radioNOVO News for Frankfort: July 27, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 07/27/26          KENTUCKY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN HAS BEEN ELECTED NATIONAL CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION FOR 2026 AND 2027. SELECTED BY HER PEERS AT THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL MEETING, COLEMAN IS THE 4TH CHAIR FROM KENTUCKY SINCE 1962 AND WILL LEAD THE NONPARTISAN GROUP'S STRATEGIC EFFORTS THROUGH JUNE 2027.          A 2ND GUARD AT THE FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER IN LEXINGTON HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO FALSIFYING RECORDS IN A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. FORMER OFFICER JONATHAN VAGO ADMITTED TO WRITING A FALSE REPORT TO COVER UP A JUNE 2025 INMATE ASSAULT INVOLVING ANOTHER OFFICER. VAGO FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON WHEN SENTENCED IN OCTOBER.                    THE LMPD HAVE ARRESTED 41-YEAR-OLD GERRARD HARRIS IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING AT THE IROQUOIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD ON JULY 25. INVESTIGATORS SAY 1 VICTIM WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A NON-LIFE-THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND AFTER GUNFIRE BROKE OUT DURING A YOUTH FOOTBALL GAME. HARRIS FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING ASSAULT AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.