Feb 13 Community Louisville Exhibit Uses Gun Art To Address Violence Hosted by the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, the Imagine Peace Now exhibit rearranges guns used in crimes into pieces of art. By Kyeland Jackson Feb 13 Community Louisville Exhibit Uses Gun Art To Address Violence Kyeland Jackson
Nov 22 Community Residents Expect Changes To Juice Bowl One Year After Shooting The 2016 shooting killed two and injured five at the annual Thanksgiving event, where neighbors gather for football, food and motorcycle races. By Kyeland Jackson Nov 22 Community Residents Expect Changes To Juice Bowl One Year After Shooting Kyeland Jackson
Nov 6 Community Multiple Shootings In Louisville Area Sunday Leave 3 People Dead Sunday's deaths bring Louisville's yearly criminal homicide total to 95, in what’s becoming Louisville’s deadliest year on record. By Kyeland Jackson Nov 6 Community Multiple Shootings In Louisville Area Sunday Leave 3 People Dead Kyeland Jackson
Oct 10 Politics The NRA Wasn’t Always Against Gun Restrictions Many are surprised to learn that the NRA of generations past worked with the federal government to limit the traffic in guns, for example where ex-convicts or mental patients were involved. By Ron Elving, NPR Oct 10 Politics The NRA Wasn't Always Against Gun Restrictions Ron Elving, NPR
Oct 8 Community Got Bullets? This Church Wants To Pay You For Them In a year when Louisville's homicide count is on track to beat last year's record, one church is offering a dollar for every bullet turned in. By Kyeland Jackson Oct 8 Community Got Bullets? This Church Wants To Pay You For Them Kyeland Jackson
Oct 2 Politics Bevin: Gun Control Won’t End Mass Shootings, ‘Can’t Regulate Evil’ “To all those political opportunists who are seizing on the tragedy in Las Vegas to call for more gun regs...You can't regulate evil,” Bevin tweeted. By Ryland Barton Oct 2 Politics Bevin: Gun Control Won’t End Mass Shootings, ‘Can’t Regulate Evil’ Ryland Barton
Sep 25 Politics Kentuckians Could Carry Concealed Guns Without License Under Proposal The legislation would allow people aged 21 or older to carry concealed deadly weapons anywhere already allowed for license-holders. By Ryland Barton Sep 25 Politics Kentuckians Could Carry Concealed Guns Without License Under Proposal Ryland Barton
Jul 5 Community LISTEN: WFPL News Special On Public Safety In Louisville During an hour-long WFPL News special on Wednesday, city officials discussed public safety and surging violence in Louisville. By Jonese Franklin Jul 5 Community LISTEN: WFPL News Special On Public Safety In Louisville Jonese Franklin
Jul 3 News About WFPL Fischer, Chief Conrad To Discuss Police, Violence Live On WFPL Wednesday Louisville suffered a record number of homicides and gun violence last year, and this year we’re on pace to break it. We’ll talk with Mayor Greg Fischer, Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Steve Conrad and Department of Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Director Rashaad Abdur-Rahman about policing, drugs, community relationships, poverty and economic growth, and various other […] By Laura Ellis Jul 3 News About WFPL Fischer To Discuss Police, Violence Live On WFPL Wednesday Laura Ellis
Jun 26 Community What Questions Do You Have For Mayor Greg Fischer? Mayor Greg Fischer will join us for a live news special on Wednesday, July 5, at 1 p.m. The topic of our conversation will be public safety. By Laura Ellis Jun 26 Community What Questions Do You Have For Mayor Greg Fischer? Laura Ellis
Jun 21 Community Mother Of Slain 7-Year-Old Says Gun Control Could Help End Violence “We can do what we can to prevent it, but as long as shops — like pawn shops and all of that — are selling guns, it’s not going to stop.” By Kyeland Jackson Jun 21 Community Mom Of Slain 7-Year-Old Says Gun Control Could Help End Violence Kyeland Jackson
Jun 6 Community Improvements — And Concerns — In Shawnee Park Ahead Of Dirt Bowl "I don't have any answers to what we can do other than try to come down here to get to know each other -- to be involved with one another." By Laura Ellis Jun 6 Community Improvements -- And Concerns -- In Shawnee Park Ahead Of Dirt Bowl Laura Ellis
May 22 Community Bevin Responds To Murder Of Louisville Boy, Vows Plan Of Action In a Facebook Live video posted Monday afternoon, Gov. Bevin called the city's record number of homicides "unacceptable." By Associated Press and Staff May 22 Community Bevin Responds To Murder Of Louisville Boy, Vows Plan Of Action Associated Press and Staff
May 21 Community As Louisville Police Install Gunshot Trackers, Questions About Impact Linger A persistent police presence has done little to quell the violence, he said. And this Beecher Terrace resident expects the department's newest initiative to do the same: very little. By Jacob Ryan May 21 Community As Louisville Police Install Gunshot Trackers, Questions About Impact Linger Jacob Ryan
Apr 16 Community Festival Of Faiths: How Do We Stop Violence In Our Community? Anthony Smith travels the country on a quest to put an end to violence. By Jacob Ryan Apr 16 Community Festival Of Faiths: How Do We Stop Violence In Our Community? Jacob Ryan