radioNOVO News for Frankfort: August 6, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 08/06/26          THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TERMINATING ITS CONTRACT WITH KENTUCKY’S ORGAN DONATION ORGANIZATION FOLLOWING SEVERE SAFETY VIOLATIONS.          H-H-S SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUNIOR ANNOUNCED THE MOVE WEDNESDAY IN LEXINGTON, CITING REPEATED FAILURES WHERE NETWORK FOR HOPE IGNORED SIGNS OF LIFE IN PATIENTS. THE ORGANIZATION PLANS TO APPEAL THE DECISION.          AN INTERNAL REVIEW HAS DETERMINED LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE LIEUTENANT BRANDON HOGAN'S BODY-WORN CAMERA WAS OFF WHEN HE SHOT A FLEEING BURGLARY SUSPECT JULY 26TH.......... PREVENTING AUTO-RECORDING SYSTEMS FROM TRIGGERING WHEN HE UNHOLSTERED HIS GUN.             FOOTAGE FROM OTHER OFFICERS ON SCENE SHOWS SUSPECT OMAURI DOWNS ORDERED TO DROP HIS WEAPON BEFORE BEING SHOT. L-M-P-D IS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING AND THE CAMERA POLICY VIOLATION.          PROTESTERS FROM "NO DATA CENTER 502" DISRUPTED A LOUISVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST NIGHT OVER PROPOSED DATA CENTER REGULATIONS.          THE GROUP UNRAVELED RED RIBBONS AND SHOUTED CHANTS UNTIL POLICE CLEARED THE GALLERY.           THEY WANT TO STOP THE PLANNED HYPERSCALE DATA CENTER IN SOUTHWEST LOUISVILLE. TWO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS REMAIN, INCLUDING AN ONLINE FORUM TODAY AT FIVE P.M.