Annelise Mack was one of the youngest graduates at Kentucky State University’s commencement convocation Friday.

Western Hills senior Olivia Onodu knows what career she wants to pursue.

A local student was recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi chapter at Berea College.

Franklin County Schools' assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and assessment is one of three finalists for superintendent of Oldham County Schools.

Mikey Mitchell is dedicated to school.

A two-piece feeding tube that wouldn’t stay connected. Antique toy trucks missing ladders. A rooster that lost a foot to frostbite.

A counselor at Franklin County High School has been arrested for allegedly having a weapon on school property.

Virginia Lyle has been selected to receive the Otis A. Singletary Scholarship from the University of Kentucky.

Senate Bill 128 made a supplemental school year a possibility.

MIDWAY — A Frankfort student recently was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society at Midway University.

Excited for the return of live music, hundreds of folks packed Western Hills High School’s parking lot Sunday afternoon for a free pops concert.

A new artist in residence and exhibition will start and a variety of activities and events are planned at Josephine Sculpture Park this month.

The city and county annually split the cost of purchasing flowers and plants for the bourbon barrels and hanging baskets on display downtown.

OXFORD, Miss. — A student from Frankfort is among more than 5,000 candidates for graduation at the University of Mississippi's commencement this weekend.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A Frankfort student has been inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society at the University of Alabama.

COVID-19 threw a wrench into Drive Your Tractor to School Day last year, but the event was back on schedule Friday.

Senior Halle Simons was surprised on the steps of Frankfort High School Friday with a $1,000 scholarship presented by the Friends of Paul Sawyier Public Library.

Two Western Hills seniors were awarded scholarships from Independence Bank this week.

The Frankfort High School Drama Club will present "The Frankfort Drama Revue." "The Revue" is constructed on a variety show format and features multiple scenes and vignettes from well-known plays, as well as some more obscure works. This is the students' first theatrical production in over a…

When Frankfort High math teacher Melissa Crosby heard from Cambridge University Press about its dedicated-teacher awards, she was skeptical.

The Kentucky FFA Foundation has awarded the agriculture program at Bondurant Middle School a $5,000 Ag Achiever grant to help them add a learning kitchen and establish more vegetable beds. 

Femi Obielodan applied to Western Kentucky’s Gatton Academy and Morehead State’s Craft Academy so he’d have a chance to attend a residential school.

Jai Joshi, Kyle Andrew Reed and Kavya Vasudevan, all of Frankfort, will graduate from the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics on May 8 at Morehead State’s Jayne Stadium.

A total of 17 local high school juniors have been selected for the Governor’s Scholars Program this summer.

Second Street School preschoolers got into the Derby spirit Wednesday as they raced their pool noodle horses — with names like T-Rex, Watermelon, Elsa and Joe — across the Old Capitol lawn.

The Frankfort Independent Schools Board of Education approved a 2% raise for certified personnel beginning in fiscal year 2021-22.

Kids Fest, the annual kindergarten readiness event hosted by the First5 Franklin Early Childhood Council in collaboration with Frankfort Independent and Franklin County schools, is planned for next week.

The Kentucky State University School of Humanities and the Performing Arts in partnership with the City of Frankfort and the Frankfort Arts Foundation will present an International Jazz Day virtual concert at noon and again at 8 p.m. on April 30.

The Frankfort Christian Academy’s Aubrey McReynolds is well versed in several subjects, and she showed that by placing seventh in general knowledge at the state elementary Governor’s Cup academic competition.

Lamman Rucker, an actor, educator, activist and entrepreneur, will deliver the keynote address at Kentucky State University’s 2021 Spring Commencement Convocation on May 7. 

The Franklin County High School Site-Based Decision Making Council will hold a parent representative election on Wednesday.

Editor's Note: This story was updated at 3 p.m. April 22 with information about the number of students who remain under quarantine.

Franklin County Schools Superintendent Mark Kopp told the school board the district will be receiving $11.69 million in the third round of federal CARES Act funds.

Project Graduation, a celebration for the graduating classes at Franklin County and Western Hills high schools, is in need of donations to make this year’s event a success.

Four local students are among the 120 selected to attend the Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs, a highly competitive summer program for Kentucky high schoolers to focus on product innovation and business model design.

Frankfort native Sydney Clark can’t imagine growing up anywhere else.

Five students were inducted into The Frankfort Christian Academy’s chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) at a ceremony in the school library on Thursday.

Manas Garla, a seventh grader at Bondurant Middle School, has had quite a year in academic competitions.

Frankfort High will have its graduation ceremony May 21 on the front lawn of the school.

Franklin County Schools is moving forward with its plans for a Virtual Learning Academy next year.

After receiving an audit from the Kentucky State University Foundation, KSU’s Board of Regents approved the school’s audit of the 2019-20 fiscal year at a special called meeting last week.

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A virtual jazz concert will be held by Kentucky State University, the City of Frankfort and the Frankfort Arts Foundation as part of International Jazz Day on Friday, April 30.