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Frankfort Cares: A Shelley Hearn Heart Project takes place Saturday, Aug.

29 from 5 to 8 p.m. at West Sixth Farm to honor retiring social worker Shelley Hearn and raise funds for the Women’s Pop Up Shelter. The event features live music, food, a rock skipping contest and corn hole.

Phil volunteered at the bake sale table during Spellapalooza on Aug.

7 at Thorn Hill Education Center, selling desserts and sporting bee antlers + creating a fun atmosphere for the community. Caroline Collins organized the shift to support the local event.

Villa Madonna Academy dedicated its new STEM wing on Friday, Aug.

14 to honor Chase and Cole Fischer, who passed away in July 2023. The wing features labs and student spaces for medicine, chemistry, physics and biology and includes equipment like lasers and 3D printers.

DMTL Organization and KSU College of Agriculture will host A Healthy KSU 3K & Health Fair Saturday at KSU campus in Frankfort to boost health equity and combat food insecurity.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the day runs from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Kentucky health officials confirmed an ongoing measles outbreak with 15 new cases in Christian, Owen, Todd, Trigg, and Washington counties—the highest yearly number since 1991.

They urge parents to have children fully immunized with the MMR vaccine to help prevent the illness.

State health officials confirmed that Kentucky is facing its largest measles outbreak in decades in Christian, Owen, Todd, Trigg, and Washington Counties — 15 cases were reported in the last four days.

They urge parents to immunize children to protect against severe complications.

Developers from Red Draw Development are exploring multi-family housing and a linear park at the former YMCA site pending approval after updated P3 board documents were re-submitted last week — the project aims to link downtown with the riverfront and coordinate with a meeting and event center.

Franklin County's football team is rebuilding its roster after losing key players, with young talent stepping up to bring state championship hopes into focus.

The Flyers will start their season Friday at Scott County and host Bullitt East on Aug. 28.

Frankfort senior Jack Kennedy advanced to the state golf tournament after winning a four-man playoff at Picadome in Lexington on Friday.

The tournament will take place on Aug. 30 at Gibson Bay in Richmond.