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• De-Flocked: City leaders won’t renew camera contract

  13-10-2026 21:25 via State-Journal
  
  At Monday’s meeting, the City of Frankfort Board of Commissioners voted unanimously not to renew its contract with Flock Group Inc. when it expires in January 2027.The city entered into a 24-month contract with Flock Safety on Jan. 17, 2025. The contract was for the lease, installation and operation of 19 Flock Safety Falcon license plate readers. Per the contract agreement between the City of Frankfort and Flock Group Inc., Flock camera usage is solely for the awareness, prevention and pr
  
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• Traditional Bank Athlete of the Week: Franklin County receiver Aaron Jones has three straight 100-yard games

  13-10-2026 21:24 via State-Journal
  
  Franklin County wide receiver Aaron Jones caught four passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns Friday against Grant County, his third straight game with over 100 yards in receptions.
  For his accomplishment, Jones has been named the Traditional Bank Athlete of the Week.
  On the year, Jones has caught 33 passes for 774 yards and eight touchdowns with two games left in the regular season. Last year he had 22 catches for 388 yards and three touchdowns.
  Jones, a sophomore, had his biggest game this yea
  
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• Thorn Hill Education Center one of four organizations to receive grant from George and Barbara Bush Foundation

  13-10-2026 21:24 via State-Journal
  
  Small but mighty.
  The Thorn Hill Education Center is the recipient of a Barbara Bush Family Literacy Innovation Grant from the George and Barbara Bush Foundation.
  The foundation awarded four grants nationwide totaling $160,000, and Frankfort is the smallest town represented.
  The other recipients are located in Boston, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Jacksonville, Florida.
  Applications for the grant were by invitation only.
  “We got invited to the dance, and we got asked to dance,” Thorn H
  
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• Kentucky State University holds annual homecoming parade

  13-10-2026 21:24 via State-Journal
  
  Kentucky State University students, alumni, families, and friends joined together Saturday morning for the annual homecoming parade, coinciding with the university’s 140th anniversary.The year’s theme, “The Legacy Looks Good on Us,” honored the generations of Thorobreds whose education, service, and achievements carry KSU’s legacy.The parade featured players from the Frankfort Youth Bengals football team, Central High School marching band from Louisville, and member
  
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• Capital Pride Festival draws crowd despite rain

  13-10-2026 21:24 via State-Journal
  
  The annual Capital Pride Festival took place Saturday on Broadway and the St. Clair Mall. The event, which supports and celebrates the LGBTQ+ community in Frankfort, drew vendors, food trucks, and information booths. Rain didn’t slow the event’s activities, which included live music, drag shows, and drag queen story time. The Capital Pride Festival began in 2017 and has been held annually since then, except for a two-year hiatus during the COVID pandemic.
  
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• Police, fire blotter (Oct. 12)

  13-10-2026 21:23 via State-Journal
  
  The following calls were received by the Frankfort Police Department, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Frankfort Fire and EMS and Franklin County Fire Department on Monday:
  • At 7:45 a.m., deputies were called to a non-injury motor vehicle accident on U.S. 127 South near an Interstate 64 ramp.
  • At 11:07 a.m., deputies at the sheriff’s office on River Bend Road took a fraud complaint.
  • At 11:25 a.m., officers, city fire and EMS responded to a non-injury motor vehicle
  
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• Letter: Remembering Lionel on Global Cat Day®

  13-10-2026 21:23 via State-Journal
  Dear editor,
  Oct. 16 is Global Cat Day® and coincides with National Feral Cat Day of Action. It is an opportunity to recognize that cats are part of our communities and that every community should have policies and programs that protect them.
  For nearly 15 years, the Franklin County Humane Society has worked with our community to address the population of feral and stray cats and homeless kittens. With the community’s support, more than 4,400 cats have been spayed or neutered and vacci
  
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• Franklin County’s girls soccer team defeats Western Hills in district tourney for season’s first win

  13-10-2026 21:23 via State-Journal
  
  Franklin County’s girls soccer team waited a long time for its first win, but it came at a good time for the Lady Flyers.
  FCHS defeated Western Hills 4-0 Monday in the first round of the 41st District tournament at Capitol View Park for its first victory of the season.
  The win put Franklin County (1-14-1) in the semifinals Tuesday against No. 1 seed Great Crossing.
  When the two teams met in the regular season, WHHS defeated Franklin County in a penalty kick shootout.
  “We took that lo
  
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• Franklin County’s boys soccer team edges The Frankfort Christian Academy in district tourney

  13-10-2026 21:23 via State-Journal
  
  Franklin County’s boys soccer team defeated The Frankfort Christian Academy by one goal in the regular season and again in the first round of the 41st District tournament.
  The Flyers, the No. 4 seed in the tournament, won 2-1 Monday in a hard-fought battle with TFCA at Capitol View Park. Franklin County won 1-0 in the regular season.
  “We got in our own way,” FCHS coach Mike Hayes said. “We always get up for Frankfort, and this year’s game was one for the ages (FHS w
  
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• Feeding Kentucky participates in ‘America Gives’ initiative

  13-10-2026 21:23 via State-Journal
  
  As food insecurity is on the rise across Kentucky, volunteers and elected officials on Monday provided a helping hand unloading a 34,000-pound food donation that will be distributed through Feeding Kentucky and God’s Pantry Food Bank.The delivery was part of a nationwide effort by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to send 250 truckloads of food to 250 food banks across the United States to commemorate America 250. Mayor Layne Wilkerson, Gov. Andy Beshear, and First Lady Brita
  
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• Alternate lane closures on KY 420 start Thursday

  13-10-2026 16:47 via State-Journal
  
  The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet advises motorists of overnight alternating lane closures on KY 420 beginning Thursday.Overnight alternating lane closures will occur from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., beginning Thursday and continuing through Friday, Oct. 23, on KY 420 from mile point 4.1 (at the intersection of West Main Street and Ann Street) to mile point 4.6 (at the intersection of St. Clair Street and Clinton Street). The overnight alternating lane closures are necessary for contract crews to safely
  
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• Daryl Thompson

  13-10-2026 16:35 via State-Journal
  
  Daryl Glenn Thompson, 60, of Frankfort, Kentucky, passed away on October 10, 2026. Services will be held at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at noon with Rev. David Rayborn officiating. Interment will follow at Midway Cemetery. Visitation will be at Harrod Brothers Funeral Home from 10 a.m. until noon on Wednesday.
  Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, on November 16, 1965, he was the son of the late Glenn D. Thompson and Irene Redden Thompson.Despite battling health issues hi
  
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