In Tennessee, prosecutors can charge people for crimes committed by another person, even if they weren’t directly responsible. Activist groups are working with state legislators to change that.

On May 7, actors in New York City will perform a reading of a WPLN News story about rural domestic violence in order to facilitate a conversation about gun violence prevention. WPLN listeners can take part in the live discussion via Zoom.

She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day.

Police officers discovered seven people shot during a 21st birthday party in Florence, Ky., shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday. The suspected shooter later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The new commissioner for the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice warned lawmakers Wednesday that an influx of youth sent to juvenile detention facilities could burden an already overtaxed system.

Officials with the U.S. Department of Justice will hold more community meetings this month — this time virtually — to discuss potential policing reforms after releasing a scathing 2023 misconduct report.

Democrats made their final impassioned pleas against the tough-on-crime legislation as it made final passage through the Kentucky General Assembly, until Republicans moved to limit debate.

As correctional facilities in Kentucky and other states deal with overcrowding, researchers and community groups across the country are calling for more research into “post-incarceration syndrome.”

The omnibus tough-on-crime bill often called the Safer Kentucky Act passed a Senate committee despite a “no” vote from the committee chair.

After recently accepting a plea agreement, Steven Lopez will serve time in prison for a shooting at a protest in 2020 that killed a local photographer.