radioNOVO News for Frankfort: May 27, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 05/27/26
          
          A LOUISVILLE-AREA MAN IS FACING MURDER AND D-U-I CHARGES AFTER A HORRIFIC CAR CRASH LEFT A PEDESTRIAN DEAD AT A SHIVELY BUS STOP MONDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY 45-YEAR-OLD KEVIN MOORE SLAMMED HIS VEHICLE INTO A CROWD OF 5 PEOPLE AT ROCKFORD LANE AND DIXIE HIGHWAY. 43-YEAR-OLD DANIELLE CORDES WAS KILLED AT THE SCENE, WHILE TWO OTHER VICTIMS, INCLUDING A WOMAN BELIEVED TO BE IN HER 20'S............ WERE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
          THIS INCIDENT COMES AFTER TWO WOMEN WERE KILLED IN A SEPARATE FATAL MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION IN SHIVELY ON SUNDAY.  

          THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL MOVED CLOSER TO FINALIZING NEXT YEAR’S CITY BUDGET AFTER ADDING 2.75 MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW SPENDING TUESDAY. THE CHANGES AMEND MAYOR LINDA GORTON'S 546-MILLION-DOLLAR PROPOSAL. THE NEW EXPENSES INCLUDE 1.5 MILLION FOR CITYWIDE A-D-A ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES AND NEW SECURITY SCANNERS AND GUARDS AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. A FINAL VOTE ON THE BUDGET IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 9TH.

          AND A BIG ROUND OF CONGRATULATIONS TO WESTERN HILLS GRADUATE MANAS GARLA, WHO WAS JUST NAMED ONE OF ONLY 627 NATIONAL SEMIFINALISTS FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS 2026 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM. SELECTED FROM OVER 65-HUNDRED ELITE CANDIDATES, MANAS IS NOW IN THE RUNNING FOR ONE OF THE NATION'S HIGHEST ACADEMIC HONORS.