Big Lewie | radioNOVO News for Frankfort: June 30, 2026

RNN FRANKFORT 06/30/26          GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SAYS UP TO SIXTEEN KENTUCKY COUNTIES SUFFERED MILD TO SEVERE DAMAGE AFTER CATASTROPHIC WEEKEND FLOODING. CREWS ARE ASSESSING DESTROYED INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOMES WHILE SHELTERING DISPLACED RESIDENTS. BESHEAR SAID ONLY ABOUT 200 HOMES TOTAL ACROSS THE STATE ARE WITHOUT POWER, AND WATER SYSTEMS STATEWIDE HELD UP WELL.  HE EXPECTS FEDERAL FEMA AID TO BE APPROVED QUICKLY FOR WHAT HE CALLS A SLAM-DUNK CASE OF DISASTER RELIEF.            A FRANKFORT MAN IS FACING FELONY ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER A VIOLENT DOMESTIC DISPUTE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY JACOB MILBURN REPEATEDLY STRUCK A WOMAN AT THE JUNIPER HILLS APARTMENTS BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE. OFFICERS HAD ALREADY CITED MILBURN HOURS EARLIER FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION. HE IS CURRENTLY HELD IN THE FRANKLIN COUNTY REGIONAL JAIL ON A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR FULL CASH BOND.           A 36-YEAR-OLD MAN PLED NOT GUILTY OVER THE WEEKEND, FOLLOWING HIS ARREST FOR THE MAY 24TH SHOOTING AT A LOUISVILLE MOTORCYCLE CLUB THAT LEFT SIX WOMEN INJURED.          BRYSON O'NEAL FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING ASSAULT AND WANTON ENDANGERMENT, AFTER GUNFIRE ERUPTED ON BERRY BOULEVARD. HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD ON A 100-THOUSAND-DOLLAR BOND.