Brooke Hasch

1 month ago | whas11.com | Brooke Hasch

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In less than 24 hours, 84 veterans from World War II, Vietnam and the Korean War eras will board a plane to Washington D.C. for a day-long trip they’ve waited years to take. It’s the first Honor Flight Bluegrass trip of the year, and Lt. Col. Mary Clark is the only female veteran boarding Tuesday's flight. "It doesn’t seem like it’s been 50 years at all, " she said. "I can still see things as if it was yesterday." Clark joined the Air Force as a Lieutenant in the 1960’s.

1 month ago | whas11.com | Brooke Hasch

SPENCER COUNTY, Ky. — Next week, 84 local veterans will board a plane to Washington D.C. for the first Honor Flight Bluegrass trip of the year. It’s an all-expenses paid trip to see their national memorials, from World War II, to Korea and Vietnam, with a welcome home celebration they deserved decades ago. Two brothers who served during the Vietnam War, will be on that flight together, some 50 years after wearing the uniform.

1 month ago | whas11.com | Brooke Hasch

CHARLESTOWN, Ind. — Families who rely on Autism services are facing a crisis across Kentucky and Indiana. There’s a combination of factors, including limited resources, underfunding of Medicaid programs, and increased demand for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy. Over the last few months, we’ve followed the journey of a Louisville family fighting to find the best care for their son with autism, whose violent outbursts made it impossible to live at home.

2 months ago | whas11.com | Brooke Hasch

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In honor of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, we’re highlighting the work that happens on the other end of your 911 call, with the people you likely never see. Paula Lacey is a dispatcher at MetroSafe, and after 27 years on the job, she's ready to hang up her headset. Lacey works 16-hour shifts voluntarily, handling everyone else's emergencies. She dispatches fire, police and EMS crews and may also be the one who answers the call when you need help.

2 months ago | abc10.com | Brooke Hasch

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Every 8 minutes someone in the United States is added to the organ transplant waiting list. The majority are in need of a kidney. That was the case for Otway Mayfield, a Louisville native, whose long family history of kidney disease left no room for debate. He needed to find a donor. Little did he know at the time, it would be someone he knew. “Who would’ve thought all those years ago, that we’d end up here," Tywa Hughes said.