Logan Perrone

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - On West Hill Street between Dixie Highway and 15 street, drivers exceeding the speed limit is almost a certainty and crashes are common. “It’s about the worst road I’ve been on since I’ve been here,” resident Robert Reisinger said. “People fly up, down.”WAVE first reported on the stretch of road after an unmarked LMPD car was T-boned back on March 6, sending one officer to the hospital.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - LMPD released body camera video on Wednesday showing the moment Sgt. Kristopher Pedigo shot 55-year-old Daniel Gish during an incident on April 26th. Police say Gish was distraught in the driveway with a gun to his head, which can be seen in the video. It’s the situation police don’t want to find themselves in, but one they face often. Deputy Chief Emily McKinley says Sgt. Pedigo followed his training. “He was taking control of the situation,” McKinley said.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - By 5:30 p.m. Tuesday night, the line to get into Tuesday’s community meeting at the Cyril Allgeier Community Center, hosted by the non-profit Kentucky Tennis and Pickleball Inc., spanned hundreds of people and stretched out the building. The vast majority in that line showed up to voice their opposition to a $65 million dollar project proposal at Joe Creason Park for a complex with 54 indoor and outdoor courts, a restaurant, a health club, and more.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Over the same weekend Louisville hosted the Kentucky Derby, five people were left dead from a string of violent crime. “This weekend was extremely concerning to me,” Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerina Whethers said. Less people have been killed in the city this year compared to last year. The weekend deaths show just what Whethers’ office is up against. They’re doing the work with a team of more than 40 prosecutors looking at roughly 4,500 cases.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - If three words can sum up the Kentucky Derby, The Louisville Cigar Company owner Josh Pickett might know them as much as anyone. “Derby has always been horses, and bourbon, and cigars,” he said. Pickett brought the latter two together when he opened his cigar bar and speakeasy on Baxter Avenue back in November. A new metro exemption went into place on April 24 allowing smoking inside cigar bars. The change comes just in time for Derby 151. “It’s a dream come true,” he said.