University Of Kentucky Prepares For Spring Semester It’s been a semester of ups and downs for University of Kentucky students. And after failure to follow COVID-19 guidelines, one fraternity will face the consequences for the next two years.“This organization has had some issues over the years. So the compilation of that made it so…
Preparing For The Vaccine Teachers and school staff in Kentucky could be among the first in the state to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.On Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear said teachers and staff would have access to a vaccine after the initial group of front-line healthcare workers and long-term care facility staff and patients. They would…
Floyd County Prison Reopens The Kentucky Department of Corrections has officially reopened a prison in Floyd County that last held inmates in 2012.Gov. Andy Beshear announced the reopening of the former Otter Creek Correctional Center.The prison was previously run by Tennessee-based CoreCivic. It closed after female inmates complained about the staff. It has reopened…
Bowling Green Christmas Tree Display Kentucky’s representative in the National Christmas Tree display this year is Bowling Green’s Dishman McGinnis Elementary.The ornaments and those from 55 other schools will decorate 56 smaller trees surrounding the National Christmas Tree, representing each U.S. state, territory and the District of Columbia as part of the America Celebrates…
Breonna’s Law Two of Breonna Taylor’s aunts watched Monday as Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ceremonially signed a statewide ban against the use of no-knock search warrants, a law named after Taylor, a Kentucky woman who was fatally shot when Louisville police broke down her door in the middle of the night.“Breonna’s Law” is the…
Vaccines Ready For Distribution To KY Two different vaccines are expected within just 10 months of the first reported case of COVID-19 in Kentucky.“This is nothing short of a modern medical miracle,” Dr. Steven Stack with Kentucky Department for Public Health said.Monday Gov. Andy Beshear announced dates for three shipments, one Pfizer allocation and…
Unprocessed Unemployment Claims As COVID-19 cases increase across Eastern Kentucky, so has the number of unprocessed unemployment claims across the state.According to the latest data from the Labor Cabinet, Kentucky’s backlog of unemployment claims has jumped to 87,715, which is 14 percent higher than it was two weeks ago.The majority of the remaining unprocessed…
Workforce Development Initiatives Two workforce development initiatives in western Kentucky have been awarded funding from the Delta Regional Authority, Gov. Andy Beshear said.The projects will expand on-the-job training and create more well-trained workers in critical industries in the region, Beshear said in a statement.The Green River Area Development District received $150,000 for a program…
Bigger Testing Site Sunday marked exactly nine months since Kentucky’s first reported COVID-19 case, and we continue to set record highs.In the past week, the state has topped 200,000 cases and 2,000 deaths.With the virus so widespread, the University of Kentucky is trying to make sure testing is too.Moving its testing site to the…
Beware Of Scammers Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Utilities, and Old Dominion Power Company are warning customers of increasing scam attempts during the holiday season, and what customers should do to recognize and avoid them.Scammers attempt to use intimidation tactics, such as threats to shut down utilities, in order to try stealing money, personal…