Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting

10/02/2025

Federal authorities want to deport an Indiana resident who has a green card, which grants permanent residency in the U.S. They kept him in custody after a judge said he could be released on bond.

09/21/2025

This week, Louisville Metro Council members are expected to pass a resolution calling on the state to speed up reopening the juvenile detention center. That item is on the consent calendar, meaning it is likely to pass without debate.⁠
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Council members will also consider an ordinance that would drop the requirement for permits for peaceful demonstrations that don't block traffic. This passed out of the Public Safety committee 4-2, with all the "yes" votes coming from Republican members. It will be on the agenda under Old Business, meaning council members are likely to discuss it before voting.⁠
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The meeting at 6 p.m. on Sept. 25 is open to the public, and can be watched on Spectrum channel 184 or streamed online via MetroTV and on Facebook.⁠
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📸 Ryan Van Velzer / LPM

07/22/2025

The New York Times dug in to the reasons why Louisville police can’t solve more murders and the impact it has on families. Reporter German Lopez talked about his findings with KyCIR’s managing editor Jacob Ryan.

The New York Times dug in to the reasons why police can’t solve more murders and the impact it has on Louisville families.

06/10/2025

Clark County is set to receive more than $82,000 for the county jail’s first weeks as an ICE holding facility. That number is expected to increase.

05/21/2025

89.3 WFPL News Louisville & the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting won 4 Regional Murrow Awards for 2025. From new contests at the Kentucky State Fair to mental health solutions for BIPOC young people, check out the award-winning stories.

Louisville Public Media has won four regional 2025 Edward R. Murrow Awards for work from WFPL News and KyCIR teams.

05/07/2025

The fight over the future of Joe Creason Park intensified Tuesday evening when several hundred people showed up to protest an informational meeting hosted by the group that wants to build an expansive tennis and pickleball complex.

The proposed, mayor-backed project is causing deep divisions across Louisville’s upper Highlands area enclave.

The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting’s Morgan Watkins was at Tuesday evening’s meeting. Tap the link to listen to her dispatch. 🔗 https://bit.ly/KYCIR-joe-creason-proposal

05/06/2025

A controversial tennis and pickleball project is sparking a wave of backlash. Developers say the private Bellarmine University isn't involved. But records obtained by KyCIR paint a different picture. Read Morgan Watkin's latest report at the link below.

Public records show the developer of a proposed tennis center at Joe Creason Park envisioned supporting Bellarmine University’s tennis program with the project.

04/18/2025

Louisville's nascent economic alliance got a new boss. Trevor Pawl's base salary is more than the combined pay of Mayor Craig Greenberg and Gov. Andy Beshear. Greenberg, the alliance's board president, told KyCIR that Pawl "is worth every penny he is getting."

The new executive director of Louisville’s economic development group will make more than the mayor and the governor, combined.

03/11/2025

President Trump wants to deport millions of immigrants and some Kentucky sheriffs are signing up to help. Read the latest from KyCIR's Morgan Watkins at lpm.org/investigate

03/06/2025

A proposed measure in Kentucky's General Assembly would strip anti-pollution regulations aimed at protecting the state's groundwater. The bill's Republican sponsor says it's needed policy that will help coal, construction and agriculture. But environmental advocates fear the harm will extend beyond groundwater.

“Our creeks and rivers, no matter how small, are all connected. We all live downstream,” said Silas House, a lifelong Kentuckian and renowned author.

House spoke at a press conference this week organized to oppose the measure. Our reporter Morgan Watkins was at the press conference. Click the link in our bio to hear her dispatch.

01/31/2025

Students at several JCPS magnet schools will get their bus back in March, after a board vote.

01/29/2025

Should disaster strike Kentucky this year, DRC Emergency Services will have the important and potentially lucrative job of cleaning up the wreckage. The state awarded a pre-disaster contract to the Texas-based company last year, despite a trail of lawsuits that claim they put workers' safety at risk, damaged property, broke deals with business partners and misrepresented their experience to obtain contracts.

In lawsuits, DRC Emergency Services allegedly put workers' health at risk, underpaid subcontractors, broke deals with business partners and misrepresented their experience to obtain contracts.