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. 2, 2022 at 4:01 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
According to Norton, the patient is doing well and is being cared for by cardiac and neonatal specialists.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 4:06 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Josh Ninke
The child is described by police as a 5-year-old Black boy standing approximately 4 feet tall with short hair and a slim build.
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. 23, 2022 at 12:29 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez, Shellie Sylvestri and Nick Picht
The man shot and killed by an officer on May 20 in Chickasaw was sought for four crimes connected to domestic abuse, according to an arrest warrant.
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. 17, 2022 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
At least 8.5 kilograms of fentanyl and 20,000 to 30,000 suspected fentanyl pills were confiscated during an LMPD/DEA search on a storage unit on May 16.
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. 28, 2022 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Josh Ninke
Greenberg, a Democrat running for mayor of Louisville, was in his Butchertown office when he said Brown shot at him. Dieruf is a Republican mayoral candidate.
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. 18, 2022 at 4:44 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The squirrel is still on the run and investigators have not yet decided if he will be criminally charged.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 12:49 PM EDT
|By Charles Gazaway and Shellie Sylvestri
The storm caused severe damage to a number of homes on Providence Dr.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Tori Gessner
At least 49 of the rabbits were caught by volunteers, Parklands officials and LMAS workers and taken to the LMAS shelter.
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. 7, 2022 at 10:28 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Dustin Vogt and Mark Stevens
Following the shooting, Quintez Brown was charged with attempted murder and multiple counts of wanton endangerment.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 10:11 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Crews recovered the body of a 34-year-old man after he reportedly jumped into the river in January to rescue a woman in Louisville.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 10:41 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Quintez Brown is charged with attempted murder and four counts of wanton endangerment after being accused of walking into Greenberg’s campaign office in Butchertown on Valentine’s Day and opening fire.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 3:51 PM EDT
|By Natalia Martinez, Shellie Sylvestri, Kennedy Hayes and David Mattingly
On April 18, 2021, Denorver “Dee” Garrett was arrested. During the arrest and while trying to get Garrett to release his arm from underneath his body, cell phone video showed an LMPD Officer Aaron Ambers punching him in the back and head.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 2:13 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Quintez Brown, 21, was charged with attempted murder and four counts of wanton endangerment after allegedly trying to shoot Craig Greenberg.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 1:09 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The man was rushed to UofL Hospital for treatment; his condition and identity have not been released.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 11:14 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
As firefighters worked to contain the blaze around 11 a.m. Tuesday, the building’s backside could be seen crumbling and its interior completely devastated.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 12:26 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Mark Stevens
It happened on the Watterson westbound between the Poplar Level Road and Preston Highway exits around 9 a.m.
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. 17, 2022 at 3:26 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
David Knopp is charged with assault on a service animal, attempted murder of a police officer, wanton endangerment, and fleeing or evading police.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2022 at 3:21 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Payne won a national championship with the Cards in 1986.
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. 9, 2022 at 2:54 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The festival will feature more than 100 artists during the four-day event from Sept. 22-25.
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: 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: Mar. 1, 2022 at 6:43 PM EST
|By Mark Stevens, Shellie Sylvestri and Maira Ansari
The jury won’t be hearing from some key players in this case.
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. 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. 17, 2022 at 5:54 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Ken Baker
According to WAVE sources, LMPD Officer Christopher Palombi was actively targeting some of his coworkers.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 5:23 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Dustin Vogt and Jerrica Valtierra
The Community Bail Fund, an arm of Black Lives Matter Louisville, posted the $100,000 cash bail around 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
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. 9, 2022 at 2:28 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Crews first responded to the fire on Minor Lane around 10:30 a.m., according to Maj. Frankie Nalley.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 at 5:34 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
According to his arrest slip, David Wood “treated the corpse in ways that would outrage ordinary family sensibilities.”
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: Jan. 13, 2022 at 5:49 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Natalia Martinez
Shirley was shot and killed on Aug. 5 while working off-duty as a security guard at an auto lot.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 4:38 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The arrests were made in connection to the death of Jermaine Sprewer, whose body was found at the Shawnee Park boat ramp in September 2021.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2021 at 12:46 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The crash happened near the corner of New Shepherdsville Road and Deatsville Road on Dec. 26.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 3:04 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Phylicia Ashley
Burdette killed Det. Deidre Mengedoht when his MSD truck slammed into her unmarked police car.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2021 at 10:50 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
No details have yet been released concerning why the deputy shot with their weapon or whether anyone else was hurt.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 4:50 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Charles Gazaway and David Mattingly
Neeli Bendapudi was hired as UofL's 18th president on April 3, 2018 to replace Dr. James Ramsey.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2021 at 5:22 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
It will be built at the corner of Ballardsville Road and Brownsboro Road, which is not far from Norton Commons.
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. 19, 2021 at 6:13 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Charles Gazaway and David Mattingly
The shootings, which happened around 2:30 a.m., started on the Watterson Expressway and ended on Dixie Highway.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 4:34 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Ballard was killed in November 2016 while preparing for a hunting trip with his grandson on family property.
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: Nov. 4, 2021 at 4:44 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The suspect was shot by the deputy and flown to Lexington hospital for treatment.
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.
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