Sean Baute
Multi-media journalist
Louisville, KY
Sean joined the WAVE News team in March 2019 as a multimedia journalist and reporter.
He currently reports for WAVE News Midday, WAVE News at 3 and 4.
He previously worked as an anchor and reporter at Gray TV sister station WBKO in Bowling Green, KY.
Sean has spent his entire life in Kentucky. He grew up in the Northern Kentucky city of Villa Hills.
He attended the University of Kentucky and moved to Bowling Green upon graduation. He spent nearly three years there before finding his way to Louisville.
Sean is a huge sports fan, cheering for the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Bengals, and Kentucky Wildcats.
The judge initially sentenced Coleman to 30 years in prison, but she will spend the final five years of the term on probation.
Washington Circuit Court Judge Larry Medlock sentenced Dawn Coleman to 30 years in prison with five years suspended.
Seaman First Class Elmer P. Lawrence was among the more than 2,000 people killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
The Second Stride program located at Chorleywood Farm in Oldham County is retraining, rehabilitating and rehoming Kentucky’s race horses.
Treven Ball played for a youth football team in Indiana. His family said he loved his friends, family and football.
Police in Louisville have arrested a woman they say fled the scene of a deadly crash that killed an off-duty officer earlier this week.
Electric vehicle battery manufacturing company, Envision AESC, is bringing their business to the commonwealth.
Nora Thompson, 57, was found Tuesday morning inside her vehicle just off Interstate 65. The SUV was spotted by an LMPD helicopter.
Through the record-breaking violence that’s plaguing the the city of Louisville, and a particularly violent week, a local church has provided support in a unique way, especially at area schools.
The investigation into Deputy Brandon Shirley’s death is getting top priority.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Frankfort on Wednesday to express their disdain for what they called “tyrannical” mandates coming out of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s office.
Don't care for the swab? A new COVID-19 testing site downtown features a mouthwash test, with results back in 48 hours.
Five front-line healthcare workers were the first to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in Louisville Monday morning.
Former NFL Great and champion for the city of Louisville, Paul Hornung, was laid to rest on Friday.
Other regulatory boards have made similar decrees, like most notably in Franklin County, Ohio.
A Kentucky teen’s story has gone viral for her Christmas generosity after her mother shared it all on Facebook.
A bit of an unusual start to Ironman Louisville, but one athlete from out-of-town decided to complete the cancelled first leg of the triathlon in her own way.
The three-year grant from the Department of Justice will go toward his sexual assault cold case unit.
An area of South Louisville, just off Dixie Highway, could transform into a small community of tiny houses for homeless veterans.
Central Bank put in the winning bid Thursday, a multiple-time winner of the ham.
Proposed legislation would included protection orders that could keep guns away from people that a judge deemed unfit to have them.
Emergency crews responded to a report of a water rescue on Old Heady Road at Plum Creek Road around 2:10 a.m., according to Spencer County Sheriff Scott Herndon.
The Senate Majority Leader said raising the age from 18 to 21 would make it more difficult for teens to get their hands on devices, like e-cigarettes and vaping devices.
