Nov 11 Investigations Louisville Police Change Warrant Form, Improve Transparency The LMPD made the change shortly after KyCIR and WDRB reported the state issued the new forms — and LMPD wasn't using it. By Jacob Ryan Nov 11 Investigations Louisville Police Change Warrant Form, Improve Transparency Jacob Ryan
Oct 28 Investigations Kentucky Issued A Search Warrant Reform. Louisville Police Aren’t On Board Yet Criminal justice experts and lawmakers agree that being able to identify the judge that approves a warrant is necessary for transparency, accountability and trust. By Jacob Ryan and Travis Ragsdale, WDRB News Oct 28 Investigations LMPD's Not Using More Transparent Search Warrant Form Jacob Ryan and Travis Ragsdale, WDRB News
Sep 16 Investigations Which Louisville Judge Let Police Search Your House? Most Signatures Are Unreadable We reviewed more than 230 search warrants. It's unclear who signed nearly three-fourths of them. By Jacob Ryan and Travis Ragsdale, WDRB News Sep 16 Investigations Which Louisville Judge Let Police Search Your House? Most Signatures Are Unreadable Jacob Ryan and Travis Ragsdale, WDRB News
Sep 5 Investigations WDRB Doesn’t Have To Honor LMPD’s Search Warrant. Here’s Why We talked with Greg Leslie of the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press about why journalists are protected from search warrants. By Eleanor Klibanoff Sep 5 Investigations WDRB Doesn’t Have To Honor LMPD’s Search Warrant. Here’s Why Eleanor Klibanoff
Oct 11 Local News WDRB Anchor Apologizes for Gaffe As promised, WDRB morning anchor Lindsay Allen apologized today for potentially offending viewers with a slip of the tongue that some say was a racial slur. Allen and WDRB news director Barry Fulmer say the morning show host stumbled on the words “at least” while discussing golfer Tiger Woods. However, a clip of the statement […] By Gabe Bullard Oct 11 Local News WDRB Anchor Apologizes for Gaffe Gabe Bullard
Oct 10 Local News WDRB News Anchor to Apologize for Alleged Racial Slur A local television anchor will apologize on-air Tuesday for offending viewers, though she insists she did nothing wrong. Morning show host Lindsay Allen appears to have said the N word while bantering with a co-anchor after a story about golfer Tiger Woods. An African-American student brought the incident to news director Barry Fulmer’s attention. Fulmer says […] By Gabe Bullard Oct 10 Local News WDRB News Anchor to Apologize for Alleged Racial Slur Gabe Bullard
Aug 24 Local News WDRB Renews Fox Affiliation Louisville television station WDRB has renewed its contract with Fox. The talks took up most of the year and the terms are private. The station’s affiliation agreement with Fox dictates how the station can broadcast national programming and carry the network name. Earlier this year, WDRB dropped the Fox41 name from many of its local broadcasts […] By Gabe Bullard Aug 24 Local News WDRB Renews Fox Affiliation Gabe Bullard
May 20 Local News WDRB Attempts to Renew Contract With Fox, Establish Own Identity For the last few months, executives at Louisville television station WDRB—commonly called Fox 41—have been renegotiating the station’s contract to remain a Fox Network affiliate. That’s fueled speculation that WDRB is at risk of losing the affiliation. But the station is only planning to drop Fox from its name, and not its airwaves. General Manager […] By Gabe Bullard May 20 Local News WDRB Attempts to Renew Contract With Fox, Establish Own Identity Gabe Bullard
Feb 26 Local News Local NAACP Protests NY Post Cartoon The Louisville chapter of the NAACP wants Louisville's Fox television station's general manager to take a stand against a controversial editorial cartoon, which depicts a chimpanzee shot by police and makes reference to the economic stimulus package endorsed by President Obama. By Gabe Bullard Feb 26 Local News Local NAACP Protests NY Post Cartoon Gabe Bullard