Ryan Van Velzer (KPR)
Ryan Van Velzer has told stories of people surviving floods in Thailand, record-breaking heat in Arizona and Hurricane Irma in South Florida. He has worked for The Arizona Republic, The Associated Press and The South Florida Sun Sentinel in addition to working as a travel reporter in Central America and Southeast Asia. Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Ryan is happy to finally live in a city that has four seasons.
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In total, lawmakers filed 1,165 bills this session. But for all the new laws legislators drafted this year, they left many more on the cutting room floor. -
“Ratchet the sanctions all the way up, don’t hold any back. Every single available tough sanction should be employed and should be employed now,” McConnell said during a news conference in Louisville. -
This story begins, as many do, when a dog needed a walk. -
Kentucky will end the remaining COVID-19 restrictions beginning June 11, Gov. Andy Beshear said on Friday.
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Breonna Taylor was killed one year ago this week. Here is WFPL’s series remembering her.The night they killed her, police did not say her name.The first… -
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer says it feels odd to announce the Kentucky Derby in September, but it's the reality of 2020 — a year when the "most exciting… -
In Louisville, racial justice protests have continued for months since police shot and killed Breonna Taylor inside her home during an overnight police raid. Protesters want the officers charged.
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Governor Andy Beshear has mandated Kentuckians wear masks in public, as coronavirus infections surge around the state and country.The executive order… -
Kentucky reopens bars, swimming pools and music venues on Monday, allowing crowds of up to 50 people to gather indoors as the U.S. reports record cases of… -
At least 20 people are confirmed to have the coronavirus in at least seven Kentucky counties, Governor Andy Beshear announced during a Sunday afternoon…
