radioNOVO News for Frankfort: July 22, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 07/22/26          DRIVERS IN FRANKFORT SHOULD PLAN FOR WEEKEND DETOURS AS THE U-S 60 CAPITAL AVENUE BRIDGE CLOSES FOR PRESERVATION WORK. THE BRIDGE WILL SHUT DOWN AT 7 P.M. THIS FRIDAY THROUGH 5 A.M. MONDAY MORNING. SIGNED DETOURS WILL ROUTE TRAFFIC VIA OLD LAWRENCEBURG ROAD AND THE EAST-WEST CONNECTOR.  WORK INCLUDES PLACEMENT OF A LATEX CONCRETE OVERLAY, BRIDGE RAIL REPAIRS, PIER MAINTENANCE, AND SIDEWALK REPAIRS............ AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS WINTER.            TWO TEENAGERS ACCUSED IN THE DECEMBER KILLING OF 20-YEAR-OLD MILTON RITCHIE JR. IN LOUISVILLE WILL BE TRIED AS ADULTS. THE 16 AND 17-YEAR-OLD BOYS FACE CHARGES OF COMPLICITY TO MURDER AND ROBBERY, HELD ON FIFTY-THOUSAND-DOLLARS CASH BOND EACH. AUTHORITIES SAY RITCHIE WAS LURED INTO AN AMBUSH NEAR PLEASURE RIDGE PARK BY A 15-YEAR OLD GIRL, AS PART OF A REVENGE PLOT THAT INCLUDED STEALING HIS CAR.           LEXINGTON HEALTH OFFICIALS PLAN TO TREAT PARTS OF THE 40505 ZIP CODE WITH MOSQUITO SPRAY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS SPRAYING WILL RUN BETWEEN 3 AND 6 A.M. AROUND CASTLEWOOD PARK, JOHNSON HEIGHTS PARK, AND NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS AFTER A HIGH VOLUME OF ADULT MOSQUITOES WERE TRAPPED ON JOHNSDALE DRIVE.