Shellie Sylvestri
Digital Content Manager
Louisville, Ky.
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Shellie Sylvestri joined the WAVE 3 News team in November of 2019 as a digital journalist. Before coming to the Commonwealth, she was a news anchor and producer in Monroe, Louisiana from 2016 to 2019. Shellie is passionate about writing, art, fashion, shelter animals and sports. She is an avid New Orleans Saints fan. Who Dat!
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The Corps is currently working with the Kentucky Heritage Council and the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Office, as well as assumed family members, to determine where to relocate the unmarked cemetery.
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The recalled brands include Nature’s Reserve, SEG, Thomas Farms, Tajima Beef Patties and Marketside Butcher wagyu beef.
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Turtle lovers can now earn cash by correctly predicting the race’s winners for the first time.
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The turkey apparently suffered from a condition called “leucism."
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McConnell said the United States must be forthright in openly backing Ukraine and declaring that Americans want them to win the war.
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A direct tip line at (888) 437-6432 has been set up for people to give information to investigators regarding the case.
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Beshear, who attended public schools as a child, said he believes charter schools divert funding away from public schools.
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A sophisticated DNA analysis of crime scene samples performed by Indiana State Police and the FBI tied Harry Greenwell to the murders.
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Payne played for the Louisville Cardinals in college, where he won a national championship in 1986.
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The fun, full-body cardio workout is open to everyone 21 and up, no dog necessary.
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Shepherdsville PD Chief Rick McCubbin revealed more about the K-9, whose name is Dash, and the dog’s handler, Officer Jeff Schank.
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Hankison is walking jurors and a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge through the details the night of the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead.
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Two Kentucky legislators are backtracking on comments made during a Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee considered to be anti-Semitic.
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Early in the trial, the chosen jury members will be given a tour of Breonna Taylor’s apartment.
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Medina Spirit’s Kentucky Derby win has been invalidated “and all purse money forfeited,” according to Monday’s ruling by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
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The shooting happened in the 1200 block of Story Avenue, near Butchertown Market, the JBS plant, and Greenberg’s office, according to MetroSafe.
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LMDC claimed the knives had been replaced, but FOP President Daniel Johnson said if they were, the knife would have worked properly.
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Seven UPS employees in Louisville have been charged with being involved in organized crime and concealing jewelry boxes during their shifts.
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The officer was investigating a car near Mellwood avenue when it happened
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There were around 100 workers working at a Mayfield candle factory at the time the tornado hit the town of 9,800. Only 40 people had been rescued as of early Saturday morning.
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The horse, trained by Bob Baffert, reportedly collapsed after a workout at Santa Anita Park in California.
It was confirmed to Baffert’s attorneys that the betamethasone found in Medina Spirit’s blood after the horse won Kentucky Derby 147 was from a topical ointment called Otomax.
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The driver who struck and killed a well-known jockey on a Louisville freeway on Halloween is former University of Louisville tennis coach Rachelito “Rex” Ecarma.
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Each year, Honor Flight Bluegrass makes three trips, but due to COVID-19, this week’s trip was the first in nearly two years.
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More than 400 Heaven Hill employees have been on strike for the past five weeks.
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A new set of charges for Powell was filed in Louisville for allegedly violating her probation, fleeing police, as well as having drug paraphernalia.
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Liam was euthanized after his veterinarian determined it was the most humane option because he was suffering, the organization said.
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JCPS Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio applauded district teachers for their constant work of providing “a safe, healthy learning environment” for students.
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Tyree Smith’s family received a brand-new Habitat for Humanity home in Russell a few years ago.
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Louisville woman’s demand for Norton to treat husband battling COVID with ivermectin denied by judge
Angela Underwood said that she is a registered nurse and that there is evidence that COVID patients who took ivermectin showed improvement.
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Seventy-six years later, 93-year-old Vince Gramarossa said he is still a proud American.
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It happened on Ailanthus Trail around 10 p.m. on Sept. 1.
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Charles Still said he has been waiting for his unemployment benefits for nearly six months.
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Beshear’s spokesperson confirmed the order will only affect the Diocese of Covington and no other schools.
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Khadia Shojae said she has not heard from her family since the Taliban seized control of her town a week ago.
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has been suspended from YouTube after making controversial comments about COVID-19 and masks in a video last week.
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In the video Paul posted, he claimed that “cloth masks don’t work” and most over-the-counter masks don’t prevent infection.
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Kala Booth is advocating for funding and research into experimental medicine for those suffering from Huntington’s Disease, which deteriorates a person’s brain and affects their physical abilities.
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Kroger is requesting that any employee or visitor — vaccinated or not — wear masks while inside stores following a recent surge of COVID-19 Delta variant cases.
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Some state departments will not be enforcing Gov. Beshear’s mask policy for state workers and visitors at some government offices.
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The company protocol comes in response to the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant.
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Parts of the re-design are expected to be ready for the next Kentucky Derby in 2022.
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The Senate has passed a bill to reimburse the National Guard after more than 26,000 guardsmen were deployed to Washington, D.C. following the riots on Jan. 6.
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Kenneth Robertson was found by a dive team just before 3:30 p.m. on Freeman Lake.
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It happened around 8:15 p.m. on St. Clare Street near I-65, Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said.
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Ramen House’s staff will be in Sin City this week.
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Investigators are asking drivers and pedestrians to avoid the area of South 4th Street and Winkler Avenue near the University of Louisville.
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A restaurant owner paid back his hard-working employees by paying for a trip to Las Vegas.
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There is a severe blood shortage in hospitals across the country, and supplies are dangerously low. UofL Hospital is no exception.