The WDRB Investigates team tackled a wide range of topics in Louisville and southern Indiana in 2023, everything from holding those in power accountable and working to protect citizens from scammers at home.

Even as it invests billions in electric vehicles, Ford Motor Co. is also ensuring that its gas-guzzling cash cows keep rolling off the line at Louisville’s Kentucky Truck Plant for many years to come.

It happened around 1:15 a.m. in northern Scott County.

Employees returned to the plant to on Fern Valley Road in south Louisville on Monday. 

The accident happened about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on Seventh Street Road south of Central Avenue.

Nicknamed “Bumblebee,” to honor Louisville boxing great Muhammad Ali and his “float like a butterly, sting like a bee” slogan, the boring machine recently descended 200 feet underground to cut the path of the Metropolitan Sewer District’s Waterway Protection Tunnel. 

Police responded to a wreck involving two cars on around 12:49 a.m. Thursday near the Washington County and Scott County line in southern Indiana. 

The new model aims to capitalize on the shift in consumer preference towards sports utility vehicles, as well as electric cars.

Another recall for the Louisville-built Ford Escape: this time to fix oil and fuel leaks that can cause fires.

Peggy Hublar from New Albany was our grand winner.