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Heart of Fire was rebuilt through an arson relief program run by the federal government, and now the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has obtained a court order to sell the church.
The winner of the election will fill the vacancy in the 49th House District created by the December 13 death of Dan “Pope” Johnson.
This year, the county will run three elections: the special election and the primary and general elections in May and November.
Rebecca Johnson was selected by the Republican Party of Bullitt County to be the GOP nominee in the special election.
The Republican nominee will compete against Democrat Linda Belcher, who served three terms before Johnson beat her in 2016.
As friends and family gathered at the Heart of Fire Church in Louisville’s Fern Creek neighborhood, the front lawn became a parking lot to accommodate hundreds of Johnson’s mourners, many of whom rode in on motorcycles.
The latest on our investigative series “The Pope’s Long Con.”
Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson’s suicide following sexual assault allegations has Frankfort reeling.
State Rep. Dan Johnson committed suicide Wednesday evening, two days after the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting published accusations that he sexually assaulted a minor. Johnson was a preacher from Mt. Washington in Bullitt County. He shot himself on a bridge over the Salt River, according to WDRB. Johnson posted a suicide note on Facebook Wednesday evening calling the accusations false and telling conservatives to “take a stand.”
“AMERICA will not survive this type of judge and jury fake news,” Johnson wrote.
“Pope” Dan Johnson’s refusal to step down amid a molestation investigation has left officials scrambling to examine what actions, if any, they could take to censure or impeach Johnson.
Hi, I’m Jasmine Demers, a reporter for KyCIR covering issues related to youth and social services. I’m also a corps member with Report For America, a national program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.