Justin Hicks
Data ReporterJustin Hicks is a data reporter serving the Kentucky Public Radio network as well as LPM's daily newsroom and Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.
He's especially passionate about using data to uncover issues that disproportionally affect rural and Appalachian communities.
Email Justin at jhicks@lpm.org.
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Keven Dawson Jr.’s family described him as a loving father and veteran who went to work at Givaudan Sense Colour just before his 50th birthday — but never returned. -
Proponents of Amendment 2 were counting on traditionally-blue urban areas in Kentucky to vote in favor of the “school choice” initiative. But even in the three most populous counties, it failed overwhelmingly. -
Each of the 106 counties and cities in Kentucky with a ballot referendum approved allowing medical cannabis businesses to operate in their jurisdiction. -
County election officials across Kentucky say they’ve already seen massive voter turnout for both excused and no-excuse early voting. Officials say it indicates that Election Day may also have record-breaking turnout. -
Federal prosecutors rested their case Thursday, the fourth day of testimony in the retrial of Brett Hankison, a former detective accused of blindly firing shots into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in March 2020. -
The 2024 Kentucky Voter Guide is live. Here’s how we made it and why. -
Last week, Kentucky Public Radio reporter Justin Hicks went to parts of east Tennessee to help report on the aftermath of Helene. KPR’s managing editor Ryan Van Velzer sat down to debrief on the moments that stuck out to Hicks from his time on the ground. -
A week after flooding caused by tropical storm Helene devastated parts of the Southern Appalachian mountains, the water has receded but the muck remains. -
The remnants of Hurricane Helene are bringing wind gusts of nearly 60 miles per hour and dumping inches of rain all across Kentucky, after making landfall in Florida as a deadly Category 4 hurricane. -
The National Weather Service says Kentucky may see heavy rain and high winds Thursday evening through Friday.
