Government
After Rare Enforcement Action, Fixes Underway at Problem Kentucky Dam
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The Loch Mary dam was featured in a recent KyCIR investigation which found dozens of dangerous dams with no emergency action plan.
asset forfeiture
Conviction Or Not, Seized Cash Is ‘Cost of Doing Business’ In Louisville
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Money seized through asset forfeiture provides leverage in resolving drug trafficking cases and has become an ingrained aspect of the justice system in Louisville, our investigation found.
Criminal Justice
Lacking Sexual Assault Nurses, Some Ky. Hospitals Illegally Turn Victims Away
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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.
Criminal Justice
Louisville Police Expected A Grow Operation. They Found Christmas Lights.
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Officers said thermal images showed a heat signature “indicative of cultivating marijuana” at Tyrone Evans’s house. When they returned a few days later, they did not find any physical evidence of a grow operation.
Business
Former Workers Say Ky. State Fair’s Ride Provider Lacks Safety Training
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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.
Government
At Dangerous Kentucky Dams, Locals Aren’t Prepared For Disaster
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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.
Fatal Flaws
New Federal Audit Optimistic About Changes At Kentucky OSHA
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The new audit determined that Kentucky has either resolved or made progress toward addressing all of the findings from the previous year, but improvements are still underway in fatality investigations.
Government
These Details About Kentucky Race Horse Deaths Were Secret, Until Now
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Search our database of every racing-related horse death in Kentucky since 2010.
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission
In Reversal, Kentucky Will Disclose Details Of Horse Racing Fatalities
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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.
Government
With Race Horse Deaths Under Scrutiny, Kentucky Keeps Details Secret
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Officials from other major racing states share which horses die, where and when. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission largely keeps that secret.