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: Mar. 10, 2023 at 4:23 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
When Kentucky Derby 149 rolls around in May, Churchill Downs is going to look different.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2022 at 9:10 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Sean Baute
The race for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat has two opponents with drastically different viewpoints facing off.
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: 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: 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. 4, 2022 at 4:12 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Sean Baute
Baffert’s Kentucky Derby-winning horse Medina Spirit failed a post-race drug test after the 2021 Derby, prompting his suspension.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 at 2:17 PM EST
|By Sean Baute
LMPD is investigating an armed carjacking at an Okolona gym.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 3:06 PM EST
|By Sean Baute, David Mattingly and WAVE Staff
The funeral service for Louisville Metro Police Department Officer Zachary Cottongim is being held at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 2:52 PM EST
|By Sean Baute and Tori Gessner
Both of the suspects are 16-years-old and are JCPS students.
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. 3, 2021 at 1:33 PM EDT
|By Charles Gazaway and Sean Baute
The abandoned vehicle struck two LMPD vehicles.
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. 13, 2021 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
With the power to create and enforce COVID-19 guidelines returned to individual districts, efforts have come forward to keep students in the classroom and out of quarantine.
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: Jul. 26, 2021 at 6:32 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Charged with terroristic threatening for an incident that happened back on July 12, Linzy’s accused of threatening Pollio at the VanHoose Education Center.
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: 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. 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.
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