radioNOVO News for Frankfort: July 20, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 07/20/26          A PEDESTRIAN IS IN CRITICAL, LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CAR DOWNTOWN YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS CROSSING WEST BROADWAY IN A DESIGNATED CROSSWALK WHEN A VEHICLE TURNING LEFT FROM SECOND STREET HIT HIM. THE DRIVER REMAINED AT THE SCENE, AND AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.          THE FORMER FINANCE CHIEF FOR FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS SCHEDULED TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT NOON TODAY.  RODNEY JACKSON, WHO RETIRED EARLIER THIS MONTH FOLLOWING INTENSE CRITICISM OVER A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR DISTRICT BUDGET DEFICIT HAS HIRED AN ATTORNEY AND IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO MISSTATED DISTRICT FINANCES AND OTHER FINANCIAL DISCREPANCIES DURING HIS TENURE.          TWO 40-YEAR-OLD WOMEN FACE STALKING AND HARASSMENT CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY TARGETING LOUISVILLE METRO CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. POLICE SAY KEVONNE AND SHAVONNE GORE ROUTINELY STAKED OUT THE JAIL, FILMED STAFF, AND SENT A GUARD DEATH THREATS ALONGSIDE PHOTOS OF HIS HOME. THE WOMEN ADMITTED TO KNOWING THE GUARDS DUE TO A PRIOR ISSUE INVOLVING AN INMATE.