By Associated Press | FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s governor has removed a member of the state’s Emergency Medical Services board who is accused of posting a message criticizing the arrest of a woman who broke coronavirus quarantine orders. Gov. Andy Beshear took Robbie Smither off the board in an April 30 executive order. The order states…
By WYMT News Staff | FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) — You look down at your phone and see an unknown number — you pick it up and it is a robocall. This happens to thousands of Kentuckians each day. So, what can be done about it? Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in…
By STU JOHNSON Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles announced a donation Tuesday of more than a half million eggs to help address food insecurity issues. It comes in response to increased demands during coronavirus. Ag Commissioner Quarles says Cal-Maine Foods has donated 560,000 eggs to Feeding Kentucky. Kentucky Heartland’s Director Jamie Sizemore says since the start…
by Jason Riley – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Gov. Andy Beshear said the COVID-19 outbreak at a western Kentucky prison has worsened, with up to 120 more positive cases and an additional death in the facility. “It’s a challenge, and it’s a concern,” Beshear said at his briefing on Monday about what is happening at…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that 542 rural healthcare providers across Kentucky will receive a total of $372 million in federal funding to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The federal resources, distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), were made available by the Coronavirus Aid,…
By STU JOHNSON Governor Beshear is expressing confidence in his decisions about timing when it comes to reopening Kentucky’s economy. During last night’s coronavirus briefing, the governor was asked about a previously announced federal guideline to experience 14 days of declining cases before easing restrictions. Beshear said being plateaued with cases for three weeks, ramped up…
By WBKO News Staff | BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is processing payments from the Provider Relief Fund to hospitals with large numbers of COVID-19 inpatient admissions through April 10, 2020, and to rural providers in support of the national response to COVID-19. The new payments are being distributed…
By Eleanor Klibanoff In mid-April, the Centers for Disease Control began including probable and presumed positive cases in their coronavirus death toll numbers. But it wasn’t until nearly two weeks later, on April 27, that Kentucky started reporting probable cases in its death toll. The 213 deaths reported in the first seven weeks of Kentucky’s pandemic…
By STU JOHNSON Reported Coronavirus cases in Fayette County increased dramatically over the weekend. The jump in cases was largely based on an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Federal Medical Prison in Lexington. Officials with the Fayette County Health Department Friday evening released information detailing 33 cases of coronavirus among inmates at the federal prison along…
By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource New unemployment insurance claims in the Ohio Valley began to taper off this week as states make their way through the backlog of applications amid business closures forced by the coronavirus pandemic. But local economies still face a staggering number of unemployed, and many of those who are out of…
