Sep 20 Investigations After Clearing Backlog, Rape Kit Testing Takes Seven Months — Or Longer End the Backlog, a national non-profit, defines a backlog as any kits not tested within 30 days of receipt. By Eleanor Klibanoff Sep 20 Investigations After Backlog Cleared, Wait For Rape Kit Testing Averages Seven Months Eleanor Klibanoff
Sep 10 Investigations State Cabinets Appeal Order To Pay KyCIR’s Legal Fees Two state cabinets are appealing a judge’s order that they must reimburse the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting for legal costs after withholding public records. Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip J. Shepherd ruled this spring that the Labor and Finance and Administration cabinets “willfully” violated open records laws when they refused to release the names […] By Caitlin McGlade Sep 10 Investigations State Cabinets Appeal Order To Pay KyCIR’s Legal Fees Caitlin McGlade
Sep 3 Investigations KyCIR Amplify: Sexual Assault Survivor Meghan Wright, On Getting A Rape Kit "It's hard to explain but, in many ways, your body becomes the crime scene." By Eleanor Klibanoff Sep 3 Investigations KyCIR Amplify: A Sexual Assault Survivor On Getting A Rape Kit Eleanor Klibanoff
Sep 3 Investigations Lacking Sexual Assault Nurses, Some Ky. Hospitals Illegally Turn Victims Away Kentucky state law requires emergency rooms to perform forensic sexual assault exams on-site, but hospitals without specially trained nurses sometimes send rape victims away. By Eleanor Klibanoff Sep 3 Investigations Lacking Sexual Assault Nurses, Some Ky. Hospitals Illegally Turn Victims Away Eleanor Klibanoff
Aug 26 Investigations Louisville Police Expected A Grow Operation. They Found Christmas Lights. Officers said thermal images showed a heat signature “indicative of cultivating marijuana” at Tyrone Evans’s house. When they searched, they did not find a grow operation. By Jewél Jackson Aug 26 Investigations Police Expected A Grow Operation. They Found Christmas Lights. Jewél Jackson
Aug 19 Investigations Former Workers Say Ky. State Fair’s Ride Provider Lacks Safety Training Something went wrong with the Fireball ride at the 2018 Kentucky State Fair, and ride operator Duanne Haywood went underneath. Within minutes, Haywood was pinned. His was one of 19 worker injuries the ride company reported last year. By Evan Heichelbech Aug 19 Investigations Former Workers Say Ky. State Fair's Ride Provider Lacks Safety Training Evan Heichelbech
Aug 6 Investigations At Dangerous Kentucky Dams, Locals Aren’t Prepared For Disaster Eighty Kentucky dams have deficiencies and are deemed high-hazard, because a breach would threaten lives or property. Only six of those dams have complete emergency plans. By Caitlin McGlade Aug 6 Investigations At Dangerous Kentucky Dams, Locals Aren’t Prepared For Disaster Caitlin McGlade
Jul 18 Investigations New Federal Audit Optimistic About Changes At Kentucky OSHA The new audit says Kentucky needs to continue to improve how it investigates deaths on the job in the wake of significant lapses. By Eleanor Klibanoff Jul 18 Investigations New Federal Audit Optimistic About Changes At Kentucky OSHA Eleanor Klibanoff
Jun 28 Investigations These Details About Kentucky Race Horse Deaths Were Secret, Until Now Search our database of every racing-related horse death in Kentucky since 2010. By Kate Howard Jun 28 Investigations These Details About Kentucky Race Horse Deaths Were Secret, Until Now Kate Howard
Jun 27 Investigations In Reversal, Kentucky Will Disclose Details Of Horse Racing Fatalities After a KyCIR story showed Kentucky was more secretive than other horse-racing states, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is releasing details about horse racing fatalities. By Caitlin McGlade Jun 27 Investigations In Reversal, Kentucky Discloses Details Of Horse Racing Fatalities Caitlin McGlade
Jun 7 Investigations KyCIR Is Joining ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network The national nonprofit newsroom selected a KyCIR investigation from nearly 140 applications from local newsrooms around the country to join the collaborative. By Staff Jun 7 Investigations KyCIR Is Joining ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Staff
Jun 4 Investigations With Race Horse Deaths Under Scrutiny, Kentucky Keeps Details Secret In other states with major races, horse deaths are public record. But not in Kentucky, where regulators say the information is protected. By Caitlin McGlade Jun 4 Investigations With Race Horse Deaths Under Scrutiny, Ky. Keeps Details Secret Caitlin McGlade
May 21 Investigations State Board Finds Ky. Prison Mishandled Sexual Harassment Complaints The state Personnel Board found that claims of sexual harassment at a Ky. prison were poorly investigated, dismissed or ignored entirely. By Eleanor Klibanoff May 21 Investigations State Board Finds Ky. Prison Mishandled Sexual Harassment Complaints Eleanor Klibanoff
May 16 Investigations Ky. Worker Safety Leaders Promise Grieving Families They’ll Do Better Mike and Pam Oakley have been talking for years about how Kentucky's worker safety agency failed their 17-year-old son. State officials never listened. They're listening now. By Eleanor Klibanoff May 16 Investigations Ky. Worker Safety Leaders Promise Grieving Families They’ll Do Better Eleanor Klibanoff