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…
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…
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…
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…
Grocery Shopping Restrictions Gov. Andy Beshear has issued an order to limit shopping to one person per household, stepping up efforts to enforce social distancing as coronavirus cases continue escalating in Kentucky.“This is going to be a significant help,”…
Gene Snyder Freeway Construction Drivers should expect lane closures on the Gene Snyder Freeway in Louisville over the next two weeks as contractors perform geotechnical work, officials said.Crews will be working from mile point 25 through mile point 35,…
Latest Unemployment Figures For Kentucky More than 275,000 Kentucky residents have filed for unemployment benefits in the past three weeks as the coronavirus pandemic causes widespread economic damage.A total of 117,135 Kentuckians filed unemployment claims last week, the U.S.…
Governor Beshear Limits Shopping Gov. Andy Beshear has issued an order to limit shopping to one person per household, stepping up efforts to enforce social distancing as coronavirus cases continue escalating in Kentucky.“This is going to be a significant…