To solve murders, Louisville police turn to ‘geofence’ warrants — but net few arrests by 89.3 WFPL News Louisville

Actors’ executive artistic director Robert Barry Fleming spoke with WFPL arts reporter Stephanie Wolf. They discussed the new season, the fate of the Humana Festival, why Actors moved away from subscriptions and more.

Louisville painter Vian Sora wrapped up time in Berlin. She's creating a new body of work based on themes that have shaped her life: bombings and displacement. That’s why she’s drawn to Berlin, a city with a history of destruction.

Each year Monarch butterflies migrate from the United States to Mexico, stopping over in Kentucky on their way from the northeast. With migration season nearing its end, WFPL’s Ryan Van Velzer caught up with Kentucky Wild for a butterfly tagging event in Perryville.

The Jefferson County Board of Education was supposed to meet Tuesday to approve two new COVID-19 testing policies. Instead, heated public comment over school-based policing turned into a shouting match and forced the board to adjourn early for the first time in recent memory.

Adding school resource officers, or SROs, was not on the agenda. But the meeting was the board’s first since Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields called for Jefferson County Public Schools to bring back SROs following the killing of 16-year-old Tyree Smith at a JCPS bus stop. Community members on both sides of the issue came prepared to speak.

The West End Opportunity Partnership is promising to bring new business and development to west Louisville, but some residents are concerned the Partnership will only increase inequality and gentrification. Some are even organizing to stop it.

The Ohio Valley has been hard hit by the latest surge in COVID-19, and that’s impacting all aspects of the healthcare system. WFPL’s Ryan Van Velzer reports first responders across Kentucky and Ohio have dealt with staffing and bed shortages while learning to manage a new disease.

One week ago this morning, 16-year-old Tyree Smith died after he was shot while waiting for his school bus.

Today, we have a remembrance of Smith. WFPL’s Jess Clark talked to Eastern High School English teacher Emily Kolb.

In the week since Tyree Smith’s death, Police Chief Erika Shields has been pushing to bring back school resource officers. But many people, including school officials and students, have concerns about how officers treat students of color.

Louisville Water Company knows of nearly 1,000 homes built before 1950 that still have lead service lines. As WFPL’s Ryan Van Velzer learned, they’re reaching out to homeowners and offering to pay up to $1,500 to cover the costs of replacing the lead pipes.