Jacob Ryan

Jacob Ryan is the urban affairs reporter forWFPL.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Damage from last weekend's storms already far exceeds more than 10 years of tornadoes in western Kentucky combined.
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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.
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A warrant was issued Thursday for the trooper's arrest charging him with committing perjury during his testimony in a civil deposition.
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District Court judges in Jefferson County will on Tuesday consider a sweeping set of procedural changes that would strengthen the rules by which search…
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The Louisville Metro Police Department is using a new search warrant form that provides a designated space for judges to print their name, a change that…
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Law enforcement agencies in Kentucky have a new way to bring more transparency to the process of obtaining a search warrant, but police in Louisville…