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!
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 5:46 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
There will be regional meetings on June 6, 8, 14, and 16 and registration is required to take part.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 3:56 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
PETA is angry that Harlow’s video for “Churchill Downs” glamorizes the horseracing industry.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 11:37 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Gray News Staff
The Louisville Metro Police Department has released body camera footage from an LMPD officer that shows what happened when Omari Cryer was shot by a U.S. Marshal on May 20 on Sutcliffe Avenue.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 4:02 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Louisville are investigating a drug bust where officials said they found enough narcotics to wipe out the entire city of Los Angeles.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 2:52 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
“It reminds you that Hollywood is not America, and you need to remember that because I think you can understand people better,” Perry said.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 6:46 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
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.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 4:29 PM EDT
|By Maira Ansari and Shellie Sylvestri
The marathon begins at 7:00 a.m. on April 30.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 11:38 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Gray News staff
The recalled brands include Nature’s Reserve, SEG, Thomas Farms, Tajima Beef Patties and Marketside Butcher wagyu beef.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 5:24 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Turtle lovers can now earn cash by correctly predicting the race’s winners for the first time.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:21 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The turkey apparently suffered from a condition called “leucism."
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
McConnell said the United States must be forthright in openly backing Ukraine and declaring that Americans want them to win the war.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Tori Gessner
A direct tip line at (888) 437-6432 has been set up for people to give information to investigators regarding the case.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 1:56 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and David Mattingly
Beshear, who attended public schools as a child, said he believes charter schools divert funding away from public schools.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 12:41 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
A sophisticated DNA analysis of crime scene samples performed by Indiana State Police and the FBI tied Harry Greenwell to the murders.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 11:59 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Payne played for the Louisville Cardinals in college, where he won a national championship in 1986.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 8:50 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The fun, full-body cardio workout is open to everyone 21 and up, no dog necessary.
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: Mar. 2, 2022 at 12:18 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Maira Ansari, Mark Stevens and Tori Gessner
Hankison is walking jurors and a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge through the details the night of the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 5:08 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Two Kentucky legislators are backtracking on comments made during a Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee considered to be anti-Semitic.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 2:57 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Mark Stevens
Early in the trial, the chosen jury members will be given a tour of Breonna Taylor’s apartment.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 6:54 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
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.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 11:08 AM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Charles Gazaway and Dustin Vogt
The shooting happened in the 1200 block of Story Avenue, near Butchertown Market, the JBS plant, and Greenberg’s office, according to MetroSafe.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 1:18 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
LMDC claimed the knives had been replaced, but FOP President Daniel Johnson said if they were, the knife would have worked properly.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 8:42 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Andrew McMunn
Seven UPS employees in Louisville have been charged with being involved in organized crime and concealing jewelry boxes during their shifts.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2021 at 11:36 PM EST
|By Brett Martin and Shellie Sylvestri
The officer was investigating a car near Mellwood avenue when it happened
Updated: Dec. 11, 2021 at 8:31 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Mark Stevens
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.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 2:47 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The horse, trained by Bob Baffert, reportedly collapsed after a workout at Santa Anita Park in California.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 9:24 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
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.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 4:47 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
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.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 at 10:48 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Jeff Knight and Marc Wilson
Each year, Honor Flight Bluegrass makes three trips, but due to COVID-19, this week’s trip was the first in nearly two years.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 1:11 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
More than 400 Heaven Hill employees have been on strike for the past five weeks.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
A new set of charges for Powell was filed in Louisville for allegedly violating her probation, fleeing police, as well as having drug paraphernalia.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 9:25 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Liam was euthanized after his veterinarian determined it was the most humane option because he was suffering, the organization said.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 7:49 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
JCPS Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio applauded district teachers for their constant work of providing “a safe, healthy learning environment” for students.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 12:15 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Tyree Smith’s family received a brand-new Habitat for Humanity home in Russell a few years ago.
Louisville woman’s demand for Norton to treat husband battling COVID with ivermectin denied by judge
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 11:55 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Jerrica Valtierra
Angela Underwood said that she is a registered nurse and that there is evidence that COVID patients who took ivermectin showed improvement.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 10:47 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Michael Flynn
Seventy-six years later, 93-year-old Vince Gramarossa said he is still a proud American.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Tori Gessner
It happened on Ailanthus Trail around 10 p.m. on Sept. 1.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 11:04 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Charles Still said he has been waiting for his unemployment benefits for nearly six months.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Beshear’s spokesperson confirmed the order will only affect the Diocese of Covington and no other schools.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Khadia Shojae said she has not heard from her family since the Taliban seized control of her town a week ago.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 7:20 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Gray News staff
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has been suspended from YouTube after making controversial comments about COVID-19 and masks in a video last week.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 10:10 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
In the video Paul posted, he claimed that “cloth masks don’t work” and most over-the-counter masks don’t prevent infection.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2021 at 11:48 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
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.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2021 at 7:04 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
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.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 11:12 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Some state departments will not be enforcing Gov. Beshear’s mask policy for state workers and visitors at some government offices.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 7:49 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The company protocol comes in response to the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 8:17 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Parts of the re-design are expected to be ready for the next Kentucky Derby in 2022.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2021 at 10:36 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
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.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 8:17 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and David Mattingly
Kenneth Robertson was found by a dive team just before 3:30 p.m. on Freeman Lake.
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