Dustin Vogt
Digital Content Manager
Louisville, Ky.

Dustin Vogt has been with WAVE News since September 2012. He has been involved in various production work for the station, and in September 2019, accepted a role as a digital journalist.
As a Louisville native, Dustin is always looking for the best stories to cover all over the city and beyond.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2023 at 11:10 AM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Old National Bank opened its newly relocated facility months after a deadly tragedy at its old downtown Louisville location.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 12:23 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Debra Worley
An infant was recently surrendered to the first Safe Haven Baby Box installed in Kentucky.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2023 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Jordan Gartner
A woman is $1 million richer after a surprise lottery win.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2023 at 12:10 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Chloe’s Dream, trained by Jeff Hiles, was euthanized following Race 2 on Derby Day after being taken off in an equine ambulance.
Updated: May. 26, 2023 at 9:21 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Jordan Gartner
A family’s video from their recent trip to the zoo is going viral.
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 1:19 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Michael Schlemmer said he plans on buying a new car and placing the rest of his winnings in savings.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 1:36 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt, Marresa Burke and Andrew McMunn
Officials said the man was rushed to the hospital where he later died.
Updated: May. 20, 2023 at 6:05 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt, Quenton Robertson, Brandon Spencer and David Mattingly
Norman Wolfe, an inmate who was on the run for more than two days, has been caught and arrested.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 6:02 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Gray News staff
Police say Norman K. Wolfe has charges against him for burglary, fleeing, evading police and possession of a handgun as a convicted felon.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
The punishment comes after Forte was disqualified from the Hopeful Stakes on Sept. 5, 2022.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 12:06 PM CDT
|By Charles Gazaway, Dustin Vogt and Gray News staff
The Hall of Fame basketball coach who led the University of Louisville Cardinals to two NCAA National Championships has died.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt, Brandon Spencer, Mark Stevens and Gray News staff
Four horses have died at Churchill Downs in six days, with one of them being a derby horse.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 7:47 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Jordan Gartner
Two horses died at Churchill Downs on Tuesday as the track kicks off one of its biggest race weeks of the year.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 4:33 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Lamar Jackson will be staying in Baltimore after agreeing in principle to a five-year contract extension with the Ravens franchise.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 10:43 AM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Amanda Alvarado
A Louisville woman is having a great birthday after her husband bought her a Kentucky Lottery scratch-off and won half a million dollars.
Updated: Apr. 16, 2023 at 2:13 AM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Gray News staff
Police are investigating the fatal shooting. There are currently no suspects.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Gray News staff
Louisville Metro Police Department Officer Nickolas Wilt remains listed in critical condition. The other patient is in stable and fair condition.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 2:19 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Gray News staff
The Louisville Metro Police Department released the 911 calls from Monday morning’s shooting at Old National Bank that killed five people and injured eight others.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 5:24 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Videos were shared from two of the responding officers, Officer Nickolas Wilt and Officer Cory “CJ” Galloway, as they approached 333 East Main Street.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Andrew McMunn, Dustin Vogt and WAVE Staff
The Louisville Metro Police Department said Nickolas Wilt ran towards the gunfire that broke out at Old National Bank in the downtown area of Louisville in the morning.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2023 at 2:43 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt, Michael Caldwell and WAVE Staff
Police said there is no longer an active aggressor threat and that “the suspected shooter has been neutralized.”
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 2:38 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Police said each of the victims showed injuries from blunt force trauma.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Andrew McMunn
The school district said Leroy Littles Sr. had worked for the district for 16 years.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 11:31 AM CST
|By Dustin Vogt and Emily Van de Riet
Two co-workers in Kentucky are splitting a big $50,000 win after buying Lottery scratch-off tickets during their break.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 10:20 AM CST
|By Dustin Vogt and Debra Worley
Jerry Pannell went to buy eggs for his breakfast and decided to get a scratch-off lottery ticket while he was there.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 6:00 PM CST
|By Dustin Vogt and Andrew McMunn
Police in Kentucky arrested a woman after witnesses reported her hitting a 2-year-old child multiple times in a grocery store.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 11:09 AM CST
|By Marresa Burke, Dustin Vogt and Gray News staff
The customers said they are upset that their dinners were interrupted by a Republican Women’s Club of South Central Kentucky event at the restaurant.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 12:42 PM CST
|By Dustin Vogt
Elizabethtown police said they responded to reports of the restaurant’s sign falling from a pole and landing on a car.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 12:41 PM CST
|By Dustin Vogt and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Kentucky say a woman has died and two others injured after a restaurant sign fell on their car.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 8:59 AM CST
|By Dustin Vogt and Gray News staff
Two vehicles crashed, causing the SUV to spin and crash into a bar establishment at The Hub, police said.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 10:26 AM CST
|By Dustin Vogt
A UPS delivery driver who went viral for his reaction to thanking homeowners for leaving out snacks had a chance to thank the couple in person.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2022 at 2:58 PM CST
|By Dustin Vogt
The University of Louisville announced Jeff Brohm, the head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers, will be the next head coach for the university’s football team.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 11:25 AM CST
|By Dustin Vogt, Michael Caldwell and Kendrick Haskins
The University of Louisville is finalizing a deal to bring Jeff Brohm home to become the next football head coach, multiple sources have reported.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 3:00 PM CST
|By Dustin Vogt
Indiana governor Eric Holcomb is recovering after being diagnosed with pneumonia on Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 7:26 PM CST
|By Dustin Vogt
Funeral arrangements for former Kentucky governor John Y. Brown Jr. have been announced.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 2:49 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
ISP previously stated the child’s body had been found inside of a suitcase in the woods in New Pekin, Ind. on April 16.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 8:17 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and David Ochoa
Following a string of copper metal thefts in Louisville leaving hundreds of lighting poles dark on interstates, officials are offering a reward leading to arrests.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 10:35 AM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Debra Worley
According to authorities, the peach blossom jellyfish are about the size of a contact lens and can be seen pulsing up and down inside of the pondwater
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 8:04 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Jordan Gartner
An exciting family moment has been created for a Kentucky father and his two sons after they cashed a $500,000 lottery scratch-off ticket.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 12:04 PM CDT
|By Julia Huffman, Dustin Vogt and Andrew McMunn
A Kentucky man is facing murder charges after a pregnant woman was shot and killed Sunday night.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2022 at 3:30 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Jordan Gartner
An investigation remains ongoing at a funeral home in Indiana after authorities made a disturbing discovery.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 4:40 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Jordan Gartner
Police in Louisville helped prevent a situation involving a baby from possibly turning deadly.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 3:29 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Several Kentucky providers have filed a lawsuit in Jefferson Circuit Court seeking to block two abortion bans within the commonwealth.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 1:22 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Andrew McMunn
A Kentucky man has been charged with assault after allegedly sucker punching Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer early Saturday evening.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 10:19 AM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Emily Van de Riet
A pediatrician in Kentucky pleaded not guilty to a murder-for-hire charge in which officials say she plotted to have her ex-husband killed.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Nick Picht
The Republican and Democratic nominations for Kentucky’s seat in the U.S. Senate have been confirmed.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt, Josh Ninke and Jordan Gartner
A private school in Louisville is receiving criticism online after an essay assignment leaked that required students to argue against homosexuality.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 4:56 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt
We have a winner!
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Josh Ninke
The new detail was confirmed by ISP Sgt. Carey Huls on Tuesday evening. A picture of the suitcase was released to the public in hopes new information comes forward.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 9:47 PM CDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Tori Gessner
Kentucky governor Andy Beshear has vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have banned transgender girls from participating in women’s sports in the commonwealth.