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Doug Proffitt

Louisville

WHAS 11 (ABC) 5,6 & 11pm News Anchor. 📺 38 years . Louisville KY native. 🎥 The home of legends: Monica Kaufman Pearson, Cawood Ledford,Chuck Olmstead🎥

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  • 1 month ago | livingstonenterprise.com | Doug Proffitt

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  • 2 months ago | whas11.com | Doug Proffitt

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — “It’s still an aching loneliness. The house is very quiet.” In her first interview since the Old National Bank mass shooting two years ago that killed her husband and four others, Maryanne Elliott shares why she’s finally able to talk publicly. That day, April 10, 2023, she remembers what she was doing at 8:38 a.m., the exact time of the shooting.

  • Nov 27, 2024 | whas11.com | Doug Proffitt

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The son of a woman who broke barriers in the journalism industry visited the WHAS11 archives on Monday, and it took him down memory lane. Jim Sciutto's mother, Liz Sciutto, worked at WHAS-TV in 1951. The station hired her right out of school, and she became the first female film editor in Louisville. The late Milton Metz, of WHAS-TV & Radio, also believed she was the first female film editor in the country at that time.

  • Nov 4, 2024 | whas11.com | Doug Proffitt

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville church is opening its sanctuary for a few hours on Election Day. Gail Henson, with St. Paul United Methodist at 2000 Douglass Boulevard in the Highlands of Louisville told WHAS11 News, “It just seems like it’s so needed.” In a statement, the church says "with many residents experiencing significant anxiety over the Tuesday, November 5 Election, we are opening our doors for meditation and prayer to the public during voting hours." Senior Pastor Rev.

  • Sep 27, 2024 | whas11.com | Doug Proffitt

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There is no tornado in the Metro Louisville area. Just before 8 p.m. Friday night, The National Weather Service in Louisville reported a single Tornado Warning Siren had been activated in Jeffersontown. Louisville Metro Emergency Services said it was a malfunction and that there are no active weather warnings in Metro Louisville.

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Doug Proffitt WHAS11 News Anchor
Doug Proffitt WHAS11 News Anchor @WHAS11Doug
11 Jun 25

FIRST INTERVIEW: New JCPS Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood comes to WHAS11 for first comments since being hired amid surveys that wanted the other candidate, Ben Shuldiner. https://t.co/elxTkgE8MZ

Doug Proffitt WHAS11 News Anchor
Doug Proffitt WHAS11 News Anchor @WHAS11Doug
11 Jun 25

RT @slabdaddyWx: the meteorologist who devised the windchill factor has died. he was 86. but he felt like 75.

Doug Proffitt WHAS11 News Anchor
Doug Proffitt WHAS11 News Anchor @WHAS11Doug
10 Jun 25

JUST IN: New developments barely two weeks after WHAS 11 Focus Investigator Travis Breese first reported on the questionable deal in Washington County IN and a higher bid. Today: saving taxpayers their $$$! @tbreeseontv @WHAS11

Travis Breese
Travis Breese @tbreeseontv

After receiving a letter from INDOT informing them their May 6 vote was illegal, the Washington County Commissioners voted 2-1 just now to give the $1.8 mil. Community Crossings Grant to C&R construction, the low bid. ⁦@WHAS11⁩ https://t.co/zGgRJBhqfG