Anyone who has ever driven on Versailles Road between 7 and 8 a.m. or been stalled in traffic on U.S. 127 South around 4:30 p.m. on a weekday can attest that the city’s population grows by thousands as commuters stream in to work in the capital city. One State Journal reader wanted to know w…
A reader inquired about how the capital city's property tax rate stacks up against other towns in the state after Frankfort City Commission candidate Diane Strong made the comment in a story in Friday’s edition that “our taxes are stupid outrageous.”
Nearly a year ago, Frankfort residents Karl Lawrence and Kevin Newton announced plans to open a pub in downtown Frankfort by spring 2019.
On Dec. 9, as part of a POW/MIA ceremony at the Capitol, where the “Chair of Honor” commemorates American service men and women who are prisoners of war or missing in action, the flag was flown. The following day, in keeping with tradition, all flags were removed and new ones took their plac…
Two years ago, plans were discussed to possibly move Frankfort’s downtown YMCA to the Mayo-Underwood Building.
Longer darkness in the winter months and recent paving projects on numerous state roads, including East Main Street, one of the city’s main arteries, prompted a State Journal reader to ask whether reflectors will be installed in the roads.
Each fall, after annual property taxes are mailed out, both city and county staff are repeatedly asked this question, according to Franklin County Judge-Executive Huston Wells.
Two readers — one who lives near Hardee’s on Schenkel Lane and the other a motorist who noticed students walking alongside the roadway — recently reached out to The State Journal to ask why the busy street — from Thornhill Bypass to Steadmantown Lane — lacks sidewalks.
As the saying goes, there are two things in life that are guaranteed: death and taxes.
The Franklin County Humane Society has tons of newspaper on hand following a switch in paper recycling a few months ago.
As a show of solidarity and to celebrate the local LGBTQ community, more than 80 rainbow Pride flags were displayed throughout Frankfort — including at City Hall — in the week leading up to the Capital Pride Kentucky Festival.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 9:55 a.m. Oct. 17 to correct the name of Kentucky Capital Development Corp. Director Terri Bradshaw.
Recent work on the bank of the Kentucky River next to Second Street School aims to stabilize a storm drain in the area.
Following the Labor Day shooting that claimed the life of a 25-year-old Cincinnati man at East Frankfort Park, a State Journal reader asked whether city parks are equipped with surveillance cameras.
Not yet, but the lack of precipitation is definitely a concern, according to Franklin County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources Keenan Bishop, who answered a question posed by a State Journal reader.
Solar power technology transforms the energy of the sun’s rays into electricity or heat. The most widely recognized solar panels — those on homes or in fields — use a photovoltaic solar (PV) system.
At the beginning of May, the City of Lexington’s recycling plant suddenly stopped accepting paper products from its affiliate partners, including Frankfort and Franklin County, due to “an overabundance of material in domestic markets.”
Over the past several months, motorists have dealt with lane closures and delays compliments of numerous projects on the throughofare that connects Louisville Road (U.S. 60) with both Shelby Street and the state Capitol.
The two facilities off the eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 64 just across the Woodford County line have been closed for renovations since the end of January and a series of delays has pushed the opening date back four months.
The Versailles Road location of the fast-food seafood restaurant, which sustained significant structural damage in an early-morning fire in February 2018, is slated to open its new building on Sept. 9.
A few vehicles in need of repair were parked at the Wilkinson Street School so students could provide those repairs.
Franklin County may be in the heart of Bourbon Country, but none of its distilleries are officially part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
The downtown bourbon marker, a 22-foot-tall sign that designates the direction and distance to more than 30 Kentucky distilleries, was completed Thursday morning.
In short: More than four years later, it’s ongoing.
Paramedics and emergency medical technicians are allowed to drive ambulances with sirens and lights on when transporting patients to hospitals and responding to emergencies.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is preparing to install new pavement markers on the East-West Connector and U.S. 421.
Frankfort city commissioners expressed support for a two-way West Main Street earlier this year, but the groundwork is still in progress.
A historic monument dedicated to a Frankfort school that served black students before racial integration is in storage.
A historic monument dedicated to a Frankfort school that served black students before racial integration is in storage.
A Frankfort company is developing land at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the East-West Connector.
If you have driven on Versailles Road recently, you may have noticed the framework of a new building under construction.
Two magistrates on the Franklin County Fiscal Court were issued cellphones during their current terms.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has repeatedly closed Lafayette Drive for repairs.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet announced that it will issue REAL ID driver’s licenses beginning in Franklin and Woodford counties sometime this spring.
Sometimes, signs just get dirty with wear.
In the past, locating cellphone users during 911 calls could be difficult. Now, a new system helps identify their location accurately.
Both Franklin County and Frankfort residents can use curbside recycling bins to get rid of waste in an environmentally friendly way.
The Old YMCA building’s fate has been discussed by the Frankfort City Commission in several closed sessions. A reader asked if any plans have been made public about the deteriorating building adjacent to the Singing Bridge downtown.
“Anyone know what kind of secret military base is being built along the river just down from the Buffalo Trace launch ramp in Kentucky River Pool 3?” a State Journal reader asked on Facebook, and he wasn’t alone. Several readers have asked us about the presence of large cranes and other acti…
If you’ve driven between Frankfort and Lexington recently, you may have noticed that the rest areas near the Franklin-Woodford County line have been closed for a few weeks.
Don’t panic. Cloudy water coming out of the faucet occasionally is normal, according to the Frankfort Plant Board.
A reader asked The State Journal about the political affiliations of the four directors of the Frankfort Plant Board after Mayor Bill May chose Jeff Bradshaw to fill the municipal utility’s vacant fifth, citing Bradshaw’s status as a registered independent as a “deciding factor” in his nomination.
With winter well underway and the first snow of the season having fallen, a reader submitted this question after witnessing a pedestrian walking in the street downtown because sidewalks were snow-covered.
A mix of an abundance of precipitation and a steady stream of construction vehicles coming and going from the site of the Capital Plaza redevelopment project has left portions of Wilkinson Boulevard caked in mud.
According to city ordinance, all political and campaign signs should be removed within five days after an election. The 2018 general election occurred on Nov. 6, which gave candidates until the 11th to collect yard signs.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Court Security Policy states that all individuals are required to have their belongings X-rayed and pass through the magnetometers (MAGS) to enter the Franklin County Courthouse. However, there are exemptions.
Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton will be heading out the door at the close of 2018, but will he be taking his Ford pickup truck donated to the sheriff’s office in 2016?
For months, those driving along Glenns Creek Road have been likely to encounter construction work in the area near where the railroad tracks cross the road.
Frankfort might have a plan for the future of its downtown, but how the YMCA sees itself in that future remains uncertain.
It is no secret that Frankfort’s infrastructure is being overburdened by the heavy machinery lugging equipment and materials to and from the construction site of a new state office building downtown.
