The owner of the property said the renter opened the restaurant the same day, following the mass shooting. Chad Walker was stunned to learn that the restaurant sat people in that spot later that day for lunch. New from Janet Patton ⬇️ kentucky.com/lexgoeat/resta…

Excellent criminal justice reporting from my fellow Poynter alum, alex brizee. "Long bouts of isolation; serious delays in medical care; an HVAC system that hadn’t been cleaned; and “cages” IDOC used for recreation time, covered in human feces."

A new story from Taylor Six dives in to disturbing allegations made in a lawsuit against the Madison County jail. Guards reportedly allowed a man to go days without eating and left him lying in his own waste without help. He died 3 weeks later. kentucky.com/news/local/cri…

Before he died, 33-yr-old Brandon Baker was covered in his own feces and urine, left unconcious on a floor mat and unable to eat inside the Madison Co. Detention Center. An autopsy report revealed 'medical neglect' contributed to his death. kentucky.com/news/local/cri…

Another Poynter alum brag: Sheridan Hendrix wrote about the renaissance of Abercrombie (based in Columbus 😚) with a freaking stellar headline and even better reporting to match! dispatch.com/story/news/loc…

reporters to their sources

Judge: Lexington councilwoman must work from home and attend meetings virtually kentucky.com/news/local/cou…

‘Deeply uncomfortable & increasingly unsafe:’ Women allege harassment by KY lawmaker kentucky.com/news/politics-…

Defense attorneys filed a motion saying the top prosecutor and a detective lied to a grand jury. They were going to use it as 'trial strategy' before the prosecutors tried to publicly right their mistake. Then, they wanted the charges dismissed. kentucky.com/news/local/cri…

All of these options are 10/10 but if I come out of my polling place with this guy... I would feel invincible

.Wexner Center for the Arts staff reached out to me earlier this year with serious concerns about the museum. Fragile finances. Mass resignations. Toxic leadership. Everyone said the same thing: They love The Wex but worry it won't survive. My latest for subscribers ⤵️ dispatch.com/story/news/loc…

Nearly 2,000 pages of open records. $1 million in "fake money." At least three entities declining to comment. One John Cheves. kentucky.com/news/politics-…

“It’s a target-rich environment, with desperate customers, relying on equally desperate families and their resources, with exorbitant rates,” Westerfield said. kentucky.com/news/politics-…

For the past two months, the AG's office has consistently intervened in a specific Fayette Co. courtroom. As far as one of the methods his office used, a law expert called it, 'legal warfare.' Another said it was 'unusual.' All three experts agreed, it's rare. New from me ⬇️

"Hi there- do we have this?"

The FBI received just under 300 responses, spox Tim Beam said. ARC CEO encouraged employees to be “truthful” if they are approached by the FBI, “and if you are approached, we would appreciate it if you contacted us.” New from Alex Acquisto & I: kentucky.com/news/local/cri…

This is the way

Turns out, in order to write about Dolly Parton all I had to do was leave Tennessee and move back to Kentucky kentucky.com/news/local/edu…

Lexington police arrested one person and cited 24 others for ‘unlawful camping’ following the implementation of a controversial new KY law that critics say criminalizes homelessness. Nine people were cited on the first day HB5 took effect. kentucky.com/news/local/cri…