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Credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded Fayette County Public Schools’ credit rating and put the district under review for a possible additional cut, citing problems with the district’s financial reporting and budget controls.

More details on the rating downgrade are in the story below.

Update: Frankfort Police say Jadyn Coke has been located.

❗️Missing 12-year-old - Frankfort❗️

The Frankfort Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding 12-year-old Jadyn R. Coke.

They say he was last seen at his home on Ridgeview Drive around 7:15 a.m. Monday morning.

Anyone who has seen Coke or has information on where he is asked to contact Frankfort Police at (502) 875-8582.

We’ll have updates on the search on our website. I’ve shared the link below.

Animal control in Lawrence County says they rescued multiple cats and kittens that were left in a mobile home with no access to food or water.

They shared pictures of the conditions found inside that home.

Details on how you can help them are in the story below. 

If the prompt was “make your dad chuckle” she’d get an A. But I'm gonna guess that wasn't it.

If you can’t read it it says: It was interesting when “the wood chopper sliced the wolf” because “you don't read that every day.”

At Monday night’s Fayette County Public Schools Board of Education meeting, District Finance Officer Kyna Koch asked the school board to approve up to a $110 million tax revenue anticipation note.

The possible loan was discussed as part of a presentation of a balanced $880 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

More details on the budget plans are in the story below.

The trial for the three men charged in connection with the death of Amber Spradlin has been postponed until 2027, just days before the murder trial was expected to begin.

MK McKinney, Dr. Michael McKinney, and Josh Mullins were in court Monday for a pretrial conference, where a witness from the Kentucky State Police Forensic Crime Lab testified about the amount of evidence they were having to test.

Buddy Forbes with our sister station, WYMT, has more details on the delay in the story I shared below.

Talk of Governor Andy Beshear’s future as a presidential candidate continues.

A recent report from MS NOW says that when asked if he was comfortable being talked about as a potential candidate in the 2028 presidential election, Beshear said, “I’m comfortable in that.”

The timeline for a possible announcement and a link to that report are in the story below.