Nine of the 14 football-playing members of the Atlantic Coast Conference are making plans for reopening campuses this fall following the outbreak of the coronavirus. Three others have publicly said they’re exploring scenarios for a return. Reopening campuses for in-person instruction would be a crucial step toward restarting college sports. That’s particularly true for football with its late-summer preseason practices….
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has announced a plan to reopen Kentucky’s restaurants to limited dine-in service later this month. Beshear announced the next phase of business reopenings Thursday. The plan also includes movie theaters, fitness centers, child care centers, campgrounds and some youth sports. Under the plan, restaurants will reopen dining rooms starting May 22 at 33%…
HODGENVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A group of women who were inmates in a Kentucky jail have reached a $1.1 million settlement against a former guard they accused of sexual abuse. The former guard, Jerome Perry, is serving a 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in October on rape and sodomy charges. He worked at the LaRue County Detention Center. The…
Image Source: WikipediaGATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Great Smoky Mountains National Park is starting to reopen parts of the park, beginning with many roads and trails this weekend. The park has been closed since late March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The park said in a news release that new safety measures will be implemented in facility operations and services…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — About 80,000 Kentucky residents applied for unemployment benefits last week. That’s down from the prior week but shows economic disruption from the coronavirus continues to spread. The U.S. Labor Department reported the figures Thursday. The report shows the number of Kentuckians filing for jobless assistance last week was down about 11,000 from the prior week. The…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Former Wake Forest center Olivier Sarr says he’s transferring to Kentucky. The move gives the Wildcats a veteran 7-footer after the team’s entire starting lineup declared for the NBA draft. Sarr is a 255-pounder from France who was the Demon Deacons’ leading rebounder and second-leading scorer last season. He announced his decision to play for the…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Department of Education is asking school districts to be flexible as they plan calendars for the next school year. Interim Education Commissioner Kevin C. Brown told superintendents during a webcast this week that they should plan for multiple scenarios. Brown said possibilities include an early start, possibly in July; a traditional start in August…
VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) — Officials have decided that Kentucky community college students will be offered a variety of formats for classes in the fall. The Kentucky Community and Technical College System said in a statement that beginning on Aug. 17, classes will be offered online, face-to-face and some will be a mixture of both. Face-to-face classes will include an online…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says a Kentucky prison has been hit by hundreds of additional coronavirus cases. He said Tuesday that testing of inmates and staff at Green River Correctional Complex revealed more than 300 additional virus cases. When factoring in previous cases, the governor says the infection rate has reached about 40% at the western Kentucky…
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 that Smither made a Facebook post on…
