recent weeks. “No arrests, two vehicles towed, and plenty of good times at our lively local businesses last night,” LMPD posted on social media. On June 1, multiple people were arrested after a fight broke out on Bardstown Road near Grinstead Drive.
Complete game, walk-off earn Louisville high schools state titles in softball, baseball

2 weeks ago | wave3.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The KHSAA Baseball and Softball State Championships wrapped up in thrilling fashion in Lexington on Saturday. In softball, the Assumption High School Rockets of Louisville won the first state title in school history in a 4-2 win over the Henderson County High School Colonels, the 2024 defending state champions. Assumption and Henderson County were close until the 7th inning, when the Rockets surged ahead, adding two more to a 2-1 game.
‘That’s a horrible area’: Truck driver pushes for safety changes after crash on I-65

2 weeks ago | wave3.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Crashes happen on I-65 a lot. But for truck drivers, hauling thousands of pounds of product on a vehicle triple the size of a four-door sedan, a crash can be catastrophic. Louisville was close to seeing that Friday, after a truck caught on fire dangling off the interstate just south of the Kennedy Bridge, plummeting to the ground. Truck drivers say that without some kind of change, that will not be the last time. “That’s a bad spot.
Business owner files trademark lawsuit in fight to keep decades-old animal control operation

2 weeks ago | wave3.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A business owner WAVE has received complaints about many times before has been slapped with a federal lawsuit accusing him of trademark infringement. Beau Gast owns the Humane Wildlife Control Services, LLC, operating under 30 assumed names.
Fans pour into Jim Patterson Stadium for a rainy NCAA Super Regional weekend

3 weeks ago | wave3.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - As the University of Louisville took on the University of Miami for the first of a best-of-three Super Regional series, and the fans poured in, so did the rain. Game one began on a delay at 3:36 p.m., about half an hour after the scheduled start time, due to inclement weather. Fans who made their way to the stadium early got inside before gates briefly closed due to lightning in the area.
Missouri students help solve 2022 Louisville missing persons case

3 weeks ago | wkyt.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A team of anthropology students in Missouri has helped bring closure to the family of Robert Eaton, Jr., a Louisville man who was last seen alive at Caesars Southern Indiana Casino in February 2022. Eaton’s family has searched for three years for answers without any hope of finding him. They did not know, however, that his remains were no longer in Indiana or Kentucky, but rather had traveled down the Mississippi River to New Madrid County in Missouri.
Missouri students help solve 2022 Louisville missing persons case

3 weeks ago | wave3.com | Alena Noakes

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A team of anthropology students in Missouri has helped bring closure to the family of Robert Eaton, Jr., a Louisville man who was last seen alive at Caesars Southern Indiana Casino in February 2022. Eaton’s family has searched for three years for answers without any hope of finding him. They did not know, however, that his remains were no longer in Indiana or Kentucky, but rather had traveled down the Mississippi River to New Madrid County in Missouri.