radioNOVO News for Frankfort: August 21, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 08/21/26          DRIVERS ON INTERSTATE 64 IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR OVERNIGHT DELAYS STARTING TONIGHT.  THE KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET SAYS ALTERNATING LANE CLOSURES WILL RUN BETWEEN THE FRANKFORT EXITS FROM 7 P.M. TO 6 A.M. THROUGH AUGUST 28TH. CREWS WILL BE INSTALLING PAVEMENT MARKERS AND RUMBLE STRIPS, SO PLAN EXTRA TRAVEL TIME THROUGH THE AREA.          A LOUISVILLE MAN PLED NOT GUILTY THURSDAY, AFTER ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING A POLICE LICENSE PLATE CAMERA IN RIVERVIEW PARK IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS LAST SATURDAY.           35-YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER EMBRY FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER OFFICERS SAY HE SHOT THE CAMERA NEAR PARK VISITORS AND DEPUTIES. INVESTIGATORS LATER FOUND FIVE STOLEN AND DAMAGED CAMERA SYSTEMS INSIDE EMBRY'S HOME. HIS BOND IS SET AT 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS.          AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A HORSE WAS ELECTROCUTED ON THE KENTUCKY EXPOSITION CENTER GROUNDS. AUTHORITIES SAY FIVE-YEAR-OLD SADDLEBRED "MR. SPOTS" DIED WEDNESDAY AFTER STEPPING ON AN ENERGIZED METAL BAR. NEARBY ANIMALS WERE SAFELY EVACUATED. THE TRAGEDY COMES AS THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR KICKED OFF YESTERDAY, RUNNING THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.