radioNOVO News for Frankfort: May 29, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 05/29/26          IT'S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT CAUSED A TOTAL EVACUATION AND SHUTDOWN AT KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY THURSDAY MORNING. SCHOOL OFFICIALS ORDERED STUDENTS AND STAFF TO LEAVE THE MAIN CAMPUS AND A NEARBY RESEARCH FARM JUST AFTER 11:00 A.M. FOLLOWING A VAGUE THREAT WARNING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. POLICE BLOCKED ALL CAMPUS ENTRANCES FOR NEARLY 4 HOURS BEFORE ISSUING AN ALL-CLEAR, ALLOWING OPERATIONS TO RESUME WHILE EMPLOYEES FINISHED THE DAY WORKING REMOTELY.          A LOUISVILLE MAN IS BEHIND BARS ON A 25-THOUSAND-DOLLAR CASH BOND AFTER ALLEGEDLY CARJACKING A DRIVER AT GUNPOINT WEDNESDAY MORNING. FRANKFORT POLICE SAY 29-YEAR-OLD MARCUS THOMAS FORCED THE VICTIM TO DRIVE HIM TO A MCDONALD’S BEFORE FLEEING TOWARD A NEARBY C-V-S, WHERE HE CHASED ANOTHER MAN INSIDE. THOMAS CLAIMS HE WAS IN DISTRESS AND RUNNING FROM HIS OWN BROTHER, BUT NOW FACES A CLASS B FELONY CHARGE FOR FIRST-DEGREE ROBBERY.          THE SUDDEN DEATH OF THE 2-MONTH-OLD INFANT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN LOUISVILLE HAS TRIGGERED AN ACTIVE POLICE INVESTIGATION.            OFFICIALS SAY FIRST DIVISION OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED AROUND NOON TO ASSIST EMERGENCY CREWS WITH THE UNRESPONSIVE CHILD IN THE 1500 BLOCK OF WEST MARKET STREET. THE INFANT WAS RUSHED TO NORTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, WHERE THEY WERE TRAGICALLY PRONOUNCED DEAD. LMPD'S HOMICIDE UNIT HAS NOT TAKEN OVER THE CASE.