Adding To The State’s Historic Register The Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board is considering whether to recommend that five properties be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Three properties in Louisville were nominated, the statement said. The Harriet…
KY COVID-19 Daily Update In his recent news conference Governor Andy Beshear brings Kentucky past two major milestones in the COVID-19 pandemic.The Kentucky Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard lists a total of 2,048 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 104…
Police Issue Tickets At Local Churches Most Kentucky churches did not hold in-person Easter services, heeding warnings against such gatherings in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.Many celebrated the holiday Sunday at home with sermons and masses delivered online,…
Pike County Firefighter Is Hurt A Pike County firefigher is in critical condition after being hit by a car while cleaning up storm damage.It happened Sunday night in the Marrowbone community.Marrowbone Volunteer Fire Department Chief Clinard Adkins said in…
Unemployment Claims Rise The number of Kentucky residents filing for unemployment benefits stayed on a record-breaking pace last week, lifting the three-week statewide total to more than 275,000 as the coronavirus pandemic causes widespread economic damage.A total of 117,135…
Pictorial Postmark Available U.S. Postal Service customers can obtain a pictorial postmark to commemorate the first day of issue of the contemporary boutonniere and garden corsage stamps.The postmark was designed by Norine Masterson, postmaster at New Haven, KentuckyTo obtain…
Beshear Gives COVID-19 Update On Sunday, Governor Andy Beshear announced 134 new cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky. As of Sunday at 5 p.m. the total number of cases in the state stand at at least 1,963.“In Kentucky, we are…
Local Power Outages Reported Heavy rain and gusty winds moved in on Sunday night which has led to power outages across the mountains. As of early this morning the following areas are affected with outages: Breathitt – 1,345 Clay…
Spike in Nursing Home COVID Cases Leads Beshear to Create Task Force As of Friday, the state’s COVID-19 totals are now 1693 and 90 deaths. That’s an increase of more than 240 cases and 11 deaths just from Thursday.…
Pike, Jackson Counties Announce New COVID-19 Cases Officials in Pike County have confirmed a fourth positive case of COVID-19. Health officials say the new case is a 62-year-old man who is already hospitalized at Pikeville Medical Center along with…