domestic violence

Merryman House Domestic Crisis Center received federal and state funding to develop the Merryman Village – a new affordable housing community for survivors of domestic violence.

The state’s new domestic violence registry is live on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation website. But so far, it does not include much information.

The bill establishing a public registry of domestic violence offenders was named after Savanna Puckett, a Robertson County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed by her abusive boyfriend in 2022.

A month after a woman and her mother were gunned down in the parking lot of the courthouse in Elizabethtown on the day of her emergency protective order (EPO) hearing, advocates who work to end intimate partner violence say Kentucky can and should do more to protect survivors.

Groups also call for changes to state’s homicide reporting, cold case investigations

Merryman House, a nonprofit domestic violence crisis center in Paducah, is receiving over $400,000 in federal grant funds to serve survivors of domestic abuse.

A new data report from Kentucky’s Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center found that nearly half of Kentucky women — and over one-third of Kentucky men — experience physical violence, sexual violence or stalking by an intimate partner at some point during their lives.

One of Tennessee's leading domestic violence prevention nonprofits will transition to a new leader.

As Kentucky residents continue cleanup and recovery after the recent historic deadly tornadoes, advocates for people who are experiencing domestic...

Tracy Ross speaks to Mary Foley, executive director of Merryman House, about the domestic violence center's comprehensive services.