For summer learning this year, Jefferson County Public Schools is trying something they’ve never done before: using a gifted and talented curriculum for all students--not just those who test into the advanced program. WFPL’s Jess Clark has a look at how it's going.

The administrative issue is leaving an unknown number of people with cases in District Court at risk for wrongful arrest.

Every Kentuckian who died of COVID-19 is more than a number. They were a friend, family member, partner, coworker -- someone with a story. WFPL’s Stephanie Wolf reports on a project that collects those stories.

Thousands of utility customers have had their power and water cut off in and around Louisville since June, and tens of thousands more are behind on their payments and at risk of losing utilities.

This is the first wave of utility shut-offs in Louisville since the state’s moratorium expired.

Former Democratic state Rep. Charles Booker launched his campaign for U.S. Senate earlier this month. He ran for the Senate last year as well, gaining momentum during racial justice protests in Louisville and across the state.

But he ended up narrowly losing the Democratic primary to retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath. Capitol reporter Ryland Barton talked to Booker as he hopes to unseat incumbent Republican Rand Paul in 2022.

With prison visitation suspended during the coronavirus pandemic, families of incarcerated people had to rely more than ever on expensive phone and email services. As Jared Bennett of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting explains, the Kentucky Department of Corrections and a company called Securus Technologies profited off this isolation.

Louisville has been providing funeral services for people who would otherwise go without since at least the 1980s. It’s historically been run by local government, first Louisville's Social Services Department and then the Jefferson County Coroner’s office. Now though, Catholic Charities of Louisville is taking over the program, a move advocates hope will ensure long-term sustainability.

Photojournalist Charles “Bud” Dorsey loved his hometown of Louisville, Ky. That’s what his eldest daughter, Kim Anderson, wants people to remember about her father, who died Thursday, “surrounded by lots of family,” at the age of 80. Anderson shares memories of her late father.

Last night the Louisville Tea Party and a new conservative group called “No Left Turn in Education” held a forum on critical race theory. Activists are worried about how racism is discussed in the classroom and they are making a number of claims about CRT, and not all of them are true.

WFPL’s Jess Clark went to the forum and joins us now to walk us through some of these claims.

Louisville singer-songwriter Will Oldham, aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and New York guitarist Matt Sweeney released their first album together in 2005. Called “Superwolf,” it was hailed as a cult classic. Now, 16 years later, they have a new album out. WFPL arts reporter Stephanie Wolf spoke with the musicians.