public safety

Louisville Metro’s Office of Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods is giving out up to 5,000 free gun locks this week to promote safe gun storage practices

Misty Wright and Chan Kemper will aim to help Louisville Metro address some of its most persistent problems.

As of Monday evening, the mass shooting in Louisville's California neighborhood had no suspects. According to a gun violence watchdog group, it’s the 493rd mass shooting in the country this year.

A Kentucky state representative plans to introduce a bill in the 2025 legislative session that would hold parents civilly liable for violent gun crimes committed by their children.

Firefighters in Louisville rescued a construction worker on a demolition team who fell into a void Thursday and became trapped in rubble, requiring a tedious, hourslong operation to dig him out.

The blast at Givaudan Colour Sense killed two people and injured 11 others. Neighbors said they have smelled an ammonia-like odor, a burnt sugar smell and a burnt caramel smell coming from the plant over the years.

Following the explosion that killed two and injured several others, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg advised people to report damages to MetroSafe.

Officials say two people are dead following an explosion at the Givaudan Sense Colour plant in Louisville’s Clifton neighborhood.

The legislation would modify the state’s current protective order law to allow those who have endured coercive control to qualify for a protective order.

One person has been charged with criminal recklessness in connection with a fatal shooting at Harvest Homecoming in New Albany more than two weeks ago. On Sunday, police detained two people while serving search warrants in Southern Indiana and Louisville.