WAVE-TV (Louisville, KY)

WAVE is a television station that operates on virtual channel 3 and UHF digital channel 36. It is affiliated with NBC and is based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The station is owned by Gray Television, which is headquartered in Atlanta. WAVE's studios can be found on South Floyd Street in downtown Louisville, while its transmitter is situated in New Albany, Indiana, sharing space with the transmitter of CBS affiliate WLKY, channel 32.

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#60832

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#11613

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Camp Taylor pool won’t reopen till summer 2026, Mayor Greenberg says

1 day ago | wave3.com | Samantha Murray |Logan Perrone

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - With spring in full swing, the dog days of summer are right around the corner. However, the days of cooling off at the Camp Taylor pool are going to have to wait another summer. Mayor Craig Greenberg made the announcement Tuesday morning, saying January’s winter storm, plus the recent rain and flooding, have delayed the construction schedule so much so that the pool won’t open until next summer. It’s been closed since 2019 and is currently undergoing renovations.
Kentucky teen recognized for work helping clear roads in recent flood

1 day ago | wave3.com | Phil Pendleton

STANFORD, Ky. (WKYT) -A southern Kentucky teenager was recognized Tuesday for helping people during recent flooding. High water pushed a lot of debris over roads in Lincoln County on April 4. Numerous roads were closed in the area. Gilbert’s Creek was among them. It has flooded a lot, but people in the area say what happened on April 4 was like something they’ve never seen. “I don’t know. The water was really high. Kind of went down there and moved some stuff.
JCPS concerned about proposed plan shifting Churchill Downs payments from school district to city

1 day ago | wave3.com | Samantha Murray

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Jefferson County Public Schools says they were not made aware of a potential change to Louisville Metro’s lease agreement with Churchill Downs that would get rid of the racetrack’s payment to JCPS. Churchill Downs, which is owned by the city, is exempt from paying property taxes but has made annual payments to JCPS that are supposed to be the equalvalent to what the track would pay in taxes if it were privately owned.
31 trees planted around Lynn Family Stadium for Earth Day

1 day ago | wave3.com | Samantha Murray

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - New trees were planted at Lynn Family Stadium Tuesday to soon bring some shade to your walks to the game. Stadium employees joined Racing Louisville defender Lauren Milliet for some Earth Day tree planting. They put in around 31 trees on the west side of the campus. A lot of that area is exposed to the sun. Oaks, Magnolias and Honey Locusts are among the tree species that were planted today.
Immigrant family suffers horrific dog attack just weeks after moving into Algonquin home

1 day ago | wave3.com | David Mattingly

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Rashidi family, East African immigrants from Malawi, moved to their new home in the Algonquin neighborhood just 3 weeks ago. Monday evening, two dogs entered their backyard and attacked an 8-year-old girl and her 22-year-old brother. Family members said Alinoth Rashidi was trying to lure the dogs away from his sister. He fell and the dogs pounced on him.
Camp Taylor pool won’t reopen this summer, Mayor Greenberg says

1 day ago | wave3.com | Samantha Murray

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Disappointing news for families in Louisville’s Camp Taylor neighborhood, the pool at Camp Taylor Memorial Park is not going to reopen this summer after all. Mayor Craig Greenberg made the announcement Tuesday morning, saying January’s winter storm, plus the recent rain and flooding, have delayed the construction schedule so much so that the pool won’t open until next summer. It’s been closed since 2019 and is currently undergoing renovations.
Norton Healthcare announces passing of facility dog Juno

1 day ago | wave3.com | Samantha Murray

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Norton Healthcare’s facility dog Juno has passed away due to complications from cancer. Norton Healthcare announced Juno’s passing Monday. They said Juno had been diagnosed with cancer and treatment was not possible. Juno had just celebrated her 10th birthday. She had been part of the facility dog program for six years, visiting patients and staff mainly at Norton Women’s and Children’s, Norton Children’s, and Norton Hospital.
Tenants moved out of Louisville apartments due to hazardous staircase

2 days ago | wave3.com | Samantha Murray

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - People living on the second floor of a Louisville apartment building have to leave their homes because the stairs are dangerous and need to be fixed. This is what people at the Schiller Terrace Apartments have to walk up to get to their apartment in Germantown. WAVE News crews saw city workers posting orders to vacate on people’s doors. Metro Codes and Regulations has done 43 inspections at the apartments. The stairs have been a hazard since 2018.
8-year-old girl, man seriously injured in dog attack in Algonquin neighborhood

2 days ago | wave3.com | Samantha Murray

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A girl and a man were taken to the hospital after a dog attack in the Algonquin neighborhood on April 21. Louisville police said officers were called to the 1700 block of West Lee Street around 7 p.m. where they found the man in the backyard and an eight-year-old girl inside the house that had been bitten several times by at least two dogs. The dogs were still there when police arrived.
Kentucky nurses speak out against workplace violence

2 days ago | wave3.com | David Mattingly

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Recent workplace attacks on Kentucky nurses have advocates calling for changes. The Kentucky Nurses Association points to three acts of violence leaving nurses injured so far this year. One of them happened the morning of April 12 outside Jewish Hospital. Police arrested 34-year-old Lacy Wilson and charged her with assault after she allegedly attacked a uniformed nurse leaving Jewish Hospital.