Perry County Schools Postponed In response to Gov. Beshear’s new COVID-19 guidelines Wednesday, Perry County Schools announced that all instruction, including virtual and NTI, will be postponed until January 4.In an e-mail to parents, Superintendent Jonathan Jett said in-person learning is not an option right now given current statistics for the county. The measures…
God’s Food Pantry Needs Help God’s Food Pantry in Somerset says they’re expecting we’re going to have some big exponential increases when the electric shut-offs, the utility shut-offs start happening, evictions in the first of January.There’s always a need for donations of food and money at God’s Food Pantry, but now there’s the need…
KY Driver Licensing Offices Open Four Kentucky driver licensing offices have reopened this week after being sanitized due to exposure to the coronavirus, but others are staying closed longer than expected, officials said.A regional office in Jackson and four smaller field offices in Catlettsburg, Bowling Green and Owensboro reopened this week as planned. …
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Restrictions Officials at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital announced that the building is returning to a “zero-visitor protocol” following a recent surge in COVID-19 transmission across Eastern Kentucky.The announcement came via the hospital’s Facebook page, with some exceptions to the rule, including:• Obstetric patients may have one visitor• Patients who are…
Kentucky Election Audit Underway By law, the Office of the Attorney General is required to conduct post-election audits in no fewer than five percent of Kentucky’s counties and to randomly select those counties in a public forum within 20 days of each primary and general election. The counties randomly chosen are Fleming County, Hickman…
Pulaski County In The Red Zone Pulaski County had been one of the few counties in Southern Kentucky to not enter the red zone on the state’s daily incidence rate map.But now, Pulaski County is seeing a spike in cases. Health leaders point to transmission among various groups…but educators say they aren’t seeing it…
Some KY Driver Licensing Offices Open Four Kentucky driver licensing offices have reopened this week after being sanitized due to exposure to the coronavirus, but others are staying closed longer than expected, officials said.A regional office in Jackson and four smaller field offices in Bowling Green and Owensboro reopened Tuesday as planned, the Kentucky…
Pink Pig Yarn Shop Open The Pink Pig Yarn Shop opened its doors recently in Pikeville, bringing something different to the downtown shopping scene.The shop hosted its ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, officially welcoming customers to shop for yarn and yarn craft accessories. The store also offers handmade items like small toy animals, purses, and more.…
Holiday Travel Suggestions With cases of COVID-19 surging across the country, many people still plan to travel for the holidays. Amid the pandemic, doctors say the best kind of travel is no travel at all, but there are ways to stay safe in the air and on the road.According to health experts, coronavirus transmission…
Johnny Bench Items Auctioned Personal memorabilia from the career of Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench was auctioned for just under $2 million.The sale that involved live and online bidding ended Saturday at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Kentucky, not far from where Bench was a 14-time All-Star for the Cincinnati Reds…