Jason Riley
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Louisville, KY, United States
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Louisville's inspector general and LMPD agree on changes to speed up investigations, increase transparency
Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the agreement Tuesday with a goal to "enhance the independent investigation of civilian complaints." → Read More
Robbie Valentine, a member of Louisville’s 1986 NCAA title team, pleads guilty to assault
Valentine got into an argument with his girlfriend on Feb. 9 at dinner when she discussed moving out, according to a Louisville Metro Police arrest citation. → Read More
Kentucky bill would automatically erase old charges from criminal records for free
The result of House bill 417, if it passes, would clear the criminal records for thousands of eligible people who were convicted of traffic, misdemeanor and some non-violent felony cases. → Read More
Kentucky bill would ban remote work for state employees
With few exceptions, the bill would require state employees to stay at their "primary work station." → Read More
Abortions still banned in Kentucky for now, state supreme court rules
The high court sided with Attorney General Daniel Cameron and ruled that a Louisville circuit court "abused its discretion by granting abortion provider's motion for a temporary injunction." → Read More
Trial for former LMPD officer charged in Breonna Taylor raid delayed
A judge postponed Brett Hankison's August trial date until Oct. 30 after defense attorneys said prosecutors had turned over an “immense volume” of evidence and it would be “practically impossible” → Read More
Robbie Valentine, a member of Louisville’s 1986 NCAA championship team, charged with strangulation
Valentine allegedly got into an argument with his girlfriend when she told him she was moving out, according to a police citation. → Read More
Former head of duPont Manual HS journalism department sentenced to 3 years on child porn conviction
As part of the guilty plea, James Miller admitted to filming a minor, who was 10 years old at the time, while they were undressing on or between April 1, → Read More
David McAtee's family settles wrongful death lawsuit against city, law enforcement for $725,000
The wrongful death lawsuit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court in September 2020, claimed the 53-year-old barbecue chef committed no crime before he was killed on June 1, 2020. → Read More
Long-time former Louisville judge Sean Delahanty has died
Delahanty, who comes from a long family of judges and lawyers, could be acerbic, sarcastic, bombastic and thoughtful in the same breath, forsaking a lot of the stiff formality typical → Read More
Two people sentenced for 2020 kidnapping, torture and murder of Louisville man
James Branham and Samantha Johnson on Wednesday were sentenced for killing 35-year-old Jeremy Lind, who died by asphyxiation after his tongue was removed, wrapped in tin foil and shoved down → Read More
'Grandmaster Jay' sentenced for pointing rifle at officers during Breonna Taylor protest
John Johnson, who is already serving seven years in federal prison, was sentenced Thursday in Jefferson Circuit Court to one year in prison for pointing a rifle at five police → Read More
Former JCPS teacher acquitted of sex crimes involving 13-year-old student
Micca Watts-Gordon, 38, was found not guilty by a Jefferson County Circuit Court jury Monday. → Read More
Mayor-elect Greenberg names current deputy chief as interim Louisville police chief
Jaquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel has served with LMPD as second in command since Feb. 2021. She previously worked for the Atlanta Police Department for 24 years. → Read More
City settles lawsuit filed by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, for $2 million
Walker, who shot Officer john Mattingly during the March 13, 2020 police raid, sued the state and city governments and multiple current or former Louisville Metro Police Department officers, as → Read More
Kentucky Supreme Court will get a few new faces, including change in chief justice
After three decades on the bench and about 16 as Chief Supreme Court Justice in Kentucky, John D. Minton Jr. is retiring at the end of this year. → Read More
Former Louisville police officer facing federal civil rights charge pleads guilty to misdemeanor
Under terms of the plea agreement, Katie Crews will avoid any time in jail and be placed on probation as long as she agrees to not seek a job in → Read More
Kentucky Rep. Joe Fischer files free speech lawsuit in state Supreme Court race
Fischer is running for the nonpartisan high court as a "conservative Republican" and using a "generic elephant" in his campaign materials. → Read More
Metro Corrections inmate dies hours after his conviction for wife's murder
An inmate at Louisville Metro Corrections died Monday night, just hours after he was convicted by a jury of killing his wife in July 2018. → Read More
Trials for 2 former LMPD officers charged in Breonna Taylor raid delayed until next year
Federal prosecutors have already filed more than 300,000 pages of documents, dozens of video recordings and data from cell phones and GPS trackers in the cases against former detectives Joshua → Read More