Pike County Firefighter Is Hurt A Pike County firefigher is in critical condition after being hit by a car while cleaning up storm damage.It happened Sunday night in the Marrowbone community.Marrowbone Volunteer Fire Department Chief Clinard Adkins said in a Facebook post that firefighter Jimmy Belcher was clearing a tree out of the road…
Unemployment Claims Rise The number of Kentucky residents filing for unemployment benefits stayed on a record-breaking pace last week, lifting the three-week statewide total to more than 275,000 as the coronavirus pandemic causes widespread economic damage.A total of 117,135 Kentuckians filed unemployment claims last week, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday. It was up…
Pictorial Postmark Available U.S. Postal Service customers can obtain a pictorial postmark to commemorate the first day of issue of the contemporary boutonniere and garden corsage stamps.The postmark was designed by Norine Masterson, postmaster at New Haven, KentuckyTo obtain the postmark, submit a request postmarked no later than May 2. Include a stamped envelope…
Beshear Gives COVID-19 Update On Sunday, Governor Andy Beshear announced 134 new cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky. As of Sunday at 5 p.m. the total number of cases in the state stand at at least 1,963.“In Kentucky, we are still not seeing the increase we are seeing in other states and we are grateful…
Local Power Outages Reported Heavy rain and gusty winds moved in on Sunday night which has led to power outages across the mountains. As of early this morning the following areas are affected with outages: Breathitt – 1,345 Clay – 81 Floyd – 3,712 Johnson – 801 Knott – 7,159 Lawrence – 282 Leslie…
Spike in Nursing Home COVID Cases Leads Beshear to Create Task Force As of Friday, the state’s COVID-19 totals are now 1693 and 90 deaths. That’s an increase of more than 240 cases and 11 deaths just from Thursday. The governor says 75 of the new cases are connected to 29 long-term care facilities…
Pike, Jackson Counties Announce New COVID-19 Cases Officials in Pike County have confirmed a fourth positive case of COVID-19. Health officials say the new case is a 62-year-old man who is already hospitalized at Pikeville Medical Center along with one of the other positive cases. The other two are at home in isolation. Meanwhile,…
Beshear Warns Against Mass Gatherings Over Easter Weekend Gov. Andy Beshear warned Friday that anyone attending gatherings will be ordered to quarantine for two weeks as he announced another single-day high number of virus cases in Kentucky on Friday. The governor took the tougher step against mass gatherings in an attempt to contain the…
Grocery Shopping Restrictions Gov. Andy Beshear has issued an order to limit shopping to one person per household, stepping up efforts to enforce social distancing as coronavirus cases continue escalating in Kentucky.“This is going to be a significant help,” the governor said during his daily briefing.Beshear’s new executive order will mostly limit shopping to…
Gene Snyder Freeway Construction Drivers should expect lane closures on the Gene Snyder Freeway in Louisville over the next two weeks as contractors perform geotechnical work, officials said.Crews will be working from mile point 25 through mile point 35, which is between Interstates 64 and 71, according to a statement from I-Move Kentucky.Portions of…