radioNOVO News for Frankfort: June 3, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 06/03/26          TWO MEN ARE BEHIND BARS FOLLOWING A VIOLENT KNIFE AND MACHETE FIGHT AT A FRANKFORT APARTMENT COMPLEX MONDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE RUSHED TO THE WOODSIDE PARK APARTMENTS ON LOUISVILLE ROAD AROUND 1:25 P.M., WHERE THEY CONFRONTED A SHELBYVILLE MAN RUNNING INTO A BUILDING ARMED WITH A MACHETE. OFFICERS HAD TO DEPLOY A TASER TO DISARM HIM AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH ANOTHER TENANT ESCALALATED INTO THE DUAL-WEAPON STANDOFF. BOTH MEN FACE FELONY WANTON ENDANGERMENT CHARGES.          LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE CHIEF PAUL HUMPHREY ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HE INTENDS TO FIRE THE OFFICER WHO FATALLY SHOT A NAKED, UNARMED MAN ON MAY 30TH. BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS OFFICER NATHAN STOTTS OPENED FIRE JUST 90 SECONDS AFTER ARRIVING ON CROMARTY WAY, AS 27-YEAR-OLD MARTIN NITZKEN JR. STUMBLED TOWARD HIM DURING A SEVERE BIPOLAR CRISIS. CHIEF HUMPHREY REBUKED THE SHOOTING, STATING IT VIOLATED DEPARTMENT TRAINING, VALUES, AND ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.          ANOTHER 15 CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS INCLUDING ALS, PARKINSON’S, SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, AND CROHN'S DISEASE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO KENTUCKY'S MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM.  GOVERNOR BESHEAR STATED THE MOVE ELIMINATES LEGAL CONFUSION, OFFERING A SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO OPIOID MEDICATIONS FOR MORE THAN 23-THOUSAND APPROVED CARDHOLDERS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.