radioNOVO News for Frankfort: June 16, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 06/16/26          THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL AS THE VICTIM OF A FATAL PEDESTRIAN CRASH IN SHIVELY LAST SATURDAY. POLICE SAY A VEHICLE STRUCK MULTIPLE PEOPLE ON DIXIE HIGHWAY, KILLING THE GIRL AT THE SCENE. TWO OTHER TEENAGE GIRLS WERE HOSPITALIZED WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.                 A LOUISVILLE DEVELOPER IS SUING THE CITY OF ST. MATTHEWS AFTER OFFICIALS REJECTED A PROPOSED 199-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR WESTPORT ROAD AND RIDGEWAY AVENUE. LDG DEVELOPMENT CLAIMS THE CITY RELIED ON AN UNLAWFUL ZONING ORDINANCE ADOPTED IN 2024 TO DENY THE PROJECT. THE LAWSUIT ASKS A JEFFERSON COUNTY JUDGE TO OVERTURN THE DENIAL AND INVALIDATE THE ORDINANCE. CITY OFFICIALS HAVE NOT YET RESPONDED IN COURT.          FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMONWEALTH’S ATTORNEY LARRY CLEVELAND HAS RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS LEGACY AWARD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF LAW. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES CLEVELAND'S MORE THAN FOUR DECADES OF LEGAL SERVICE, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP, AND DEVOTION TO FAIRNESS IN THE LOCAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.