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Multiple Louisville hospitals disrupted by global Crowdstrike outage
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Several Louisville hospitals are working to resolve issues caused by a global IT outage, which is causing disruptions to their normal operations. The outage has been traced back to a cybersecurity company called CrowdStrike, which provides anti-cyberattack services to Microsoft and other large companies. Baptist Health...
Good Samaritan Patrol meet homeless where they are
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky’s long stretch of excessive heat possesses even greater risks for the state’s homeless population. For organizations serving these vulnerable residents, it’s meant extra effort in keeping them safe during the hot summer months. Louisville’s downtown library is usually the first stop of...
Jeffersontown Summer Craft Beer Fest shows off local breweries and city
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The ninth annual Jeffersontown Summer Craft Beer Fest returned on Saturday. Dozens of local breweries were set up offering samples of their beers, along with wines and seltzers. There were over 75 craft beers, including some national favorites. The event not only highlighted brews, but it...
Man pleads guilty to federal charges in attack on Louisville mayoral candidate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man accused of shooting at Louisville’s current mayor when he was a candidate in 2022 pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from the attack. Quintez Brown pleaded guilty to interfering with a federally protected activity and discharging a firearm during a...
LMPD investigating shooting at Shorty's food mart in Russell neighborhood
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police Department is investigating after someone was shot at Shorty's food mart in the Russell neighborhood Thursday. LMPD said the responded to Shorty's around 4:30 p.m. about a shooting. They later said the shooting actually happened in the 2700 block of Kentucky Street, which is in the Parkland neighborhood.
Louisville could be the new home to the Sundance Film Festival
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 90 cities across the country were considered to host the Sundance Film Festival. Friday the Sundance Institute announced it had narrowed the field to six remaining cities and Louisville is one of them. “We are already home to the greatest two minutes in sports....
Thirteenth Annual Harnethea B. Manning Scholarship Musical Held
The 13th Annual Harnethea B. Manning Scholarship Musical was held at Brandi’s Banquet Hall on May 4, 2024. The program was opened with a prelude by Second Chance and the Welcome by Dr. Miranda E. Page. Mrs. Linda Manning Langley was the Mistress of Ceremony. The Scripture was given...
Is it always hot for the Brickyard 400?
Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of the Brickyard 400 and for the first time since 2020 a full 400-mile race. The very first Brickyard 400 ran August 6th, 1994, and for some, they may recollect it was hot. The race ran during the opening week of August for the first 13 years, and that is typically when the heat is at its peak during the summer in Central Indiana.
Baptist Health breaks ground on facility designed to streamline healthcare for patients
Baptist Health, in partnership with Dallas-based Intuitive Health, has broken ground on its third dual emergency and urgent care facility. The 11,400-square-foot Baptist Health ER & Urgent Care Glenmary will be located on Bardstown Road in Louisville and is scheduled to open in the summer of 2025. The project follows the successful launch of the Baptist Health ER & Urgent Care Jeffersonville in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 2022, and the Baptist Health ER & Urgent Care Blankenbaker in Louisville in 2023.
Rash of youth violence in Louisville has community, city ramping up efforts
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As some young people worry, community and city leaders are motivated to step up and address youth violence. “It's not right, it shouldn't be happening,” said Tahja Thomas Jr. “People my age shouldn't be dying, it's embarrassing.”. Thomas, 12, pleads for change following the...
Racing snaps winless skid with second-half surge to open Summer Cup
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - Racing Louisville FC needed some sort of spark. After Louisville got a much-needed break following a five-match winless skid, Mexico's C.F. Monterrey had already taken an 1-0 lead not even 11 minutes into a Saturday night Summer Cup match at Lynn Family Stadium. Racing looked a bit listless and sloppy for large portions of the first half.
National labor board overrules Indiana company's objections, affirms employees' union vote
The National Labor Relations Board this week overruled a metal powder manufacturing company’s objections to a successful unionization vote by its workers. The ruling means the union will now be able to move forward in the collective bargaining process. Workers at Metal Powder Products in Campbellsburg voted in April...
Several Louisville-area hospitals, services, companies impacted by global IT outage
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Several Louisville-area hospitals, businesses, services and flights are being impacted bya global IT outage Friday morning. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the outage occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows. The firm says the issue is not related to a security incident...
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