Andy Wolfson, the long-time legal affairs reporter for The Courier Journal and its defunct sister publication, The Louisville Times, is retiring after 44 years of making lawyers and judges quake at the sound of his voice. In more than four decades at the papers, he played key roles in winning Pulitzer Prizes in 1989 for […]
Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued letters to the editors of three major science journals on Tuesday, asking them to testify on the relationship between their publications and the federal government. Wenstrup sent letters to the editors-in-chief of The Lancet, Science and Nature science journals requesting […]
One year after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia and charged with espionage, journalists, news organizations and U.S. officials are marking the grim milestone by putting a spotlight on his detention and calling for his release. “Today we mark a painful anniversary: one year of American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention […]
On the one-year anniversary of the Russian detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, President Joe Biden said the US is working every day to secure his release. “Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do his job as a reporter — risking his safety to shine the light of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — On the one-year anniversary of the Russian detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, President Joe Biden said the U.S. is working every day to secure his release. “Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do his job as a reporter — risking his safety to […]
The Washington County Attorney’s Office has released several files related to Ruby Franke’s case. Among them is the disgraced momfluencer’s journal where she recounted how she abused her kids. Franke and her associate Jodi Hildebrandt will each serve up to 30 years in prison for their crimes. Ruby Franke, the former family vlogger who pleaded guilty […]
Excerpts from a journal belonging to mom influencer Ruby Franke detailing instances of child abuse were released by authorities Friday, one month after the YouTuber was sentenced to four to 30 years in prison on child abuse charges. Records from the Washington County Attorney’s Office released March 22 included police reports, photographs, audio interviews, witness […]
A father’s egg-ceptional journal entries are getting some well-deserved internet love. On March 5, Sam Eames posted a two-page spread of a journal entry by his father, Dave Eames, on X and it quickly went viral, garnering 6.4 million views. “From my dad’s journal. His experience after consuming a vile, small egg,” Sam captioned the […]
Contrary to what people are saying on Facebook and TikTok, Apple doesn’t want to share your journal entries with strangers. After Apple rolled out its most recent iOS software update in late February, users noticed the update automatically downloaded Journal, the new app Apple announced in December 2023. The app is designed to be like […]
Here are the nominees for the Journal Star’s Student of the Week award. Voting is open to the public until noon on Thursday, Feb. 29. You can vote for one student who has shown outstanding academic and school achievement and community service. The nominations were submitted by participating central Illinois high school educators. The Journal […]
Bailey Robison, an Oldham County High School sophomore with “a huge heart” is the winner of the Courier Journal Student of the Week. Bailey has is a 4.0 GPA and takes a demanding accelerated and advanced placement course load. She is a two-year member of the student government class, where she has been able to […]
With his trial just two weeks away, James Crumbley is fighting to block jurors from any testimony or evidence involving his teenage son’s mental health, journal or text messages he sent to a friend and his mother several months before he shot up Oxford High School. Such evidence was allowed in his wife’s trial, which […]