radioNOVO News for Frankfort: August 20, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 08/20/26          CONSTRUCTION ON THE CITY’S NEW TWELVE-MILLION-DOLLAR FIRE STATION 1 HAS RUN INTO WEATHER DELAYS, PUSHING ITS EXPECTED COMPLETION BACK TO NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.          LOCATED ON WEST SECOND STREET, THE UPGRADED FACILITY REPLACES THE CITY'S 1959 STATION AND WILL FEATURE MODERN AMENITIES TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE FIREFIGHTERS.          A LOUISVILLE JAIL INMATE FACES NEW ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY LAUNCHING A BRUTAL, UNPROVOKED ATTACK ON A SLEEPING PRISONER.          COURT RECORDS SHOW 25-YEAR-OLD IAN DIONTRE JAMES STABBED ANOTHER INMATE IN THE FACE ELEVEN TIMES BEFORE STOMPING ON HIS HEAD. OFFICERS INTERVENED AFTER HEARING THE DISTURBANCE INSIDE THE DORM. JAMES IS BEING HELD AT THE LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON A SEVENTY-FIVE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR CASH BOND.          THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON OCTOBER 6TH TO DISCUSS PROPOSED ZONING RULES FOR DATA CENTERS AND HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE PUBLIC.          THE PROPOSAL FOLLOWS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BAN DATA CENTERS LARGER THAN 40,000 SQUARE FEET. COUNCIL MEMBERS PLAN TO FORMALLY SCHEDULE THE OCTOBER EVENING SESSION DURING THEIR AUGUST 25TH WORK SESSION, GIVING RESIDENTS AN ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE REGULATIONS.