Jacob Ryan
Managing Editor, KyCIRJacob Ryan is an award-winning journalist and managing editor LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team who tenaciously reports accountability stories on a variety of subjects.
He is a recipient of a Sidney Hillman award, a national Investigative Reporters and Editors award and numerous regional and local awards.
Jacob, who joined LPM in 2014, is originally from Eddyville, Kentucky. He’s a graduate of Western Kentucky University.
Email Jacob at jryan@lpm.org.
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A group of council members want the Louisville Metro Housing Authority to do a better job maintaining its catalog of complexes, specifically the 685-unit Dosker Manor. -
The former investigative reporter will lead the five-journalist team covering civic accountability issues across Kentucky.
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One of Louisville Metro’s largest allocations from the American Rescue Plan Act went to an organization that wants to use it for a health care training center. A lack of city oversight created an opportunity for a former official with no ties to the project to profit.
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Louisville has a new police chief with a familiar face. Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Thursday that Jackie Gwinn-Villaroel is moving from interim chief to the permanent position.
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The city’s ethics commission rejected Republican Anthony Piagentini’s plea to dismiss the complaint against him and end the investigation that will soon culminate in a public hearing.
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Louisville Metro Council Member Anthony Piagentini wants the city’s ethics commission to dismiss the complaint against him and end their investigation before the findings are presented at a hearing set for early next month.
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Metro Council member Anthony Piagentini claimed the city’s ethics commission violated state and local laws by disclosing his response to a complaint accusing him of ethics violations. A county judge disagreed.
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The warrants were under court-ordered seal for a month after the shooting at Old National Bank downtown. They show police sought to analyze the online footprint left by the shooter.
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Council Republican Anthony Piagentini claims the Louisville Metro Ethics Commission violated state law by releasing records that he says should have been kept confidential.
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The council approved the plan as community members criticized it from the crowd.
