radioNOVO News for Frankfort: July 21, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 07/21/26          FORMER FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FINANCE DIRECTOR RODNEY JACKSON IS FIRING BACK AGAINST CLAIMS LINKING HIM TO THE DISTRICT’S MAJOR BUDGET SHORTFALL. SPEAKING ALONGSIDE HIS ATTORNEY MONDAY, JACKSON CATEGORICALLY REJECTED ACCUSATIONS OF MISCONDUCT OR POOR OVERSIGHT, CALLING THE CLAIMS FALSE AND PROMISING LEGAL ACTION TO CLEAR HIS NAME AS THE DISTRICT WORKS THROUGH MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS THAT HAVE LED TO THE ELIMINATION OF PROGRAMS  AND OVER 100 JOBS, AND THE CUTTING BACK ON HOURS FOR OTHER DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.            ROCKY ADKINS........... FORMER SENIOR ADVISOR TO GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR............ HAS FILED CAMPAIGN FINANCE PAPERWORK TO BEGIN FUNDRAISING FOR KENTUCKY’S 2027 GUBERNATORIAL RACE. THE LONGTIME DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN LEFT THE BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION EARLIER THIS MONTH AND IS SET TO OUTLINE HIS FUTURE POLITICAL PLANS AT AN EVENT IN LEXINGTON TODAY.          A LEXINGTON POLICE OFFICER HAS RESIGNED AFTER AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FOUND HE LIED ABOUT A CRASH CAUSED WHILE TEXTING AND DRIVING. OFFICER MARCUS OLMSTEAD STEPPED DOWN BEFORE FACING TERMINATION AFTER BODY CAMERA VIDEO CONTRADICTED HIS ACCOUNT OF THE DECEMBER 2025 COLLISION ON ALEXANDRIA DRIVE.