âPeople all over came to helpâ: Louisville âsnow baby,â Michelle Schmitt, dies at 30 âPeople all over came to helpâ: Louisville âsnow baby,â Michelle Schmitt, dies at 30 (Source: WAVE 3) By Stephen Goin | May 8, 2021 at 7:29 PM EDT - Updated May 8 at 8:05 PM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - For 27 years, people in Louisville knew Michelle Schmitt-Cobble as the âsnow baby,â but she will always be âlittle sisterâ to Ashley Schmitt.
âShe was passionate, caring and loving to everyone, she treated everyone equally,â Ashley said. âWe went through a lot with each other growing up and we leaned on each other growing up because we both knew what we were going through⦠she wanted to help other people because weâve had so many people help us.â
The Colorado National Guard has experienced a busy start to the month, with a deployment ceremony for soldiers heading to Europe, a homecoming celebration for a military police unit returning from the Middle East, and the promotion of a commander to a two-star general.
Deploying overseas
About 70 Army National Guard soldiers from three units are headed to Europe to support NATO and U.S. Army Europe in peacekeeping operations.
Soldiers spent months preparing, including more than one week outside Guernsey, Wyo., in desolate conditions. There they qualified on their individual weapons and trained for ambushes.
They received training help from soldiers with Fort Carson’s 4
I am a white privileged American. Yes, and if you are black, Hispanic, Asian or an American of any race or background, you too are a privileged American. You live in America. People climb fences, often risking their lives and paying thousands to get here. People from around the world go through the long and frustrating legal immigration process to become an American immigrant. No one could blame anyone for doing anything they can to come to this land of freedom and opportunity.
Could America be better? Of course. Am I dissatisfied with the politicians in Washington? Of course. Are there racists and criminals in our midst? Of course, but their number is dwarfed by the vast majority of responsible, caring citizens of all races.
NASHVILLE (RNS) Colleen Reese was ticked at her preacher.
Listening to the minister’s sermon at Franklin Christian Church, south of Nashville, she took exception when he began to criticize parents for passing bad habits and bad genes on to their children.
He included a joke about mothers passing on mental illness to their kids. Reese, who deals with depression, thought the joke was in poor taste and had little to do with Christianity.
When Reese typed the sermon title into Google, a link to her pastor’s latest sermon series popped up. But so did a three-year-old series from a church in Kentucky. The Kentucky sermon was almost identical to the sermon her pastor had preached.
Traditional services weren t the only way people in Kentuckiana celebrated the Christian holiday. Author: Shay McAlister Updated: 10:17 PM EDT April 4, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Kentuckiana is rich in tradition when it comes to Easter and Passover.
From 500 cast member passion plays to three-week-long Matza baking classes, we went into the WHAS11 Vault for a trip down Easter memory lane, which spans 40 years, in Kentuckiana.
Easter morning in 1979 was a chilly one and families in Southern Indiana huddled together for warmth as they listened to the pastor s word. Just across the river, a downtown Louisville hotel displayed an Easter bunny ice sculpture.
Two years later children attending an Easter Parade squealed with excitement.