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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Sep. 14, 2021 at 12:01 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
He was cited with disorderly conduct and released from jail.
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: Jul. 8, 2021 at 9:59 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri, Elizabeth Pace and Gray News staff
A restaurant owner paid back his hard-working employees by paying for a trip to Las Vegas.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 10:00 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre criticized transgender Olympic athletes on his podcast, saying it’s “unfair” that they can compete in women’s sports.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 10:28 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Amanda Yff, 26, and Brent Bishop, 30, were charged Monday, according to arrest documents.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 12:24 AM EDT
|By John P. Wise, Mike Fussell, Kaitlin Rust and Shellie Sylvestri
LMPD Sgt. Jon Mattingly, one of three officers involved in the Breonna Taylor shooting death, confirmed to WAVE 3 News that he sent a strongly-worded email to his department colleagues early Tuesday morning.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
It appears some changes are happening for the commonwealth’s most famous food chain.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 11:54 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The media mogul is once again getting involved in calling for action in the investigation into the death of Breonna Taylor.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2020 at 6:19 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
“After you’ve been played for a fool by people stealin’ from you for years, you get fed up,” May Boyce said, “and don’t put me in the category of a little old lady. I know how to take care of myself.”
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Two African American women left a Tenn. deputy a note, which read, “BLM, but so does yours. Thank you for your service. Breakfast paid.”
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 12:29 AM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The Louisville Metro Council unanimously passed a measure called Breonna’s Law Thursday evening, a measure that bans the use of no-knock warrants.
Updated: May. 30, 2020 at 1:53 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
WAVE 3 News reporter Kaitlin Rust and photojournalist James Dobson were struck by pepper balls reportedly fired by an LMPD officer during a protest in downtown Louisville on Friday night.
Updated: May. 29, 2020 at 12:10 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and John P. Wise
Seven people were shot during protests that lasted into early Friday morning in downtown Louisville.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2020 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The grandson of an Atlanta man put on life support due to the coronavirus isn’t giving up hope that his ‘Opa’ will get better.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2020 at 6:06 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Olive Veronesi's plea for beer as she held a sign in the window of her Seminole, Pennsylvania home quickly went viral over the weekend.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2020 at 5:20 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Evelyn Boswell is 2 feet tall and weighs 28 pounds. She has blue eyes.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2020 at 10:54 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
A criminal complaint stated the suspect told the victim he would “kill her and spread her body parts across Interstate 380” if she did not sit and watch the show.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2020 at 6:26 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Effective Tuesday, Feb. 11, ticket prices will increase at Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2020 at 5:13 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The OSEARCH website shows the shark was tagged at 15 feet, 5 inches long in the fall.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2020 at 5:12 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The KC Pet Project has more than 100 dogs up for adoption.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2020 at 5:10 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The mom said her idea came after her husband slept through her older son’s cries in the hospital.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2020 at 10:33 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The dog was brought to The Kentucky Humane Society from a shelter in Hardinsburg.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2020 at 1:00 AM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Paxton and Christina Yates were both arrested Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2020 at 8:22 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The scriptwriter will reportedly be the man behind “Bad Boys for Life.”
Updated: Dec. 17, 2019 at 8:09 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The young boy started collecting hygiene products, which he compiled to make 'Hero Bags.'
Updated: Dec. 3, 2019 at 4:55 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Surveillance footage from a McDonald's shows Ashley Neal pouring a 150-degree drink on the infant’s head.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2019 at 8:17 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The Jagged Little Pill ticket presale starts Dec. 10. Regular ticket sales open Dec. 13.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2019 at 9:04 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Alelia Murphy, who was 114, lived in New York City before she died.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2019 at 9:51 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Chicago Field Office seized six shipments from the Louisville airport containing 2,909 fake IDs and more than 3,000 blank card stocks.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2019 at 5:23 PM EST
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Before he died, Nick Clifford spent a lot of time at Mount Rushmore talking to visitors.
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