“A Journal for Jordan,” directed by Denzel Washington, is based on the memoir of Pulitzer-Prize winner Dana Canedy. As a producer on the film, Canedy wanted the team “to understand we're real people. We're not just characters.”

Every year, Louisville Metro Government gets hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding to help low- and moderate-income residents with home repairs. The city says its goal is to provide safe and stable living conditions. But some recipients worry that’s not happening.

The state Transportation Cabinet’s bidding system allows a handful of large companies to avoid serious competition for jobs.

The tornadoes that ripped through the state last week took homes, lives, and livelihoods. But they also took photo albums, mementos, family heirlooms–the beloved objects that make up a life. WFPL’s John Boyle has the story of one Princeton family that, with a stranger’s help, was able to reconnect with one of their precious keepsakes.

When Neeli Bendapudi arrived at the University of Louisville, the school was in trouble on numerous fronts. It had a cash flow problem, its academic accreditation had recently been imperiled. And morale was suffering from a string of scandals that unfolded under Bendapudi’s predecessor. But many say Bendapudi righted the ship.

A Bosnian native living in Bowling Green is having to rebuild once again after the storms destroyed the home he’s owned for 21 years.

Jasmin Grahovic lived through the war in Bosnia and was in a refugee camp. Grahovic says this will be the third time in his life that’s starting over.

Muhlenberg County is just one of many grappling with the aftermath of devastating storms. WFPL's Ryan Van Velzer reports from the small rural communities there.

A professor focused on how Japanese Americans maintained their Buddhist faith while imprisoned in internment camps during World War II has earned a prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Religion.

Public comment was deferred to email for more than a year because of the danger of COVID-19. Now it’s deferred to email because of the possibility of violence.

The bourbon industry is increasingly pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. WFPL’s Ryan Van Velzer met with the makers of Old Forester and Jack Daniels to learn how the industry is adapting to a changing world.