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Frankfort Plant Board customers needn’t worry about the Grinch stealing the Hallmark Channel any time soon. The FPB Board of Directors approved a National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC) agreement to continue carrying the Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies, and Hallmark Drama at a special-called meeting on Monday. The term of the agreement runs through September […]

Editor’s note: This is the 28th in a series of in-depth stories based on the findings of the City of Frankfort’s African American Historic Context Report, which was funded in part by the city and a grant from the Kentucky Heritage Council. This section of the African American Historic Context Report provides an overview of […]

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday arrested a California man who was allegedly orchestrating several scams targeting elderly residents by posing as a government official. Deputies detained Adil Saudager, of Garden Grove, California, who reportedly deceived a local woman into transferring $80,000. Saudager allegedly posed as “Mr. Grey” and met the victim in the […]

Hundreds gathered for the 30th annual Walk of Awareness on a brisk Thanksgiving morning in South Frankfort. The walk, which is the largest fundraiser for ACCESS Soup Kitchen & Men’s Shelter, began at VFW Post 4075, went to the Capitol and ended at the ACCESS facility on West Second Street. ACCESS Soup Kitchen & Men’s […]

The Grand Theatre will host a screening of “A Gift for Ethan” with filmmakers Will Chase and T.J. Burch on Friday, Jan. 2. The short documentary follows along as Burch, a luthier, builds a guitar for actor Ethan Hawke, and in turn, contemplates the small connections we all seem to share. Burch was asked to […]

More specific details about the proposed indoor pool and wellness center have been made public thanks to a request for proposals (RFP) released by the City of Frankfort Board of Commissioners, Franklin County Fiscal Court and Franklin County Schools Board of Education on the day before Thanksgiving. The RFP seeks concept design and cost estimate […]

Stella Pollard wants to be the voice of rural Kentuckians, which is why she has filed to run for Kentucky’s 20th Senate District seat. “I chose to run for many reasons, but the biggest reason is that Kentuckians deserve to be able to afford a comfortable life,” she told The State Journal. “I grew up […]

A Lawrenceburg mother was arrested at Walmart Friday morning after allegedly leaving her 7-month-old baby inside a vehicle in below-freezing temperatures while she shopped. Frankfort police were called to the Leonardwood Drive store at 10:28 a.m. after a male infant was discovered in the back seat of a locked Mazda. With an outdoor temperature of […]

We know the Frankfort Parks and Recreation Department is one of the best in the state. Now others do as well. The department was honored with the Outstanding Department Class 3 Award presented by the Kentucky Recreation and Park Society (KRPS) at its annual state conference and trade show held at General Butler State Resort […]

City of Frankfort employees may soon be offered eight hours of paid volunteer time annually. Human Resources Director Kathy Fields outlined the potential added benefit at Monday’s Board of Commissioners meeting. “This proposal would be a new ordinance which would take just a single reading, and it proposes that all full-time employees would receive eight […]