After 4½ years at Frankfort High School, Principal John Lyons is stepping down to begin a role with the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board. 

The Western Hills High School dance team started its competition season strong Saturday in the Cheer Elite Capital Cup Championship.

A Peaks Mill Elementary first grader is the WesBanco Student of the Week. 

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The Franklin County Board of Education unanimously approved a contract with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office regarding school resource officers during the board’s Tuesday meeting. 

Correction: This story was updated on Wednesday to correct the spelling of Brendan Norman's name. We apologize for the error. 

To further students’ science education, Frankfort Independent Schools are seeking help from the community to match a grant. 

A junior at Franklin County High School is the WesBanco Student of the Week. 

Representatives of the Bourbon on the Banks Festival presented donations to the Kentucky State University Foundation and the Mighty Marching Thorobreds on Wednesday. 

Frankfort Independent Schools moved a step closer to artificial turf on its football field, thanks to a donation from the Sower family. 

The city and county schools want the Frankfort City Commission to contribute $1.5 million toward new synthetic turf fields at the city and county high schools.

If you are graduating from Franklin County or Western Hills High School this year, you have a chance to win a car. 

Malia Grace Scott, a senior at Western Hills High School is the WesBanco Student of the Week. 

City schools are seeing more students enrolled in the district. County schools’ enrollment has been fairly consistent for a few years.  

During a meeting in which Franklin County Board of Education members were thanked for their service with a proclamation for School Board Appreciation Month presented by Judge-Executive Huston Wells and officers for the year were elected, one consent agenda item that received no discussion wa…

The offer of Georgetown College’s full-tuition scholarship could change the economy of Frankfort in the next few years. 

A Franklin County High School sophomore is the WesBanco Student of the Week. 

Frankfort Independent Schools may have some high-profile new students in the future, as Kentucky's new first family considers enrollment in the public school district. They wouldn't be the first children of a governor to attend FIS.

Jade Canterbury, a seventh grade student at The Frankfort Christian Academy, is the WesBanco Student of the Week. 

Now in its second year, Frankfort High School’s Jobs for America’s Graduates program is helping students find a multitude of opportunities for postgraduate paths. 

Thanks to two grants, more opportunities for art education will be coming to Frankfort Independent Schools. 

Local school kids are on their winter break, and while your family probably has plans for the holidays, what are you going to do for the remainder of the time while your kids are out of school? 

Various employees, parents and students from the Franklin County Schools district volunteered to ring the bell in order to collect donations for the Salvation Army on Monday. 

Some families may be getting a special handmade gift this holiday season, thanks to a donation from WesBanco.

The title of WesBanco Student of the Week goes to a kindergarten student at Early Learning Village this week. 

GEORGETOWN — Any student who graduates in Franklin County — no matter whether they are homeschooled or attend a public or private school — in the next decade will be eligible for a full-tuition scholarship at Georgetown College. 

A longtime school building is up for demolition.

Last week, many Franklin County students devoted an hour of their week to learning about computer science and coding. 

The Franklin County Board of Education reviewed the county schools' annual financial audit report at its Monday meeting. The audit was clean despite the findings in the report, according to a partner from FCS' auditing firm. 

Franklin County High School had 20 students in the All-State Choir this year. 

Bryce Tucker, a 17-year-old student at Franklin County High School, is the WesBanco Student of the Week. 

Employees of the city and county were recognized as "Roads Scholars" or Road Masters at a graduation ceremony last Wednesday. 

The keynote speaker for Kentucky State University’s Fall Commencement Convocation later this week will be a Nashville-based church leader. 

Frankfort and Franklin County had a few marching bands representing the area in the Inaugural Parade on Tuesday.

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education President Aaron Thompson, former interim president of Kentucky State University, is one of 11 2019 inductees into the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame.

The Frankfort Kiwanis Club and Kentucky State University hosted a day of fun for area children at the university's Exum Center over the weekend.