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KY Baby Dies Of COVID-19 Gov. Andy Beshear announced 265 new cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky on Wednesday, bringing the state’s total number of cases to at least 10,410. Eight more people with the coronavirus have died, including a nine-month-old girl.Of the infant’s death, Beshear said, “This is a reminder of how deadly this…
SomerSplash Reopening Just weeks ago, water parks and public pools thought opening this summer looked very unlikely due to the coronavirus pandemic.”It was announced public pools and things like that would be shut down and not be able to reopen,” says SomerSplash’s general manager, Stephen Sims. “But we kinda held out hope.”Weeks later, Governor…
Kids Left In Cars Kentucky State Police are working to bring attention to the problem of children being left behind in hot cars.The police cite information from the National Safety Council that shows 52 children died last year of vehicular heatstroke, including two in Kentucky.Parents or caregivers can forget a child is in the…
Thankful Hearts Food Pantry Fire A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon at the Thankful Hearts Food Pantry in Pikeville.Trailers with supplies caught fire and are currently threatening the building as crews work to get it under control.Organizers urge anyone who can help with donations to contact them.The trailer that held of the summer supplies…
Discussing Reopening KY’s Schools Some Kentucky school superintendents are wary about reopening school buildings in the fall, skeptical that they can meet social distancing requirements to curb the spread of COVID-19:“Unless the social distancing rules change, we’re not able to have school,” said Scott County Superintendent Kevin Hub. “You just can’t social distance in…
Lexington Pharmaceutical Company Developing COVID-19 Spray A Lexington pharmaceutical company is working to produce a nasal spray that could prevent one from catching COVID-19, as well as keep symptoms at bay in patients who have already tested positive for the highly contagious virus.Summit Biosciences, Inc. announced this week it had been awarded a contract…
Gubernatorial Candidate Pleads Not Guilty A Kentucky lawmaker who ran for governor last year has pleaded not guilty after he was accused of choking a woman with an ethernet cable and trying to “hog tie” her during a domestic dispute, says his lawyer. Attorney Conrad Cessna told the Lexington Herald-Leader on Monday that Republican…
Driver’s License Permit Testing Driver’s license permit testing will now resume in specific counties across Kentucky.The announcement was made recently by the KSP Driver Testing Branch. In order to better follow CDC/Health at Work guidelines, a new registration process was created. Starting on Tuesday, KSP will be taking appointments by phone. KSP encourages you…
Census Filing Have you filled out your census report yet? Some parts of Eastern Kentucky don’t have a lot of access to broadband and that is exacerbated by the fact that libraries are closed during the COVID-19 crisis. There aren’t a lot of hotspots that people can go to to get Internet access at…
COVID-19 Death In KY Officials with the Cumberland Valley Health Department confirm a Clay County woman has died due to complications from COVID-19.Not many details were released, but we do know the patient was a 69 year old woman who had underlying health conditions.Clay County has had six positive cases so far. Three of…