Hayden Ristevski

1 week ago | wdrb.com | Hayden Ristevski

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) -- One of Kentucky's most popular distilleries spent much of this week under water and now, hundreds of people are working around the clock at Buffalo Trace to clean up the mess left behind. "In our 200 plus year history ... we have lived though a few floods,” Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley said. But this week brought some of the most severe flooding Buffalo Trace Distillery has ever seen.

3 weeks ago | wdrb.com | Hayden Ristevski

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Sophisticated scammers have a bullseye on Kentuckiana because there are several toll bridges in the area. They want to make drivers who pay those tolls victims to their scams, which come in the form of a text. Kenette Middlebrooks and Brittany Hardeman have both received scam texts in recent weeks. "Why am I receiving these annoying text messages," Middlebrooks asked. "I've gotten like four or five, literally in the last two or three weeks," Hardeman said.

4 weeks ago | wdrb.com | Hayden Ristevski

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Carmakers could face higher costs and see lower sales as a result of President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcement Wednesday, a 25% hike on auto imports. The "permanent" tariffs, which the White House expects to raise $100 billion in revenue annually, could be complicated as even U.S. automakers source their components from around the world.

1 month ago | wdrb.com | Hayden Ristevski

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDRB) -- As Kentucky patients wait for medical marijuana in their state, one company shared an inside look at a cultivation facility in Ohio to help increase transparency around the state's rollout of its medical marijuana program. Cresco Labs runs its cultivation facility in Yellow Springs, a few hours north of Louisville. A look inside its operation is a look into the future of Kentucky's medical marijuana business.

Jan 24, 2025 | wdrb.com | Hayden Ristevski

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- When temperatures drop, renters have the right to a warm home. But the city of Louisville has already taken 90 complaints about properties without heat so far this winter. Here's what you can do if the heat goes out. Kimberly Nolet lives at the Vue Apartments on Third Street. She said she's been without water and heat for much of this week. "I would say the thermostat is registered at like 25 degrees," Nolet said.