Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/prominence/top-story/page/2/)
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In Kentucky, 11 percent of police agencies report how much suspected drug money they seize every year. How much nearly 300 other agencies take is unclear.
Gov. Matt Bevin ignored a series of questions from a reporter about worker safety and spoke instead about a tech company’s new location.
A prosecutor thought Grant Oakley’s workplace death might be grounds for a homicide charge. He turned to the state investigation for proof.
The chase crossed into a different county and passed through busy intersections, down largely rural highways and neighborhood roads. It covered more than 20 miles in about 17 minutes. Two teenagers were killed.
Eric Flynn told police that a trusted coach was molesting him. The coach denied it, and continued to run a junior golf league. And he and his father, a former elected official, began writing checks.
“[T]he public has a right to know if the internal investigation was thorough, unbiased, and competent, or whether it was a ‘cover up’ of misconduct based on personal or political favoritism,” Shepherd wrote in his ruling on the Labor Cabinet.
Inspectors found exposed wires, leaky pipes, clogged drains, peeling paint, broken doors and locks, missing sprinklers, roaches and more after assessing 26 units at Dosker Manor, which houses nearly 700 elderly and disabled residents.
“I grew up in the projects. This is the first house I’ve ever lived in my whole life. When you’re riding down Burnett Avenue, I want you to see the flowers and the solar lights.”
The land bank has sold 316 dilapidated properties for as low as $1 in a program designed to boost struggling neighborhoods. But at least 92 of them are vacant.
The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting first reported on J. Campbell “Cam” Cantrill III in 2016, when he took a one-year special assignment that paid more than $137,000. The role of “special assistant to the president” of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System was part of a settlement Cantrill signed after a months-long investigation into his workplace conduct.