radioNOVO News for Frankfort: July 24, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 07/24/26          A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DISMISSED A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAWSUIT AGAINST KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL ADAMS AND THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE D-O-J SOUGHT UNREDACTED VOTER REGISTRATION DATA, INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES. FEDERAL JUDGE CLARIA HORN BOOM RULED THOSE SENSITIVE RECORDS ARE PROTECTED UNDER FEDERAL LAW. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21ST TO APPEAL.           VERSAILLES ROAD IN LEXINGTON HAS FULLY REOPENED FOLLOWING A FATAL THREE-VEHICLE CRASH THURSDAY MORNING. LEXINGTON POLICE SAY THE COLLISION HAPPENED NEAR WOODFORD DRIVE AROUND 7:00 A.M. THE FAYETTE COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 43-YEAR-OLD SHAWN WILSON OF LEXINGTON, WHO DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE CRASH.          FRANKLIN COUNTY’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CAME IN AT 4.9% FOR JUNE, UP FROM 4.4% A YEAR AGO, ACCORDING TO NEW DATA FROM THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STATISTICS.  WHILE FRANKLIN COUNTY REMAINS AMONG THE TOP TEN LOWEST JOBLESS RATES IN THE COMMONWEALTH, THE COMPARABLE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 4.4-PERCENT.