Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInLOUISVILLE (WAVE) - A man is being hospitalized after being shot multiple times near the Fairdale neighborhood Louisville Metro Police responded to a shooting in the 5900 block of New Cut Road officers found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds LMPD’s Non-Fatal Shooting unit is investigating this incident Anyone with information about this case is encouraged by LMPD to call their anonymous tip line at (502)574-LMPD This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page For more than 130 years, Norton Healthcare’s faith heritage has guided its mission to provide quality health care to all those it serves. Today, Norton Healthcare is a leader in serving adult and pediatric patients from throughout Greater Louisville Enter your information below to sign up for our free Get Healthy e-mail newsletter you'll receive stories and insights from the Norton Healthcare family Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInLOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man has been arrested on Friday, April 18 for a hit-and-run in Fairdale that left a three-year-old girl with a broken arm turned himself in to the police and is charged with tampering with physical evidence and leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid The charges are in connection to a hit-and-run Thursday that left three-year-old Zakiya Howard with a broken arm Howard is expected to make a full recovery Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More — Parts of Kentucky were hit with severe weather on Sunday night A National Weather Service survey team in Bullitt County found damage consistent with an EF-1 tornado with 105 mph winds about four miles south of Shepherdsville They also confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit the Fairdale neighborhood in Louisville causing several downed trees and damage to homes which was a little bit more scary,” said Stacey Vaught The storm broke the limbs off several trees on Vaught’s property “We are concerned about the roof being messed up because it is leaking inside of the house so we wanted to get someone out here to at least tarp it and do a better job than we did last night,” Vaught said The Fairdale Fire Department and NWS in Louisville spent Monday assessing the damage it's really around 90 mph is what we're seeing but it could be a little bit higher than that," said Mike Kochasic "But we're looking at an EF-1 rating."  The most concerning part of Sunday night’s storm for Vaught was not the damage that her property sustained “We didn't hear any tornado sirens,” Vaught said It’s recommended people don’t rely on sirens since they can often be hard to hear from inside the home The NWS also recommends people download the free FEMA app to receive weather alerts Kentuckians are urged to have a safety plan and be prepared with another round of storms expected to hit later this week (WAVE) - A man is in the hospital after a shooting in the Fairdale neighborhood Wednesday evening Officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 10900 block of Holsclaw Hill Road around 6:30 p.m. The man was taken to UofL Hospital for treatment and is expected to survive Mitchell said that a suspect had been detained LMPD’s Non-Fatal Shooting Unit is handling the ongoing investigation Camron McDaniels' return to Jeffersontown basketball may very well help the Chargers return to Rupp Arena at the end of March McDaniels scored a season-high 30 points for the host Chargers (24-6), who held on to beat Fairdale 79-74 in a Sixth Region first-round matchup Tuesday a key player on J’town’s 2023 regional champion as a sophomore and last season’s leading scorer left the school this year to attend Huntington Prep in West Virginia and the Chargers did not need any adjustment period to welcome him back J’town is now 7-1 in games he’s played in since his return Feb “I've played with them all my life,” McDaniels said “I know every guy that's on the court with me right now The senior scored 11 in the third quarter and helped them take a 54-38 lead midway through the period just as they did last Friday against Pleasure Ridge Park in the 21st District final A 10-2 third-quarter run cut the deficit to 56-48 with 1:20 left in the third after a Sean Malone layup who also was a star football player for the Chargers he grabbed the rebound of a missed free throw on Fairdale’s end and drove the length of the court for a layup in the closing seconds to bump the lead back to 60-48 very strong,” Fairdale coach Michael Stinnett said Chargers coach Richard Duncan said McDaniels’ athleticism makes him a dangerous player at all levels “He can shoot the 3-ball,” said Duncan about his senior who made a pair of 3-pointers and he can finish at the free-throw line in the midrange game He just helps our whole offensive game plan because he's so gifted.” Jarel Butler’s layup cut the J’town lead to 69-67 with 1:52 left Stinnett credited his team’s nine-man rotation for helping to wear down the Chargers that run would not continue as the Chargers went 10 for 14 from the free-throw line in the final 1:40 to advance to Saturday’s regional semifinal seeking its third regional championship in four years Dayvone Harrison and Damere Clark added 15 each for the Chargers Larron Westmoreland scored 10 and came up with a key offensive rebound off a missed free throw in the final minute to help secure the win FAIRDALE           16       15       17      26 – 74 JEFFERSONTOWN   19      22      19      19 – 79 Jeffersontown (24-6) – Larron Westmoreland 10 Moore 86, Western 52E.J Leslie nailed six 3-pointers and scored 26 points to lead the host Mustangs (19-10) over the Warriors (7-18) which advanced to the regional semifinals for the first time since 2012 Antayvion Lawrence scored 19 points to lead Moore WESTERN     11       14      12      15 – 52 MOORE        17       21      27      21 – 86 15 Bears (25-4) over the visiting Tigers (16-15) Henrich Barjolo (18 points) and Adrian Wilder (17 points) also had big games as Butler advanced to face Pleasure Ridge Park at noon Saturday in a regional semifinal at Valley Noah Glover, the Sixth Region Player of the Year FERN CREEK    19      10      21       16 – 66 BUTLER           18       18      21       14 – 71 and added 10 rebounds to lift the host Panthers (24-4) over the Eagles (19-13) JaQuay Gabriel scored 12 points and KeJuan Shephard added 10 for PRP which led 29-14 at halftime and held on down the stretch Kaylen Alexander led North Bullitt with 14 points NORTH BULLITT      8        6      19      14 – 47 PRP                       14      15       19      13 – 61 Pleasure Ridge Park (24-4) – JaQuay Gabriel 12 Courier Journal sports reporter Jason Frakes contributed to this report (WAVE) - A teenager is dead and another was taken to the hospital after a crash in the Fairdale neighborhood on Saturday Louisville police said officers were on regular patrol near the Jefferson-Bullitt County line when they saw a car that had been reported stolen and had two people inside Officers decided not to pursue the vehicle Police said an officer then described seeing sparks about a half mile down the road Officers then found an overturned car in the 10300 block of National Turnpike Aid was given to the two victims until EMS could arrive McKune died before he could be taken to the hospital The other teen was taken to Norton Children’s where they are expected to survive LMPD said they believe the car that crashed was the one officers decided not to pursue earlier they don’t know who the driver of the vehicle was (WAVE) -The National Weather Service will spend the day surveying storm damage after severe weather rolled through the Metro among other areas Sunday evening Survey crews are headed to Meade County and southern Jefferson County for the day One of several areas impacted by the storms was Louisville’s Fairdale neighborhood NWS Louisville confirmed an EF-1 tornado with 90-mile-per-hour winds hit the area WAVE crews in the Fairdale neighborhood say damage is seen on Mitchell Hill Road and Chieftain Drive Josh Hente and his family of three were in a bathtub when an eerie moment of silence followed heavy rain showers his fiancé Amber Cummings and their 9-year-old son were taking cover while sirens blared in Fairdale Sunday night Hente could sense something destructive was coming that's when I knew it was about to go down," Hente "It sounded like a train was going over the top of the house." A swift tornado completely blew down two trees and part of another but never a twister that went right through his own home Hente said he was busy filing insurance claims and getting tree damage assessed "We had had to move all the tree branches to assess the damage fully so that helped (move things along)," Hente said At least three tornadoes touched down during a round of severe weather in the area Sunday night the National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed following storm surveys Monday officials with the weather service determined an EF-1 tornado with wind speeds of up to 90 mph damaged trees and some buildings in Fairdale NWS Louisville meteorologist CJ Padgett said Surveyors in Fairdale were working to determine the distance the tornado traveled "The main damage so far appears to be tree damage and that's what we typically see with these weaker tornadoes Two survey crews from the National Weather Service were out reviewing storm damages in Jefferson Meade and Breckenridge counties in Kentucky NWS officials observed radar-indicated storm rotation Sunday night in south Louisville from Dixie Highway to roughly 15 miles away in Heritage Creek but that does not necessarily mean the tornado was on the ground the entire time The survey crew in Jefferson County was tasked with determining where storm damages occurred along the path About two hours after releasing findings on the Fairdale tornado a team of storm surveyors in Bullitt County announced a preliminary report of an EF-1 tornado with wind speeds of up to 105 mph A photo taken by a member of the crew showed structural damage from a building impacted by the storm Another preliminary report of an EF-1 tornado Survey crews from NWS Louisville may be needed again later this week, as tornadoes and damaging winds are believed to be among the main threats Kentucky and southern Indiana residents may face Wednesday with more severe storms possible," Padgett said Hente said he and his family will be ready for whatever comes next having learned from his mother the importance of being alert and prepared during a severe storm so I was trying to look at things positively," he said of his close encounter with a tornado Reach reporter Leo Bertucci at lbertucci@gannett.com or @leober2chee on X who lived through the 2015 Fairdale tornado and has since moved away a member of the Fairdale community for the past 45 years about the tornado that nearly destroyed the town on April 9 FAIRDALE – A decade after the strongest tornado to come through DeKalb County in recorded history decimated Fairdale the scars left by the storm still are evident across the small but persisting town The tornado injured 22 people and killed two Fairdale residents: Geraldine Schultz who has lived in Fairdale for the past 45 years said he knew what Klosa would do when severe weather approached their homes “She used to go into her bathroom with her purse and her cellphone when weather was bad,” Silvers said but hers ended up in a pile with her inside it.” Shaw Local file photo – A tornado touched down April 9 injuring 22 and killing two residents of Fairdale in northern DeKalb County (Photo provided by Walker Ashley) (Photo provided by Walker Ashley) More than two dozen buildings in Fairdale were destroyed by the tornado and virtually every property in town was affected there were just shy of 60 properties in Fairdale That one house on the corner lost 27 trees on the property.” Empty lots and buildings that appear dilapidated stand out next to new construction and repaired structures in Fairdale where homes were leveled and the former owners decided not to rebuild have been bought by the owners of adjacent properties The lots where Klosa and Schultz lived have long since been cleared of rubble they remain empty aside from a nameless memorial with a cross wagon and floodlight situated near a small piece of concrete building foundation Beyond the empty properties and tattered buildings evidence of the tornado can be found a decade later throughout the landscape of Fairdale Piles of rubble still can be found on some properties on that side of town and the remains of trees too large to wrap your arms around are still rooted The siding of a multi-unit residence in Fairdale remains in disarray on April 11 10 years and two days after an EF-4 tornado destroyed more than a third of the town's buildings Silvers said the tornado reshaped the community in more ways than one “It was kind of weird because we lost 26 houses and along with that were the families we were used to seeing,” Silvers said Adrienne Truran moved to Fairdale in the early 2000s and was home when the tornado forever changed her community but her daughter still lives in the neighborhood-sized town Asked what she remembers about the day the tornado struck was a beautiful but particularly warm spring day The weather drew many of the townspeople to spend their day outside Shaw Local file photo – A wedge tornado left a path of destruction through Fairdale on April 10 only the EF-4 tornado that hit Rochelle and Fairdale was stronger than an EF-2 The tornado that devastated the area was strongest when it was north of Rochelle turning into an EF-3 while moving through Fairdale in the northwest corner of DeKalb County which is based out of Romeoville and covers 23 counties in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana “We usually see them on the weaker variety to get something of EF-4 intensity is actually quite rare for us,” Yack said “It’s something that probably happens maybe once a decade the NWS Chicago office has not reported a tornado stronger than the one that struck Fairdale in 2015 The NWS uses the Enhanced Fujita Scale to assess and rate the strength of tornadoes based on the damage found in their path Without verifiable wind speed measurements storm surveyors try to quantify how strong the winds in a tornado were by looking at the amount of damage the storm caused Yack said EF-0 and EF-1 tornadoes – vastly more common than tornadoes of stronger intensities – can topple small trees rip shingles off roofs and tear the siding off houses He said that level of damage is minor and more of a nuisance compared with what the Fairdale tornado was capable of producing “When you’re talking EF-4- and EF-5-level damage you’re looking at basically houses swept off their foundation,” Yack said “Homes and businesses basically leveled without much staying maybe just the foundation is left in many cases.” Shaw Local file photo – Crews continue their search-and-rescue efforts in the aftermath of destruction from the wedge tornado that left a path of wreckage through Fairdale on April 10 Although the tornado was not graded as an EF-4 when it tore through Fairdale Silvers and Truran said many of the homes in their community were turned into piles of rubble by the storm The tornado was the strongest in the NWS Chicago warning area since an F-5 tornado struck Plainfield on Aug The tornado spawned at 6:39 p.m. in Lee County and lifted at 7:20 p.m., about 10 minutes after it passed through Fairdale. “We started seeing weird stuff roll in, and then eventually it started hailing, so we all ran to our houses. After that, it all went crazy.” Silvers and Truran said they still are gobsmacked by the scale of support their town received in the storm’s aftermath. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office set up a trailer in the town as a headquarters for storm cleanup. That stayed near their home for weeks, while volunteers from across the state came to assist their community. Volunteers from Northern Illinois University cleared debris from the fields of nearby farms. Excavating companies came in to help clear rubble left by demolished houses. Truran and Silvers said they weren’t impressed with officials from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, but volunteers with The Salvation Army went above and beyond to support the community. Interim DeKalb County Administrator Derek Hiland reminded members of the DeKalb County Board on April 9 that they were meeting 10 years to the day of the 2015 Fairdale tornado. “Lives [were] lost and forever changed because of that event that happened 10 years ago,” Hiland said. “[We’re] thinking of everybody in Fairdale and those impacted from ... that devastating tornado.” Although DeKalb County has not seen a tornado near the strength that Fairdale weathered over the past decade, that doesn’t mean it can’t happen again. The Fairdale tornado ended an almost four-year tornado drought in DeKalb County, according to the NWS. Yack said anyone who lives in an area prone to severe weather should have multiple ways to be warned of an impending threat. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration radios are most often recommended for those looking to be informed of thunderstorm and tornado warnings, especially in rural areas. Yack said local news, cellphone apps and social media also are good ways to stay informed during a severe weather emergency. A memorial is seen April 11, 2025, on the Fairdale property where Jacklyn K. Klosa, 69, once lived. She was killed during an EF-4 tornado that struck Fairdale in northwestern DeKalb County on April 9, 2015. Geraldine Schultz, 67, the only other person to die in the storm, lived in a property adjacent to Klosa. (Camden Lazenby) Truran said news stations were the primary way townspeople were informed of impending severe weather in 2015, but because it was an abnormally warm day, “nobody was watching the news.” “Nobody watched the news until they went into the house, and then they were watching the news, and a lot of people obviously were videotaping because it was a crazy effect that was going on here,” Truran said. “The sky turned eerie colors and hail, obviously, was weird.” Although the community still is seeking to remove tornado damage and refurbish blighted property, a Fairdale historical marker that was dedicated exactly one year after the tornado swept through town noted that things could have been worse. “EF-4 tornado April 9 that nearly destroyed Fairdale,” officials wrote on the marker. Copyright © 2023 Shaw Local News Network Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.