radioNOVO News for Frankfort: August 11, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 08/11/26            TEXAS ROADHOUSE HAS CEMENTED ITS COMMITMENT TO ITS HOMETOWN OF LOUISVILLE BY EXPANDING ITS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS WITH THE 12 MILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE OF THE ICONIC WRIGHT TOWER......... FORMERLY K NOWN AS THE KADEN TOWER.            DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S FIRM IN 1964, THE 16-STORY BUILDING ON DUTCHMANS LANE SITS NEXT TO THE CHAIN'S CURRENT CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.  IRONICALLY, THE TOWER'S TOP FLOOR HAS BEEN THE LONGTIME LOUISVILLE LOCATION OF THE RENOWN RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE.          A BATH COUNTY COUPLE HAS BEEN INDICTED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AFTER STATE POLICE FOUND TWO CHILDREN LIVING IN DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS. AUTHORITIES SAY 32-YEAR-OLD SHANE DUFRESNE AND 27-YEAR-OLD ANGEL DUFRESNE TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUGS, ALONG WITH ONE OF THE CHILDREN. ARREST WARRANTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR BOTH AFTER A GRAND JURY INDICTED THEM ON CRIMINAL ABUSE CHARGES.          TWO FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SWIMMERS HAVE SETTLED THEIR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUITS  AGAINST EX-HEAD COACH LARS JORGENSEN. THE TERMS REMAIN UNDISCLOSED, BUT CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY AND FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART REMAIN ACTIVE.  JORGENSEN QUIETLY RESIGNED FROM UK IN 2023.