radioNOVO News KY for August 28, 2026

Good morning.Health officials are warning of an expanding public health concern across Kentucky, as the Department for Public Health confirms twenty-nine cases of measles statewide. Christian County leads the state with fourteen confirmed cases, alongside outbreaks in Washington and Jessamine counties. State health experts emphasize that none of the confirmed infections occurred in individuals who had received the M-M-R vaccine.In judicial news, major developments have emerged surrounding school bus stop violence in Louisville. A judge has handed down a sixty-year prison sentence to Makhi Cable for his role in the twenty-twenty-one bus stop shooting death of sixteen-year-old Tyree Smith. Meanwhile, authorities across the border in southern Indiana have detained multiple suspects in connection to Tuesday morning's Louisville bus stop shooting that left a teenage girl in critical condition.In law enforcement news, a Shively police officer is facing criminal charges for allegedly misusing law enforcement technology. Investigators say Officer Asad Zahir conducted more than two-thousand unauthorized searches on the Flock license plate camera system between January and May to track an ex-partner. Zahir has been suspended without pay and faces ten criminal counts, including official misconduct.On the economic front, new data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows first-time unemployment filings across Kentucky dropped significantly last week. Meanwhile, in Northern Kentucky, the Boone County Fiscal Court voted to lower its property tax rate for the twelfth consecutive year, bringing the rate down to eight-point-two percent.And federal agents at the Port of Louisville have intercepted a massive shipment of counterfeit luxury items. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized fake Rolex and Louis Vuitton watches along with knockoff Gucci footwear, with an estimated genuine value of over nine million dollars.For more news from across the Commonwealth, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.