Festival Cancelled If you had made plans to attend the Railbird Festival this year, you’ll have to make other plans. The festival has been cancelled for this year, like so many other events. The event’s website says the Railbird Festival will take place next year on August 20th and 21st. If you already have…
Classes to Resume at ALC Officials at Alice Lloyd College in Hazard have announced that in-person classes at the school will resume in the fall. On Friday, ALC president Joe Stepp sent a letter to faculty, staff and students that said classes would begin again on Tuesday, August 18. The semester will end on…
Statue Removed After an 11-to-1 vote on Friday by the Historic Properties Advisory Commission, the statue of Jefferson Davis was removed from the Capitol Rotunda on Saturday. The statue which has been in place since the 1930’s is being relocated to the Jefferson Davis historical site in Fairview where the Confederate president was born.…
Perry County Church Linked to COVID-19 The Kentucky River District Health Department said in a post on its Facebook page, that it believes multiple cases of COVID-19 can be linked to a church in Perry County. They believe the cases are connected to The Trinity Holiness Tabernacle Church. Health officals say anyone who attended…
COVID Free at Jackson Manor Earlier, Jackson Manor in Annville had a total of 67 positive COVID-19 cases, including 40 residents and 27 staff members. But as of Friday, the facility was COVID-19 free. A celebration took place that saw nurses and staff escorting residents outside where tents were waiting to provide shade. Then…
KY Committee Votes to Take Down Jefferson Davis Statue at Capitol A Kentucky commission voted Friday to take down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol, adding its voice to a global push to remove symbols of racism and slavery. The Historic Properties Advisory Commission met remotely through video teleconferencing…
Recovery Effort Moves into Day Four on Harrington Lake What was a search and rescue mission has now gone to day four of a recovery mission for a missing Madison County teen. Wednesday, Emanuel Prewitt and a group of friends were swimming across Harrington Lake near Gwinn Island when he went underwater and didn’t…
Harlan Co. Reported Ten New COVID Cases in 14 Days Harlan County officials on Friday addressed new COVID-19 cases as well as concerns about how quickly the virus is spreading in the community. In two weeks, 10 new positive cases have been reported, three of those coming just in the last two days. So…
Reopening Schools Kentucky health and education officials are meeting today to figure out how to reopen schools safely. Interim Education Commissioner Kevin C. Brown says the meeting will be used to establish a timeline for reopening schools in the state. Brown thinks August will be when districts will be able to start classes again,…
Daycares Opening A number of in-home child care programs were able to reopen this past Monday in Kentucky, and now daycares across the state will be be able to open this coming Monday. A survey of child care providers says that 11 to 15 percent of the facilities may be closed permanently due to…