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LMPD will not be subject to a consent decree—so what's next for police reform in Louisville? -
Louisville community leaders say they’re upset but not surprised that President Donald Trump’s Justice Department has dropped the city’s consent decree. -
At Tuesday’s Q&A with two finalists for the next JCPS superintendent, KyCIR asked community members what the next leader has to get right. -
Misty Noel — who is married to former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel — pleaded guilty Wednesday to 10 felonies for theft and tax evasion. -
Louisville Public Media has won four regional 2025 Edward R. Murrow Awards for work from WFPL News and KyCIR teams. -
After the U.S. Department of Education abruptly cancelled $34 million to Kentucky school districts and $18 million for the statewide education department, the state appealed. The federal agency has now denied $10.6 million in a case-by-case review. -
Louisville’s mayor and police chief sought to alleviate community concerns Wednesday following the Trump administration’s motion to quash planned federal oversight of policing reform. -
Tennessee will execute Oscar Franklin Smith this week, while a lawsuit challenging the state’s new lethal injection protocol makes its way through the court system. -
Louisville Metro Council members are taking input from residents on the next city budget, which will take effect July 1. -
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A 43-year-old man died at the downtown Louisville jail Tuesday morning. Standard investigations are underway. -
At least 19 people have died due to severe weather passing through Kentucky last weekend.
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It's getting more common for a lot of tornadoes to form over a big area in a short period of time. But the total number of tornadoes each year in the U.S. is stable. -
Kentuckians should be aware Tuesday as potentially severe weather moves through the state in the afternoon and evening. -
Horse racing depends on thousands of workers without legal status, and industry leaders fear that Trump's soft touch toward the industry in his first term will not persist in his second. -
On Thursday, Tennessee plans to carry out its first execution since 2019 by means of lethal injection. It’s the fourth scheduled execution date since 2020 for Oscar Smith, who was convicted of killing his estranged wife Judith Smith and her two sons Jason Burnett and Chad Burnett in 1989. -
The state of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in the commonwealth.
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Volunteers are out en masse helping people recover from tornado damage in Kentucky as another round of strong storms looms. -
Clearing its first major hurdle, a Jefferson County judge ruled Monday the victims of the 2023 Old National Bank shooting and their families have the right to sue the gun seller and manufacturer who furnished the shooter. -
Hear what the city’s education reporters are looking for ahead of a pair of Tuesday forums with JCPS superintendent finalists. -
Current and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission. -
More severe storms were expected to roll across the central U.S. this week following the weather-related deaths of more than two dozen people and a devastating Kentucky tornado. -
Before her murder in 1965, Alberta O. Jones had already made her mark on history. -
Oldham County residents are resisting a company’s proposal to build a 2 million square-foot data center complex using 600 megawatts of power on a stretch of rural farm land.
