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Zachary Kilgore, 50, turned himself in after more than a year as a fugitive, facing charges in a major sex abuse case involving multiple alleged victims and two former Louisville football coaches. His arrest follows the July indictment of himself, Donnie Stoner, and Ronnie Stoner on 52 combined criminal counts.
A Shively Police officer was arrested Tuesday after using Flock license plate readers to track a woman over 2,000 times between January and May. The arrest highlights growing concerns about misuse of the surveillance technology by law enforcement across Kentucky.
A WAVE3 documentary series by investigative reporter Natalia Martinez examines a pattern of excessive force and misconduct within the Kentucky State Police, revealing that while some cases have led to federal indictments, others remain unprosecuted.
Mayor Greenberg claims Louisville's ICE detainer policy costs little, but ACLU demands full financial transparency as the number of immigrants held for federal agents far exceeds initial projections.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg's 2025 agreement to hold immigrants in city jail for ICE agents has resulted in far more detainers than he predicted, with data showing 300 people affected in seven months versus his estimate of fewer than 100 annually.
A WDRB News investigation obtained data showing Louisville police officers search Black drivers at more than twice the rate of white drivers, sparking calls for accountability from the city's Inspector General and renewed debate about racial disparities in policing.
Louisville Metro prosecutors closed their investigation into the death of Tyrah Adams and decided not to file criminal charges against sanitation workers involved in her February death, citing insufficient evidence. The family has pursued a wrongful death lawsuit alleging negligence.
Louisville's Air Pollution Control District recorded 530 odor complaints related to the Swift Pork Company slaughterhouse in the first half of 2026, yet has issued no violations since 2021, according to a Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting investigation.
A Courier Journal investigation into the December killing of 20-year-old Milton Ritchie Jr. illustrates how young Louisvillians are losing their lives to gun violence. The case, involving a 15-year-old girl and a disputed "revenge plan," highlights the need to see victims as individuals rather than statistics.
Three staff members at Louisville's Brooklawn foster care facility have been indicted on second-degree manslaughter charges nearly four years after 7-year-old Ja'Ceon Terry died in a physical restraint in July 2022, drawing criticism over the lengthy investigation delay.
A former JCPS board member sued Tuesday to remove District 3 school board candidate Gay Perry-Adelmann from November's ballot after an investigation revealed she does not live in the district she seeks to represent, violating Kentucky law.
Jefferson County Clerk David Yates hired friend and business partner Troy LeBlanc as chief operating officer overseeing elections and IT, following a consultant contract with LeBlanc's mother, drawing scrutiny from ethics experts despite the hires being legally permissible.
Two Jefferson County Board of Education candidates filed to run in districts where they don't live, creating potential eligibility challenges under Kentucky law just weeks before the November election.
An investigation by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting reveals that YesCare, the now-bankrupt healthcare provider for Louisville's jail, left medical staff without basic supplies and directed nurses to buy medications themselves while keeping it quiet. The company's collapse prompted the jail to terminate its contract and seek a new provider.
Two men convicted in a 2021 Louisville bus-stop shooting that killed 16-year-old Tyree Smith face sentencing in August, with one accepting 35 years and the other facing a jury recommendation of 60 years.
JCPS payroll records contradict the district's claim that Shawnee principal Hollie Smith was on vacation on March 31, revealing she had been reassigned 11 days earlier and was marked present in her new position.
Current and former staff at the Academy @ Shawnee described a toxic work environment under executive principal Hollie Smith, who was reassigned in March following allegations of harassment and retaliation. JCPS has confirmed an ongoing investigation but declined to provide details.
Parents in Kentucky are pushing for classroom cameras in special education settings after a Jefferson County mother secretly recorded alleged abuse of her nonverbal autistic son, prompting calls for "Semaj's Law" to protect vulnerable students.
A Shelby County basketball coach accused of grooming and sexually abusing a former student has been allowed to resign with nearly $43,000 in compensation and a voided termination record under a settlement agreement, sparking continued concerns about how schools handle educator misconduct cases.
Louisville is implementing police reforms voluntarily after the Trump administration withdrew federal oversight last year, but an investigation shows problematic police practices continue, and a woman's fatal shooting during a mental health crisis has exposed gaps in the reform effort.
A new investigation found that Louisville's 911 dispatch center answered only 86% of calls within the national 15-second standard in 2024 and 2025, falling short of the 90% benchmark set by the National Emergency Number Association.
Kentucky jails have become holding facilities for thousands of immigrants arrested across the country under Trump's intensified enforcement push, with rural detention centers profiting from federal per-diem payments while community groups protest what they describe as a system prioritizing revenue over civil rights.
A federal appeals court ruled that detained immigrants in Kentucky must receive bond hearings, rejecting the Trump administration's policy of indefinite detention for people arrested away from the border.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg spent $95,000 in public funds to host Motion Picture Association executives, PGA officials and other business leaders at the 2026 Kentucky Derby, drawing criticism from a mayoral challenger amid proposed municipal budget cuts.
A death certificate reveals 21-year-old Juan Miguel Munoz Penalver died of dehydration while in Louisville Metro Department of Corrections custody in February, the latest in a series of 23 in-custody deaths since 2021.
Kentucky's Supreme Court ruled 4-2 that public officials can hide government communications on personal devices from open records requests, prompting transparency advocates to warn the decision could undermine the state's decades-old public records protections.
Louisville Metro Council voted 20-4 to keep the locations of its 200+ Flock Safety license plate reader cameras secret, rejecting a transparency measure even as Lexington publishes its camera map publicly.
Louisville settled a lawsuit for $175,000 with attorney Douglas Miller after he was arrested during a 2019 traffic stop that was cited by the Department of Justice as an example of excessive police force involving dangerous neck restraints.
Louisville Metro Council rejected a proposal to disclose license plate reader locations, standing apart from Lexington's transparent policy of publishing camera locations online. The vote comes amid investigations into potential racial bias in how the technology is deployed and misused by federal agents.
A former JBS Swift pork processing plant worker in Louisville's Butchertown neighborhood is exposing dangerous working conditions through social media, showing broken equipment and unsafe sanitation—conditions that have long plagued the facility and its surrounding community.
The fatal police shooting of 28-year-old Katelyn Hall during a Louisville mental health crisis is prompting city leaders to reconsider how police respond to psychiatric emergencies, with officials exploring a co-responder model pairing mental health professionals with officers.
ICE deportations in Kentucky have surged under Trump's second term, with 78% of those arrested now facing deportation compared to 42% during Biden's final years, according to data analyzed by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.
Body camera footage from a March 2026 arrest at Central High School contradicts the JCPS district's account that the incident occurred outside the school campus, according to a Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting investigation.
Louisville Metro Police Department drones monitored at least three protests including a January anti-ICE rally, raising concerns from civil rights groups about surveillance of First Amendment-protected activities as the department rapidly expands drone capabilities.
Kentucky lawmakers have advanced multiple bills to combat educator sexual misconduct, including legislation criminalizing child grooming that was signed into law in April. Additional proposals ban school NDAs in abuse cases and establish stricter reporting requirements for alleged abusers moving between districts.
Public records reveal corrections staff may not have conducted required 30-minute checks on Louisville jail inmate Juan Miguel Munoz Penalver during the five hours before his death on Feb. 26, raising questions about compliance with suicide prevention protocols at the facility.
The Jefferson County Coroner is delaying the release of findings in two high-profile deaths — a homeless woman killed by a garbage truck and a young man who died in jail custody — as families and advocates demand transparency about the circumstances.
Court records confirm Louisville activists' warnings that ICE arrested immigrants during routine supervisory check-ins, with at least three detentions documented in Louisville in May 2025. Immigration attorneys say this practice has become common under the Trump administration.
The Kentucky Association of School Superintendents stands by executive director Jim Flynn amid accusations of inappropriate conduct toward a high school student decades ago, citing a 2022 dismissal of the complaint by state education regulators.
Louisville Public Media will host a live recording of the award-winning podcast "The Big Dig" on April 15, featuring host Ian Coss discussing Louisville's I-64 debate and the 8664 campaign to remove the downtown highway. The event comes as the city prepares for a major I-65 closure this summer.