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  • Aug 5, 2024 | wave3.com | John Boel

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - In the Commonwealth of Kentucky, parents of children with special needs because of severe health conditions are supposed to get help if they are granted what's called a "waiver."Waivers get them access to Kentucky Medicaid programs that help with a wide variety of care and living assistance. In my last report on this subject, Jeremy Haydon qualified for all the waivers he supposedly needed for his son Andrew.

  • Jun 17, 2024 | wave3.com | John Boel

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Quirky. Eclectic. Charming. Bardstown Road: a mesmerizing row of restaurants, bars, boutiques, galleries, coffee shops, and nightclubs. It's upscale yet it's discount. It's hippie yet it's yuppie. But there's one spot where quirky gets murky. Eclectic turns to hectic. Charming becomes harming. "Last July we had a murder right there 75 feet from here," Bonnycastle Club President Mark Blankenbaker said. "This second house had bullet holes in their bathtub.

  • May 23, 2024 | wave3.com | John Boel

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Savonia Esters has had a life filled with health problems. The worst of it is cancer left undiagnosed until 2013. "By then it had spread all through my body," Esters said. "I had someone come in and take care of me. Also, my mom and son taking care of me."She had a pain pump surgically implanted to deliver regulated amounts of narcotic medication directly into her spinal fluid. "It helped a lot," Esters said.

  • Apr 25, 2024 | wave3.com | John Boel

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Thirty-seven years had passed since the last Triple Crown winner and some were lobbying for a format change, contending it was just too difficult anymore. Thirteen times after Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 1978 a horse won the Derby and the Preakness then faltered in the Belmont. "Touch Gold wins it by half a length, denying Silver Charm who finished second his triple crown," the race announcer said.

  • Apr 24, 2024 | wave3.com | John Boel

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - It's the longest continuously held annual sporting event in the world. Never cancelled. A World War couldn't stop it. A Great Flood couldn't swamp it. Not even terminated by a tornado outbreak. Until 2020 when a world pandemic and then a pandemic of protests left us wondering if the Kentucky Derby would happen at all.

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