public safety

A task force focused on arresting and prosecuting people suspected of stealing copper wire from streetlights and utility poles is starting to show results, Louisville officials say.

At least twice a week, on average, a Norfolk Southern train with cars displaying hazardous material placards for vinyl chloride and butyl acrylate moves through the town.

Dozens of Kentuckians convicted for crimes committed at the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection received a full pardon from President Donald Trump as one of his first acts in office.

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.