radioNOVO News for Frankfort, KY 08-27-26

Good morning.The Frankfort Board of Commissioners is considering a new safety ordinance that would prohibit pedestrians from sitting, standing, or remaining on medians across eleven major city thoroughfares, including Versailles Road and Lawrenceburg Road. If approved, violators could face civil fines between twenty and one-hundred dollars, though police officers will have the discretion to issue verbal warnings first.In local traffic news, Franklin County drivers should plan for nighttime closures on U.S. Sixty, Louisville Road, starting tonight. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will close the stretch between Lafayette Drive and Taylor Avenue from six p.m. to eleven p.m. for routine maintenance.And in regional news, community leaders in Louisville are calling for action after a teenage Valley High School student was critically injured in a shooting near a school bus stop Tuesday morning, prompting new volunteer safety patrols at local stops.For more local news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.