Jacob Ryan
Jacob Ryan is an award-winning journalist and managing editor at LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team who tenaciously reports accountability stories on a variety of subjects.
He is a recipient of a Sidney Hillman award, a national Investigative Reporters and Editors award and numerous regional and local awards.
Jacob, who joined LPM in 2014, is originally from Eddyville, Kentucky. He’s a graduate of Western Kentucky University.
Email Jacob at jryan@lpm.org.
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KyCIR reporters dug in to find out how Trump’s plan to deport thousands of people could play out in Kentucky. -
State records show police and sheriffs seized at least $7.5 million in cash last year, but the full total is unknown. -
Courtney Kellner didn’t know about the shooting at the bank on Main Street in downtown Louisville when her phone buzzed Monday with an emergency alert to avoid the area. -
For many, the findings of the U.S. Department of Justice report detailing a pattern of abuses by Louisville police are no surprise. Now, the focus turns to reform, but some are apprehensive about trusting the process. -
Federal investigators found the Louisville Metro Police Department has an extensive pattern of violating civil rights, conducting unlawful searches and discriminating against Black people and people with behavioral health disabilities. -
Jonathan Shelton went room to room through an old Bowling Green elementary school-turned-donation center and stacked socks, washcloths, bedding into a shopping cart — the ordinary things he lost when a tornado swept through his neighborhood in early December. -
Damage from last weekend's storms already far exceeds more than 10 years of tornadoes in western Kentucky combined. -
State attorneys argued Wednesday that police don’t need a search warrant to track a person’s location in real-time through their cell phone. -
A warrant was issued Thursday for the trooper's arrest charging him with committing perjury during his testimony in a civil deposition. -
District Court judges in Jefferson County will on Tuesday consider a sweeping set of procedural changes that would strengthen the rules by which search…
