89.3 WFPL News Louisville | By Aprile Rickert Two-thirds of Kentucky counties remain in the highest risk category for COVID-19 spread, as the most recent surge continues. A map on the Kentucky Department for Public Health website shows the majority of counties in the red as of Friday. That’s the highest level of infection, according to the Centers…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Despite a climb in COVID-19 cases across the Commonwealth, about a third of Kentucky adults believe the pandemic is over, according to a new “Insights on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Vaccines in Kentucky Poll” sponsored by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The poll also found that about half of Kentucky adults believe…
(WYMT) By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP/WYMT) – Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare Inc. officials say they will give up to $400,000 to assist with relief to those affected by flooding in Eastern Kentucky. Officials said Monday they will contribute $100,000 to the American Red Cross, $100,000 to the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund, up to…
WEKU | By Stan Ingold Twelve Eastern Kentucky counties are now eligible for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Leslie, Magoffin, Martin, and Whitley Counties were all added to the list on Friday. One area of concern is getting to people who are stranded because of damaged bridges on private property. Governor Beshear said…
By Brandon Robinson FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – On Sunday morning, Gov. Andy Beshear passed along a big update from the White House. In the tweet, the Governor said that under the federal declaration of emergency order, the federal government will cover 100% of the costs for certain emergency services for Eastern Kentucky counties and cities for…
The latest available data show that as the COVID-19 pandemic began impacting Kentucky and the rest of the nation, the Commonwealth was showing progress in some areas of child well-being as well as ongoing challenges, according to the 2022 Kids Count Data Book, released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. While the 50-state report on…
By Katie Myers In the Parlor Room, a longtime tattoo shop and music venue in downtown Whitesburg, the art-covered walls meet a bare floor, covered in mud. John Falter oversees rows of sketchbooks, with the tattoo artists’ drawings, drying beneath fans. “The water pressure pushed the doors wide open,” Falter said of the storm that goaded…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson A representative of Kentucky’s Family Foundation is hailing Monday’s State Court of Appeals ruling regarding abortion as a victory. The action by the state’s second-highest court overturned a July 22nd injunction by a Jefferson circuit judge. That blocked enforcement of Kentucky’s abortion ban. Kentuckians will be asked in November to put language…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The weekly COVID-19 report issued Monday by the Kentucky Department for Public Health is one of the most positive ones in several weeks, showing drops in new cases, deaths, and the state’s positivity rate. A total of 14,654 new cases were reported to the state for the seven-day period ending…
BY DIAMOND PALMER KENTUCKY RICHMOND, Ky. — In 1997, House Bill 330 created an opportunity for safe and secure learning environments for children in Kentucky. The bill was passed in the General Assembly with the Department of Education. On April 10, 1998, the Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS) was established. Since that time, the center has developed “basic…
