The Girls: “This isn’t ringing alarms to y’all?”

About this episode

The episode discusses the lack of investigation by Child Protective Services despite mounting allegations against Ronnie Stoner and the school district's continued support for him.

Allegations pile up, but Child Protective Services declines to investigate and the school district continues to promote Ronnie Stoner. We include an update at the end of the episode. “The Girls” is a 4-part series from the Louisville Public Media’s investigative podcast, Dig . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Host: NPR

Topics covered

• Child Protective Services
• school district
• investigative journalism
• allegations
• societal issues

Keywords

• Child Protective Services
• Ronnie Stoner
• allegations
• investigation
• Louisville Public Media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Child Protective Services, Louisville Public Media, NPR

Books & works: The Girls

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