Speaking of storms, storm recovery efforts
continue today in East Louisvil.
We found one street so
badly paralyzed with damage,
there's no way in or out.
That's off Ormsby Lane between
Linden and Middletown.
Our Taylor Woods and photojournt
Ian Hardwood managed to
get inside for an update on
how cleanup is progressing.
Giant limbs twisted,
torn and broken. 3 seconds.
We heard this large roar, boom d
it hit and the tree was honest.
It happened that quick
trees that used to surround Jams
Burns House near Ballard High
School are now in. It probably
won't have scared us.
I've ever been. It was a pretty
terrifying and we're all OK.
The dog, the cats,
everybody was fine.
We just got to figure out how
to go from there.
10 minutes away in Linden.
No way in. No way out. Trapped n
this street off Ormsby Lane. And
then when I got up to go this morning,
I was off. There was a police cr
out in front that didn't pass,
so neighbors are left stranded, not able
to drive to work or run any err.
Of course. We went grocery
shopping on Saturday
and now almost all of our food is ruined.
Inside the Sycamore Creek subdivision,
most trees were damaged.
Bush is completely undisturbed.
Those flowers are perfect,
but this trees?
Cleanup crews are also out
trying to cut down trees at an
apartment complex down the stre.
One neighbor says he can still remember
the big sound from the tornado.
I was out on my porch
and my ears were ringing for probably
about 5 minutes afterwards aftee
Transformers exploded right her.
Although some Linden residents e
left trapped until repairs are ,
they have been depending on other means
of transportation like bikes or Uber.
We went into one neighbor's house and.
Put candles on and we sit there and kind
of watch their phones till they died.
However, neighbors say the commy
has united during this time of .
Everybody's coming together and
everybody's just, Hi, how are you doing?
And we're meeting new neighbors
that we haven't met before.
Taylor Woods, WHAS 11 on your side. Power
was restored to the
neighborhood this morning.
Today we also learned it's not
so much downed power lines.
But in fact, down to AT&amp;T communication lines
blocking residents in that neighborhood.
So crews were already out there
this morning working on that is.
Down in Hardin County,
it confirmed tornado flattened corn fields,
ripped off roofs and lifted vehicles.
The National Weather Service
assessed the damage over in Cec,
where it says an EF2 touchdown there.
It's something homeowner
John Key also observed.
My front porch ended up in the
backyard and part of the back p.
Ended up in the front yard.
They there's definitely a torna.
The corns laying down two
different directions.
Then you tell it was swirling.
Thankfully
no one was injured there in Hardin County.
We do know at least one person
storms in our area.
A tornado hit an Indiana home in
Martin County killing a man inse
and injuring another person.
You can see this photo taken bya
viewer in that same area showing
what that tornado looked like.
As it barreled toward homes,
Well, right now there are still
thousands of LG E customers witt
power following Sunday storms.
Take a look there at that outage map,
which is showing more than
roughly 4000 in the dark.
Most of those are in
Jefferson County and State.
Farm claims following the Indiaa
storms have doubled as of this morning.
It said it's received 1400 clais
for the auto and home damage.
75% of the auto claims filed
have been for hail.
While some damage claims filed are split
between hail damage and wind da,
we are anticipating a few more
days of cleanup in Kentucky.
And for all things weather rela,
download that free WHAS 11 news.
All
right, let's get a check a livek
here at I-65 in Hardin County right now.
You we're going to be taking a .
From around 1:00 AM,
we had all southbound lanes that were
closed to traffic after a deadly crash.
It involved at least three semi.
We know at least one person die.
That crash happened just
before the Glendale exit.
Again on 65 southbound.
It shut down a good five mile stretch
of I-65 and as of the noon hour,
it looks like they were getting ready
to reopen 65 S there in Hardin County.
We'll keep you posted on that.
Two shootings overnight,
two people dead and no suspects.
The first happened around 7:15 last night
in Louisville's Russell neighborhood.
Police were called to the Platim
Food Mart at 10th and Broadway,
and that's where officers found a man with
gunshot wounds who died at the scene.
It's unclear if the shooting occurred
in or outside of that store.
Then about 15 minutes later and
just 5 minutes down the road,
officers were called the 26th and Madison,
also in the Russell neighborhoo.
We found another man shot dead.
There are no suspects in either
of these shootings.
Major Nick Owen with LMPD said they need
people to come forward with information.
This
is curtain broad, daylight,
heavily trafficked area,
so I'm pretty confident there are witnesses.
I would encourage those
witnesses to step forward.
Contact 574 LMPD and give us
any information you can to help
us make an arrest in this case.
Right now, Police said they do t
believe the shootings are relat.
The Shively man pleaded guilty to killing
his wife and shooting one of his children.
In court yesterday,
Ronald Burdett pleaded guilty to murder,
assault and wanton endangerment.
He admitting to shooted.
He admitted to shooting his wife before
turning the gun on his 11 year old twins.
His daughter was injured.
His son not.
The incident happened last July.
The twins were the ones able to call 911.
The recommended sentence for
Burdett is at least 25 years.
He will be sentenced in August.
30 stolen cars now in the possession of
LMPD and they are trying to understand
how this operation flew under the radar.
Their investigation called Opern
Havana Highway LMPD said these 0
luxury cars were estimated to be
around $3,000,000 in worth and
paid off by insurance companies.
Detectives said thieves are clog
the original vehicle identifican
numbers of the cars,
ultimately making it hard to
identify if it's stolen or not.
We've received information that.
Certain cars were stolen and we started
looking into it and like I said,
when it started to me it didn't
appear as a stolen car and then
we got with KSP and they did thr
research and found out that it s
they were actually stolen cars.
LMPD said some of these cars
were stopped by police but
went undetected as stolen.
So far only 6 arrests have been made.
Old National Bank opened
the doors to its new downtown
branch this week after a mass
shooting at its Preston Point
location in April 5.
People They were killed when an
employee opened fire on his colleagues.
Now that first floor building
of the Mercer Building,
The first floor of the Mercer building
at 4th and Market is the new branch's
location previously occupied by Stockyards.
The branch is open daily from 90
AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Fr.
And today there is a fundraiser
benefiting Officer Nicholas Wil.
His recovery, You know,
he is the LNPD officer who was shot in the
head while responding to that bank shooting.
The fundraiser will be at the
Golden Nugget Tavern on Hikes L.
There will be a raffle,
a silent auction and a dunk,
a cop booth.
It all begins at 5:00 o'clock.
Global Mayor Craig Greenberg sas
close to 45,000 Jefferson County
residents could lose their healh
care coverage if they do not rew
their Medicaid insurance soon.
During the COVID-19 public health emergency,
Kentucky was able to expand
its Medicaid eligibility,
which allowed hundreds of thouss
of you to gain health insurance.
Now,
with COVID related policies endg
eligibility certification is bak
and it'll run through next May.
To ensure you don't lose covera,
you should check to see if
you need to reapply.
The most important thing to strs
right now is submit your information.
Like Mayor Greenberg said,
almost 300,000 Jefferson County
residents still have to go
through this renewal process.
Even if your circumstances have changed,
even if you don't think
that you're still eligible,
submit your information.
If you see any notices of recertifying,
you should respond so you can rw
and ask any questions you may nd
ahead of that deadline. What do you do?