Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 01/08/2026Family friends have told me they are at the hospital with her now and she is frail but she is released to their / the hospital care. 22714
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 20/05/2026Daniel Cameron reach / influence apparently didn't extend very far from his home of Hardin County. With the Trump nomination, Andy Barr pretty handily swept up just about everywhere else -- even Fayette County which normally is more politically similar to Jefferson County. 010
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 20/05/2026It would appear that Charles Booker's campaign reached the hoods but not so much the hollers... @kentuckypublicradio.org 050
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 20/05/2026Early heatmaps for Louisville's nonpartisan primary for Mayor, as a % of the total vote 1. Craig Greenberg (current mayor) 2. Shameka Parrish-Wright (runner up) 061
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 20/05/2026Very early county shading of where Ed Gallrein beat Thomas Massie in the Republican primary. Massie's farm is in Lewis County -- a county that is one of the most sparsely populated counties in a very rural state. Also his biggest base of support, % wise. 1166
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 18/04/2026Charlotte incoming…I’m leaning heavily on the “reside in” clause as she is an NC dog at heart. 110
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 26/01/2026Without a lot of major problems due to the snowstorm in Louisville, people were able to enjoy the snow rather than dread it. (Well everyone except dramatic children who didn’t want to finish their shoveling chores.) 050
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 24/01/2026Beshear weighing in on the ICE killing in Minneapolis today. 143
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 13/01/2026Better angle on the oil cleanup they were doing behind me… 001
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 13/01/2026Jody Meiman, Louisville’s emergency manager, played tour guide and pointed out various places where we weren’t allowed to get out due to safety but he pointed out where people were impacted. 010
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 13/01/2026Emergency managers say UPS paid for and placed two large wreathes at the crash site at Grade A recycling in honor of two victims who were found there. 110
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 13/01/2026Workers are out here directing ditches of oily water into small reservoirs to pump out. They’ve collected insane amounts of gallons of contaminated water and treated it so far. (Think of it like a French drain / sump pump system in your basement.) 112
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 13/01/2026For @kentuckypublicradio.org I’m with a pool of reporters touring the UPS plane crash site for the first time. 199
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 09/01/2026Last night, 64-year-old Denise Lamont attended the first protest of her life. She said watching the video of Good’s death in Minneapolis “changed her” and the quick federal defense of the ICE agent angered her. She marched in Louisville, KY with a piece of cardboard taped to a soup spoon. 36223
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 08/01/2026Protests against ICE have begun in downtown Louisville, KY after an immigration officer shot Renee Good yesterday in Minneapolis. It’s just started and there’s maybe 100 folks and growing. For @kentuckypublicradio.org 12314
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 06/11/2025Here at a candlelight vigil for victims of the UPS plane crash in Louisville, where Mayor Craig Greenberg announced there are now 13 deaths. 02713
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 13/09/2025Spent today in Atlanta, GA reporting…can’t wait to tell this story for our Appalachian Mid-South network. 061
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 18/07/2025And yes because I’m a reporter — I’m bringing the receipt. I’m not rich, I have a public radio salary after all, but it’s the least I could do. And I will carry that PRE tote bag around proudly. 020
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 09/07/2025At the bottom of the tool, check out this option to get our data. You can download every single House or Senate floor vote in a structured data format of either CSV or JSON. If you notice any cool trends in there, let us know! 140
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 21/05/2025Kentucky has applied for FEMA assistance after the outbreak of roughly half a dozen tornados last weekend. PA = public assistance and reimburses local governments, IA = FEMA grants to households to help replace items and rebuild, etc. 031
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 20/05/2025This is a radar scan that measures rotation. Just a minute ago, it shows a line of storms that looks brief but is headed right for the Somerset/London areas, the same areas that were hit hard Friday night. **I'M NOT A METEOROLOGIST*** 052
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 19/05/2025In this segment, you’ll hear part of the conversation I had with Jake Cutchens as the sun set yesterday on a decimated neighborhood. “This is Appalachia’s heart right here,” he said, talking about the people that helped them sort debris throughout the day. www.npr.org/2025/05/19/n... 2348
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 03/05/2025I'm clearing off some SD cards to make room for photos of the Kentucky Derby today for @kentuckypublicradio.org / @lpm.org / @npr.org . Going through photos from the past 6 months or so brings back memories of some beautiful adventures in Kentucky and Indiana. 020
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 02/04/2025A little ironic considering Zoeller makes pumps. Specifically, the sump pumps that will be running in most of our basements this week. 021
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 26/02/2025I thought this hearing might have more specific details or conversation about money for flood recovery, but honestly it was just vibes. Two senators riffing on what they've heard and seen in eastern KY after recent severe flooding. 030
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 23/02/2025Flood cleanup and recovery in Perry County, KY today as weather warmed a bit and roads improve. Still no FEMA disaster declaration. Multiple people told me today: “Look around. If this isn’t a disaster I don’t know what is.” 0189
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 18/02/2025Kentucky flooding death toll continues to rise. Meanwhile people are trying to clean up mud as fast as possible before snow comes Tuesday night and makes travel conditions even worse. 072
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 15/02/2025Fleming-Neon, KY is flooding once again. Got this today from a source in the downtown area which was gutted in 2022. 11711
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 29/01/2025I wish the ice in Louisville would thaw as quick as that funding freeze. 050
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 28/01/2025A Head Start program in Louisville at the Family and Children's Place is having trouble accessing their federal funding portal. "...we are having trouble accessing the portal and have had trouble all day." But Q/A sheet from OMB says Head Start should not be frozen by the new directive. 062
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 10/01/2025Each year a bill gets filed to reverse this and put Kentucky's law on black lung diagnosis eligibility in line just about all the other states. It never goes anywhere. That bill was just filed again yesterday by Ashley Tackett Lafferty, the only D state house legislator left in eastern KY. 177
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 09/01/2025Last summer we told you about a group of Red River Gorge climbers trying to get state law changed to help them easily access private cliffs. Now it's here: House Bill 114 was just filed in Kentucky. Learn more about what prompted the bill: www.lpm.org/news/2024-08... 020
Justin Hicks @justinhicks.lpm.org · 08/01/2025As the KY legislative season kicks off, J Hodgson filed a bill that proposes creating a state-sponsored disaster-response volunteer corps a la national guard. A really interesting idea...do any other states have something like this currently going? 010
