Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:34 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:34:17 GMT
Massive tornado, described as at least one mile wide, plows through Moore, Oklahoma -- an Oklahoma City suburb.More >>
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:16 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:16:39 GMT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Police say they've arrested two men for climbing on top of a billboard. According to an arrest report, it happened just after 1 a.m. Monday at Bearno's PizzaMore >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:08 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:08:26 GMT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man has been arrested after police say he kidnapped a juvenile girl and threw her in the trunk. According to an arrest report, the incident took place on Thursday,More >>
Police say he threw the girl in his trunk, then called her family, demanding a ransom for her safe return.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 9:01 AM EDT2013-05-21 13:01:42 GMT
The post-season travel plans for the Louisville men's and women's basketball teams is being debated at the AAC league meetings, but as a one-year member the Cards are not represented.More >>
The post-season travel plans for the Louisville men's and women's basketball teams is being debated at the AAC league meetings, but as a one-year member the Cards are not represented.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:34 AM EDT2013-05-21 11:34:39 GMT
In the documentary Bert Combs, Governor from the Mountains, the late Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky's most eminent historian, said that Combs dragged Kentucky into the Twentieth Century against its will.More >>
In the documentary Bert Combs, Governor from the Mountains, the late Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky's most eminent historian, said that Combs dragged Kentucky into the Twentieth Century against its will.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 10:48 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:48:31 GMT
Shelbyville, Ky (WDRB) -- Shelby County is stiffening its rules on underage drinking. The city council is currently considering adopting an ordinance already passed by Shelby County which will hold adultsMore >>
Shelbyville is set to enact an ordinance that will hold adults responsible when minors drink on their property.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 10:38 PM EDT2013-05-21 02:38:47 GMT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Teddy Bridgewater doesn't ask for much. So when he told University of Louisville football coach Charlie Strong and offensive coordinator Shawn Watson that he wanted to ask somethingMore >>
Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is certainly going to be a Heisman Trophy candidate to start next season, but he has told coaches he doesn't want a Heisman publicity campaign.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 2:48 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:48:11 GMT
Louisville coach Rick Pitino has not settled on his presenter when he is inducted in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, but Dick Vitale has to be at the top of the list of candidates.More >>
Louisville coach Rick Pitino has not settled on his presenter when he is inducted in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, but Dick Vitale has to be at the top of the list of candidates.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 6:04 AM EDT2013-05-20 10:04:48 GMT
Louisville, KY (WDRB News) -- One of the world's most popular religious leaders brought his message of tolerance and peace to the Yum! Center. The 14th Dalai Lama wrapped up his first of three days inMore >>
The Dalai Lama came to Louisville with a message of compassion and tolerance.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:04 PM EDT2013-05-20 03:04:43 GMT
Louisville, Ky. (WDRB News) - A memorial for a man murdered on Oaks Day erupts into anger. Friends and family of 26-year-old Quintez Thompson said prayers, sang songs and released balloons, outside Dino'sMore >>
26-year-old Quintez Thompson was shot to death outside Dino's food mart on Broadway.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 6:20 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:20:51 GMT
By MARTIN GRIFFITH Associated Press Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas. Police announced Sunday that 18-year-old Jacob Dismont and 21-year-old MichaelMore >>
15-year-old Marcos Arenas was walking down a street with the iPad on Thursday when a vehicle stopped and one of the suspects got out and tried to steal the device from him.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 6:03 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:03:57 GMT
VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) -- A southwestern Indiana school system is putting the finishing touches on more than $330,000 in building improvements to make their students safer following the massacre of 20 studentsMore >>
A southwestern Indiana school system is putting the finishing touches on more than $330,000 in building improvements to make their students safer.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 4:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 20:42:21 GMT
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) -- A northwestern Indiana seventh-grader not only will represent Indiana in the National Geographic Bee but also is one of 12 Indiana students competing in the Scripps National SpellingMore >>
Thirteen-year-old Sean Ives of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran School in Crown Point will compete in the geography bee that runs Monday through Wednesday in Washington, D.C.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 4:39 PM EDT2013-05-19 20:39:12 GMT
NEEDMORE, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana conservation officers have recovered the body of a woman from a water-filled southern Indiana quarry. Officers say the body of 37-year-old Jamie Fleenor was recovered aboutMore >>
The body of 37-year-old Jamie Fleenor was recovered about 5:30 a.m. Sunday after The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department received a report that a female had fallen into a quarry.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 4:26 PM EDT2013-05-19 20:26:22 GMT
WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) -- Twenty-eight George Rogers Clark High School teachers and staff members are on a mission to become losers. Biology teacher Sara Stone says the group is using weekly weigh-ins andMore >>
Twenty-eight George Rogers Clark High School teachers and staff members are on a mission to become losers.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 3:57 PM EDT2013-05-19 19:57:48 GMT
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) -- With Afghan troops increasingly leading combat operations on the ground, the Afghan Air Force's fledgling helicopter fleet based in Kabul has learned new techniquesMore >>
101st Combat Aviation Brigade Commander Col. Paul Bontrager said the Afghans need to be weaned off American aviation during the drawdown of U.S. forces this year.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 3:38 PM EDT2013-05-19 19:38:29 GMT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- British driver Katherine Legge has become the 33rd driver to qualify for next week's Indianapolis 500, assuring race organizers of a full field. Legge was the ninth driver to makeMore >>
British driver Katherine Legge has become the 33rd driver to qualify for next week's Indianapolis 500, assuring race organizers of a full field.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 3:36 PM EDT2013-05-19 19:36:09 GMT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- A musical by John Mellencamp, writer Stephen King and T Bone Burnett will debut in Bloomington this fall before embarking on a tour of 20 U.S. cities. "Ghost Brothers of DarklandMore >>
"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County" will debut Oct. 10 at the Indiana University Auditorium.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 3:31 PM EDT2013-05-19 19:31:18 GMT
MIAMI (AP) -- A year ago in the playoffs, Indiana coach Frank Vogel raised the ire of the Miami Heat by accusing them of flopping. Different words are resonating with the Heat again now. Not long afterMore >>
Not long after the Pacers reached the Eastern Conference finals and another postseason clash with Miami, Vogel called the reigning champions "just the next team that's in our way."More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:35 AM EDT2013-05-19 15:35:29 GMT
Joel Rosario is one of the best jockeys in the country, but he did not deliver one of his best rides as Orb was beaten in the Preakness. Opening week college football point spreads are out.More >>
Joel Rosario is one of the best jockeys in the country, but he did not deliver one of his best rides as Orb was beaten in the Preakness. Opening week college football point spreads are out.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 9:56 AM EDT2013-05-19 13:56:30 GMT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- It's a problem that Louisville doctors say is likely to get worse before it gets better. An alarming number of babies are born addicted to prescription drugs. The epidemic hasMore >>
An alarming number of babies born in Kentucky are addicted to prescription drugs. A conference called by the KY Dept. of Health aims at developing a statewide protocol on how to treat Kentucky's youngest victims.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 9:33 AM EDT2013-05-19 13:33:25 GMT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Nathan Biggs-Denton is working towards a childhood dream. He's not just clowning around, he takes his juggling seriously. "It was more of a slow progression into oh, I couldMore >>
The school in Sweden started a new foreign exchange program, specifically for Nathan Biggs-Penton. He is the only American accepted in the University of Dance and Circus.
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:37 PM EDT2013-05-19 03:37:54 GMT
Horse racing's wait for another Triple Crown winner, now at 35 years, continues. Oxbow won the Preakness. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, finished fourth, nine lengths back.More >>
Horse racing's wait for another Triple Crown winner, now at 35 years, continues. Oxbow won the Preakness. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, finished fourth, nine lengths back.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 8:25 PM EDT2013-05-19 00:25:28 GMT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) --American Idol Season 10 winner, Scotty McCreery, says it's a challenge juggling a North American tour with being a college student. WDRB's Lindsay Allen got the chance to sit downMore >>
American Idol Season 10 winner, Scotty McCreery, talks Idol and career goals with WDRB.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 7:11 PM EDT2013-05-18 23:11:28 GMT
(AP Wires/WDRB) -- Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown. Oxbow led from start to finish. It was the sixth Preakness victory for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne LukasMore >>
Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:57 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:57:32 GMT
A new federal report says inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards.More >>
A new federal report says inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 4:57 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:57:37 GMT
A Lafayette program designed to help the homeless, victims of domestic violence and nonviolent offenders is carrying on its mission despite the loss of federal funding.More >>
A Lafayette program designed to help the homeless, victims of domestic violence and nonviolent offenders is carrying on its mission despite the loss of federal funding.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 11:27 AM EDT2013-05-18 15:27:20 GMT
Indiana coach Tom Crean said it was unlikely that IU and Louisville would play a basketball game next season. Plenty of numbers to digest from U of L, UK and IU guys at the NBA Draft combine.More >>
Indiana coach Tom Crean said it was unlikely that IU and Louisville would play a basketball game next season. Plenty of numbers to digest from U of L, UK and IU guys at the NBA Draft combine.More >>
President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through...More >>
President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history.More >>
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.More >>
Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At...More >>
As soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV, I had to leave the office right away. I had photographed about a dozen tornados in my decade in Oklahoma and if I didn't get into my car before the funnel cloud swept...More >>
I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would...More >>
The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening intently as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of...More >>
The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado...More >>
Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little...More >>
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against...More >>
Homes built by volunteers from Habitat for Humanity were among the hardest hit by a tornado that killed at least six people in North Texas.More >>
Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said Friday.More >>
Officials awaited daybreak to fully assess the scope of the destruction left in the wake of a deadly tornado in Granbury.More >>
In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not Yeager.More >>
Cooler temperatures and lighter winds are helping hundreds of firefighters combat a 3,000-acre wildfire that has blackened rugged terrain in the Los Padres National Forest.More >>
Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a breather from a wildfire that has blackened hills near Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles.More >>
