radioNOVO News for Frankfort: September 4, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 09/04/26          THOUSANDS GATHERED AT THE STATE CAPITOL YESTERDAY FOR THE 2026 RECOVERY RALLY, MARKING NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH AND CELEBRATING KENTUCKY’S FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF DECLINING OVERDOSE DEATHS. GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR HIGHLIGHTED THE STATE'S EXPANDING TREATMENT RESOURCES, NOTING DRUG OVERDOSE FATALITIES DROPPED NEARLY 23 PERCENT LAST YEAR TO THEIR LOWEST LEVELS SINCE 2014.          FORMER GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN BOURBON COUNTY. JAIL RECORDS SHOW THAT BEVIN WAS BOOKED INTO LOUISVILLE METRO CORRECTIONS FOLLOWING A MONTHS-OLD CONTEMPT OF COURT ORDER TIED TO A CHILD SUPPORT LAWSUIT FILED BY HIS ADOPTED SON. A FAMILY COURT JUDGE ISSUED THE BENCH WARRANT AFTER BEVIN REPEATEDLY FAILED TO APPEAR FOR HEARINGS AND MISSED DEADLINES TO SUBMIT COURT-ORDERED FINANCIAL RECORDS.          A LOUISVILLE MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO SEVEN-AND-A-HALF YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE 2025 SHOOTING DEATH OF OFF-DUTY CORRECTIONS OFFICER MICHAEL SAYE WEHDAH. 37-YEAR OLD ANTHONY TRABUE ENTERED AN ALFORD PLEA TO REDUCED CHARGES OF SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER IN COURT YESTERDAY.