Ian Hardwitt

Louisville

Photojournalist at WHAS-TV (Louisville, KY)

visual journalist @WHAS11 | UofL Graduate | Probably wearing shorts

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Victims of Kentucky's historic flooding seek aid, buyouts as FEMA deadline nears

1 week ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

HARDIN COUNTY, Ky. — At least 2,400 Kentuckians have received individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for historic floods that began April 2. "The eighth-largest flood in our city's history," Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said. In response to a major disaster declaration for individual assistance declared April 24, then expanded May 14, $18.5 million in payments have gone out across the state so far.
Guides with guns—park rangers return to Louisville

1 week ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Louisville's Chief Park Ranger, James Brown, taking questions comes with the job. Before our ride-along interview began, a woman saw his marked car and asked about marks for walking lanes and one-way signs missing from Iroquois Park. Brown told her he would run her concerns through the Parks and Recreation Department, which he answers to. "Our primary mission and focus is just interacting with, and being a visible presence, to people who are in the park," he said.
Police search for Algonquin Park shooter as neighbors embrace public pool

1 week ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Memorial Day drew an optimistic crowd to Algonquin Park Pool—two days after Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) began searching for a shooter a witness described as a teenager with a rifle. The search is still ongoing. "Even though it was scary with the shooting stuff, there's still kids out here, the police are active. We should be alright," Adreian Colis said while poolside Monday. Nobody was injured—but it startled Elisha Maddox and her four-year-old daughter.
Mid City Mall may be redeveloped into 6-story mid-rise, councilman speculates

2 weeks ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Public remarks flew in rapid-fire one-minute spurts at a listening session Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. "I've always come back to Mid City Mall," one woman said about moving around Louisville's neighborhoods. "It's so essential to so many people," another chimed in. "We need to make it transit, walking and bike friendly," a man suggested. "What I'd like to see is something interesting architecturally," one resident remarked, sending the room into a chuckle.
Kentuckians fear FEMA denial as recovery from April flooding continues

2 weeks ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

NELSON COUNTY, Ky. — Doug Daniels stays with his daughter while his Nelson County home sits stripped of its walls. "Fifty-four inches down, because you can get the 54-inch drywall," the handyman said. It's work he did himself. "Took out the insulation," Daniels explained, walking us through his house. "You can see the white on the studs." It's a sealant he put on in 2010—the last time his house flooded before another came in April, caking the floors in mud.
Flooded farmer's deer face euthanasia by Kentucky Fish & Wildlife

2 weeks ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

KENTUCKY, USA — Tony Pivot walked his backyard in the rain. A month ago, it was all underwater—including the deer pens. Some deer swam over the enclosure as the historic flood waters rose, moving up the hill towards the house. "That's when we knew that the water had come up way faster than we ever thought it would," Pivot said. Water trapped him at home where he runs Derby City Whitetails Deer Farm in Nelson County. He raises deer for preserves. Later, they're hunted.
Kentucky tornado: Firefighters search for survivors

2 weeks ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jackson Medley was one of hundreds of firefighters statewide that searched the tornado wreckage left behind in southeastern Kentucky. He went on an eight-person rescue team from the Anchorage Middletown Fire and EMS department. "Nothing's standing," he said of the neighborhoods near the London-Corbin Airport. "There were piles of houses and what looks like roofs... A whole zip code of people who were just devastated.
Southern Indiana bridge could reopen in July

3 weeks ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

FLOYD COUNTY, Ind. — Drivers could be back on the 60-year-old Blackiston Mill Bridge by July. That’s the Floyd County Commission’s plan. But first, they need to remove Blackiston Mill Dam—which sits directly upstream of the bridge. “We have all of our applications for dam removal permits in," Commissioner Al Knable said. "They’re being processed by Indianapolis. We have an engineer on standby.
39 days later—FEMA disaster timeline after historic Kentucky flooding draws criticism

3 weeks ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

NELSON COUNTY, Ky. — The Trump administration approved an expansion of Kentucky's April flooding request on Wednesday—declaring Nelson County a major disaster. That was 39 days after Tommy Hedden was rescued from his farmhouse in the county, south of Boston. "It's never gonna be a home again," he said, standing inside the gutted home. To stay, he said the Kentucky Division of Water needed him to raise the house 15 feet up into the air. "Where do I have this money?
Louisville food bank concerned as Congress looks to SNAP benefit reform

3 weeks ago | whas11.com | Ian Hardwitt

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — "One?" Mark Jenkins asked a food pantry volunteer at Neighborhood House in Portland. "Just one today," the volunteer replied. Jenkins picked up canned tomatoes, along with pork chops, fresh bread and more groceries. He's a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient. The program, formerly known as food stamps, isn't always enough. "Anybody can fall short," he said.