Fayette County School Reopening Plan Thursday the Fayette County School District will share its vision for the upcoming semester.“I am committed to getting us back to in-person instruction, but it has to be safe, responsible, and sensible,” says Fayette County board of education member Tyler Murphy. “Two months from now or three months from…
California Company Purchases KY Medicaid Managed Care Company Passport Health Plan, a Kentucky-based Medicaid managed care company, has agreed to be purchased by a competitor in a deal expected to preserve hundreds of jobs. Molina Healthcare of California announced Friday that the purchase price for Passport is about $20 million and that it will…
Kentucky Supreme Court Halts Suit Trying to Block Beshear’s COVID Actions Kentucky’s high court on Friday put a temporary stop to efforts by a top Republican to rein in the Democratic governor’s ability to control the coronavirus outbreak with restrictions on public behavior. The state Supreme Court stepped into the dispute by halting any…
Madison County Reports 18 New COVID-19 Cases on Friday Governor Andy Beshear announced 531 new cases of COVID-19 during his update on Friday. He also announced eight new deaths in Kentucky. At least 21,605 Kentuckians have contracted the virus. The death toll is now at 653. Eight eastern Kentucky counties are now reporting more…
Hazard Schools Reopen Later Hazard Independent Schools released a statement saying they will be delaying the start day for school this fall.The board met and decided to push the start date for students until Monday, August 24 due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the county. There will be a Facebook Live meeting…
Daniel Boone Festival Cancelled The Daniel Boone Festival Committee decided to cancel the 2020 festival that was supposed to take place October 4-10 in Barbourville.In a statement, the committee said, “Putting on a festival of this size is a huge responsibility but pales in comparison to the responsibility we have of ensuring the festival…
Education Commissioner Awarded Contract Kentucky’s new education commissioner, Jason Glass, was given a four-year contract with an annual salary of $260,000 by the Board of Education.Glass’s contract begins Sept. 14. The Brandenburg, Kentucky, native has been superintendent of Colorado’s second largest school district, Jeffco Public Schools in the metro Denver area, since 2017.He will…
Statue Stays County officials in western Kentucky have decided to keep a century-old Confederate statue at the community’s courthouse.The Calloway County Fiscal Court voted unanimously Wednesday morning to leave the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee where it stands, The Paducah Sun reported.The decision came despite calls over the last six weeks for…
Mountain Heritage Festival Cancelled 2020 would have marked the 38th year of the Mountain Heritage Festival in Whitesburg.The board of the festival met for months thinking of ways they could still hold the festival while not contributing to the spread of COVID 19.“But, there was no feasible way to do it. We talked about…
Pikeville Restaurant Closes A restaurant in Pikeville will shut down operations for the foreseeable future Friday night.In a post on their Facebook page early Thursday morning, officials with the Golden Corral location on Cassidy Boulevard said the COVID-19 outbreak has taken a toll on business, leading to the closing.Restaurants are still operating on a…