By Kelly Dean BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Nearly 25 percent of Kentucky’s population is vaccinated against COVID-19, but will enough people receive the vaccine in order to reach herd immunity? As Governor Beshear announced the tenth week of decreasing COVID cases in Kentucky, many are attributing this feat to the vaccine. “We’re routinely scheduling over…
By Ashton Jones BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – A Kentucky state senator is the victim of unemployment fraud. Whitney Westerfield posted a tweet yesterday showing a fraudulent unemployment claim someone filed in his name. [Story continues below Twitter embed] Westerfield received a letter from the unemployment office stating he was entitled to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA),…
By WBKO News Staff FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov. Beshear has appointed the Honorable Mark Thurmond of Franklin to the office of Circuit Judge for the 49th Judicial Circuit, Division 1, of Kentucky. Gov. Beshear has appointed Queenie Averette, Tonya Lindsey, Amy Brady, Melissa…
