U.S. Department of Justice

Gov. Andy Beshear questioned aspects of a new federal report that found the state of Kentucky seems to be violating the rights of people with serious mental illnesses.

The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that Kentucky’s state government is unnecessarily placing Louisvillians with serious mental illnesses in psychiatric hospitals.

Two men were put in prison for a 2015 murder. Now, they say police and prosecutors missteps should spark a new trial.

The Louisville Metro Police Department's new interim chief, Paul Humphrey, said that tackling violent crime and implementing changes to the department will take time.

Newly revealed records show federal investigators looking into bus delays across Jefferson County Public Schools found striking racial inequities.

Metro Council members failed to pass a resolution that would have acknowledged the ways the Louisville Metro Police Department has harmed local communities.

District 3 Democrat Shameka Parrish-Wright filed a resolution urging Metro Council to formally acknowledge the harms inflicted by the Louisville Metro Police Department on the city’s residents.

Police in Louisville shot and killed two people this month. Mayor Craig Greenberg offered few additional details this week.

Louisville officials got a first look Tuesday morning at the policing reforms the U.S. Department of Justice wants them to implement in the coming years.

Louisville Metro Police Chief Jackie Gwinn-Villaroel announced Thursday there will be no additional investigations or disciplinary action taken against officers whose alleged misconduct was highlighted in the U.S. Department of Justice’s scathing report earlier this year.