By McKenna Horsley

Kentucky Lantern

The Franklin County courts are moving operations back into the downtown Frankfort courthouse following damage from widespread April floods.

The courts will return to the courthouse on St. Clair Street starting Tuesday, Sept. 2, the Administrative Office of the Courts said. Flooding inundated communities across Kentucky in April, including the capital city of Frankfort.

It was the “second worst flood in Franklin County history,” said Franklin Circuit Chief Judge Thomas Wingate in his order granting the reopening of the courthouse.

Franklin County courts have been operating at the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) building on Chamberlin Avenue, which has also served as a temporary home to the Kentucky Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, whil

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