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: Aug. 17, 2021 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
Khadia Shojae said she has not heard from her family since the Taliban seized control of her town a week ago.
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: Dec. 5, 2020 at 12:25 AM EST
|By Faith King and Shellie Sylvestri
Fifteen Kentucky law school graduates are left wondering what to do after being told they passed the bar exam recently but later receiving a letter saying they actually failed.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 6:43 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
“Those feeling frustration and feeling hurt deserve to know more," Beshear said during his daily press briefing.
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: 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: 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: 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.