R.G. Dunlop
Investigative ReporterR.G. Dunlop is an award-winning member of LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team. His work has exposed government corruption and resulted in numerous reforms.
In a 35-year career at the Courier-Journal, R.G. served as Eastern Kentucky bureau chief, Legal Affairs reporter, City Editor and State Enterprise Reporter. He is Peabody Award winner, a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and was twice a member of teams that won George Polk Awards.
Email R.G. at rdunlop@lpm.org.
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The Kentucky State Police have settled a federal lawsuit involving two troopers who beat Alex Hornback at his Shepherdsville home during an April 2020 arrest and allegedly lied about it under oath. -
Some troopers downplayed or misrepresented the force they had used. On other occasions, they misrepresented the facts under oath about what they or others had done.
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The former KSP trooper said he didn't beat man when he served a bench warrant in April 2020. But a home security video captured the incident, and shows otherwise.
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The Kentucky State Police fatally shot 41 people from 2015 through 2020, more than any other law enforcement agency in the state.
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The Kentucky State Police fatally shot 41 people from 2015 through 2020, more than any other law enforcement agency in the state.
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As fatal police shootings have become a flash point in U.S. cities, they have also occurred at high rates in rural areas — largely without national attention.
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As fatal police shootings have become a flash point in U.S. cities, they have also occurred at high rates in rural areas — largely without national attention.
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Industrial parks sit nearly empty in counties spanning eastern Kentucky, the multi-million-dollar consequences of hollow promises to revive the region’s economy.
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They're the multi-million-dollar consequences of hollow promises to revive the region’s economy.
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A proposed wildlife center got a $12 million federal grant after promising to bring millions of dollars and thousands of tourists to eastern Kentucky. Four years later, residents are still waiting for the jobs they were promised.
