LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville Metro leaders launched a Text to 911 program Tuesday, July 7, offering domestic violence survivors and others a way to reach emergency services without speaking on ...

A text-to-911 pilot program currently in use by Louisville's MetroSafe dispatch center will now be put into place permanently, officials announced during a July 7 news conference. The service, which ...

City leaders say the new way to contact emergency dispatchers could be a game changer for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a language barrier. Lake Powell nears "dead power pool"—what it ...

California lawmakers’ desire for more oversight of the state’s overdue and over-budget Next Generation 911 project appear likely to go into effect after requirements proposed earlier this session were ...

Jefferson County Public Schools is rolling out a new bus-tracking option Monday for families beginning in the 2026-27 school year.

Add WDRB as a preferred source on Google to ensure that local news and weather from WDRB appears more often in Top Stories when relevant to your search. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — You can now text 911 ...

The discussion on how to treat those with mental illness in our communities — specifically as it relates to 911 calls for mental health crises — never ends. The primary response in the city of Chicago ...

SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — A community paramedicine program at Georgetown Scott County EMS is cutting down the number of non-emergency 911calls, freeing up first responders. Veteran EMT Brandon ...

More than 1,000 911 calls in central Iowa went unanswered for more than an hour in mid-June, according to an analysis by Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Calls to 911 failed to connect ...

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