radioNOVO News for Frankfort: June 18, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 06/18/26          EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS ARE ABOUT TO GET UNDERWAY AT KSU'S DR. WILLIAM H. EXUM CENTER.          BEGINNING NEXT WEEK, CONTRACTORS WILL SET UP A STAGING AREA NEAR THE BUILDING, AFFECTING SOME PARKING SPACES AND ACCESS POINTS. DURING CONSTRUCTION, ENTRANCE CANOPIES WILL BE REMOVED AND ACCESS WILL BE LIMITED TO DESIGNATED DOORS.          THE WORK IS PART OF A LONG-TERM CAMPUS PRESERVATION PLAN, BACKED BY MORE THAN 100 MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDING THROUGH 2028.          THE FORMER HEAD OF KENTUCKY’S LARGEST ADDICTION TREATMENT NETWORK IS PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO FEDERAL FRAUD CHARGES.          TIM ROBINSON, FORMER CEO OF ADDICTION RECOVERY CARE, WAS ARRAIGNED IN ASHLAND ON MONEY LAUNDERING AND WIRE FRAUD CHARGES AFTER PROSECUTORS SAY HE IMPROPERLY SOLD IRS TAX CREDITS TWICE AND USED THE PROCEEDS TO FUND HIS BUSINESS.          ROBINSON RESIGNED FOLLOWING HIS INDICTMENT AND IS SCHEDULED TO STAND TRIAL IN AUGUST.          JAMES BRUGGERS, A VETERAN ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST WHO SPENT DECADES REPORTING ON POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND KENTUCKY’S WATERWAYS, HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 68.          BRUGGERS, A LONGTIME REPORTER FOR THE COURIER JOURNAL, WAS KNOWN FOR HIS INVESTIGATIVE WORK HOLDING POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKING COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACCESSIBLE TO READERS.          HIS WIFE SAID HE DIED TUESDAY, AFTER BATTLING A RARE THYROID CANCER AND PNEUMONIA.