Sean Baute
Multi-media journalist
Louisville, KY
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Sean joined the WAVE News team in March 2019 as a multimedia journalist and reporter.
He currently reports for WAVE News Midday, WAVE News at 3 and 4.
He previously worked as an anchor and reporter at Gray TV sister station WBKO in Bowling Green, KY.
Sean has spent his entire life in Kentucky. He grew up in the Northern Kentucky city of Villa Hills.
He attended the University of Kentucky and moved to Bowling Green upon graduation. He spent nearly three years there before finding his way to Louisville.
Sean is a huge sports fan, cheering for the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Bengals, and Kentucky Wildcats.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 11:37 AM EDT
|By WAVE Staff and Sean Baute
The automaker will unveil the new 2023 Ford F-Series Super Duty truck during a ceremony Tuesday night at Churchill Downs.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 11:16 AM EDT
|By Sean Baute and Debra Worley
Treven Ball played for a youth football team in Indiana. His family said he loved his friends, family and football.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Senator Rand Paul released his first campaign ad of 2022 Thursday.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Charles Gazaway, Sean Baute and Jordan Gartner
Police in Louisville have arrested a woman they say fled the scene of a deadly crash that killed an off-duty officer earlier this week.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 1:53 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
The newest of the seven remarkably lifelike statues of MLB legends inside Louisville Slugger Museum is one of a man known as much for his work off the field as what he accomplished on it.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 1:11 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
The exhibit, titled "This is the Kentucky Derby!," was unveiled Wednesday.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 2:51 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
There are a few things to know this year following a pandemic-affected 2020 and 2021.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 1:50 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
At least one EF-1 tornado is believed to have touched down during the storm.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 2:34 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
There are therapists and counselors that can help across Louisville.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 4:12 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
On Friday, Norton Children’s Hospital placed hundreds of pinwheels around the building.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 2:37 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Sean Baute and Kennedy Hayes
Shepherdsville PD Chief Rick McCubbin revealed more about the K-9, whose name is Dash, and the dog’s handler, Officer Jeff Schank.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 2:42 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
It’s the 50th annual Pegasus Pin and it’s back to providing unique opportunities.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 2:27 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
Some groundhogs like to play the role of meteorologist; not Major.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2021 at 8:40 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
Chuck Young, Mengodoht’s father, describes the last three years in one word: “Exhausting.”
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 2:57 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
For so many Bowling Green residents, it’s been a surreal few days.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 4:38 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
UPS Worldport in Louisville is hiring seasonal help like they do every year around this time.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2021 at 7:51 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
The 34-acre plot of land on Brownsboro Road, just off of Interstate 264, will soon transform into a 910,115 square foot medical center.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 1:27 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
Jeremy Harrell, his wife and three children look out for military families every month, not just November.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 1:50 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
The Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and miniMarathon are returning to their traditional Saturday timeslot.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 5:12 AM EDT
|By Charles Gazaway, Nick Picht and Sean Baute
Louisville Metro police officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call when the shooting happened.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 2:18 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
A large-scale counterterrorism training exercise, spanning across Louisville and Southern Indiana, happened Friday.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
The latest part of a $400 million investment at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport is about to begin.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 12:56 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
The accelerated UofL program graduate 40 to 50 nurses in just 15 months.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021 at 9:32 PM EDT
|By Charles Gazaway and Sean Baute
Two bidders decided to combine their bids to set a new record for the purchase of the Kentucky State Fair’s Blue Ribbon Country Ham.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 7:07 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
COVID-19 in Louisville Metro is again spreading at a rate it hasn’t spread since vaccines became widely available.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 12:09 AM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Politics aside, the Kentucky State Fair is typically a time to celebrate Kentucky.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 1:26 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
The man who was a humanitarian as much as he was a baseball player would have turned 87 on Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
The investigation into Deputy Brandon Shirley’s death is getting top priority.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2021 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
The first American-made fridge rolled off the line in May.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2021 at 7:05 PM EDT
|By Sarah Jackson and Sean Baute
She currently serves as a Democrat for District 41 in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2021 at 5:52 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul visited the WAVE 3 News studios where he was asked about one of the biggest issues facing Kentuckians: unemployment, and the government-funded benefits that have come with it.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 7:03 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Sudden and repeated loud noises can easily spook animals and make them anxious or cause them to run away.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2021 at 6:41 PM EDT
|By Sarah Jackson and Sean Baute
Allegiant Air announced Tuesday morning they’d be offering a non-stop commercial flight from Louisville to Austin.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 6:52 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., covered a range of topics in an interview with WAVE 3 News from Washington on Thursday.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2021 at 6:35 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
After almost a year and a half into a pandemic that stifled business across the country, one of Kentucky’s largest players is stepping up its game.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2021 at 10:09 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert sued the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission earlier this week on the grounds that his Derby-winning horse, Medina Spirit, was not given due process in a failed drug test.
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