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The kind of crimes you hear about on the news -- shootings, car-jackings, robberies -- are up substantially in Louisville this year. But more common crimes -- car break-ins, burglaries, drug possession -- are down. WDRB reporters Travis Ragsdale and Marcus Green discuss the factors leading to a confounding picture of the crime landscape as Louisville juggles the pandemic and racial-justice protests. 

Background: 2020 in Louisville: Violent crime up, property crime down

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is the first Black person elected independently to a statewide office in Kentucky. Now, all eyes are on the Republican rising star as he navigates the investigation into the Louisville police shooting of Breonna Taylor, whose death in March sparked national protests over police violence against African-Americans. Special guest Perry Bacon Jr., a senior political writer for Five Thirty Eight and a Louisville resident, discusses his recent Bluegrass Beat newsletter piece, The Complicated Racial Politics Around Daniel Cameron. Bacon also touches on Cameron's upcoming speech at the Republican National Convention. 

The decade-long battle over the legality of slot-like "historical horse racing" machines has reached the Kentucky Supreme Court for the second time. WDRB.com business reporter Chris Otts breaks down the history of the dispute, the tremendous growth of the casino-lite industry and what's at stake now. Hosted by WDRB.com reporter Marcus Green.

Background:

Legal battle over slot-like racing machines returns to Kentucky Supreme Court

'Silence' of Kentucky legislature at issue in debate over slot-like horse racing

We return to the new developments in the case of missing Bardstown, Ky. mother Crystal Rogers and her father, Tommy Ballard, who was shot to death. Sherry Ballard, Rogers' mother and Tommy Ballard's widow, talks about the emotional toll of losing both of them and, after four years, being on the cusp of answers. Also, why is the FBI going door to door in Bardstown? Why are they retrieving Rogers' car from a storage unit? Are the remains found in a creek bed those of Rogers? WDRB's Fallon Glick joins the show to discuss what we know so far.

WDRB's Fallon Glick joins the podcast to break down new developments in the case of missing Bardstown, Ky. mother Crystal Rogers, who disappeared nearly five years ago. FBI agents fanned out across Nelson County serving search warrants Thursday as the feds took control of the case.

WDRB.com sports columnist Eric Crawford joins the show to discuss the still-developing plans for college football, Louisville-area high school football and the Kentucky Derby. 

Kentucky and Indiana are nowhere near Florida and Texas when it comes to the coronavirus, but there have been some troubling signs in the last few weeks. WDRB.com reporter Marcus Green joins the show to discuss each state's latest steps and what might lie ahead. 

Five decades before Before Breonna Taylor, there was Manfred Reid. Police treatment of an African-American brought people to the streets of Louisville, and some say the Parkland neighborhood never recovered. WDRB anchor Gilbert Corsey joins the pod to discuss his recent special assignment "The Movement | Call for change after Breonna Taylor's death similar to Louisville 1968 protests." What's changed in 50 years? What hasn't?

WDRB.com criminal justice reporter Jason Riley discusses explosive allegations by Breonna Taylor's family that the 26-year-old's shooting death at the hands of Louisville Metro police stems from a mayoral-led redevelopment project in west Louisville. Riley also discusses his story about how the police 'internal' investigator who convinced Taylor's boyfriend Kenneth Walker to talk without a lawyer present hours after the March 13 shooting then testified against Walker as he was charged with murder.

This week's show features WDRB political reporter Lawrence Smith's full interview with U.S. Sen. Maj. Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, conducted July 6, 2020. Smith asks the country's most powerful senator about the prospect of federal aid for states and cities, extending what McConnell calls the unemployment insurance 'bonus' of $600 per week, removing the names of Confederates from military bases, McConnell's embrace of masks in public settings and his re-election campaign against Democrat Amy McGrath. After the interview, Smith discusses the challenges of interviewing McConnell and his impressions of the conversation.