FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 100 with seven additional deaths reported Monday. Gov. Andy Beshear also reported 87 more coronavirus cases. That brings the statewide number of cases to nearly 2,050 since the outbreak began. The state’s death toll rose to 104 with the seven newest deaths. Meanwhile, Beshear says nearly 100…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has used his line-item veto authority to strike limited parts of the massive state budget bill passed by Kentucky lawmakers. The Democratic governor’s vetoes were issued Monday. The Republican-led legislature is set to reconvene Tuesday at the state Capitol. Lawmakers will consider overriding vetoes and could take final action on some bills. Beshear’s…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — 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, Kentucky. An event in conjuction with the first day of issue had been set for last Thursday at Yew Dell Gardens…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky guard Immanuel Quickley will enter the NBA draft and sign with an agent, leaving school after a breakout season in which he was an honorable mention All-America selection by The Associated Press. Southeastern Conference coaches voted the 6-foot-3 sophomore Player of the Year after he wasn’t picked for any preseason all-conference teams. Quickley averaged a…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials say Kentucky Derby merchandise with the original race date of May 2 will go on sale this week with 20% of proceeds going to funds set up to help people who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Kentucky Derby Museum said in a statement that merchandise will be sold online from April…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Courier Journal) — Most Kentucky churches did not hold in-person Easter services, heeding warnings against such gatherings in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The Courier Journal reports many celebrated the holiday Sunday at home with sermons and masses delivered online. But news outlets reported that Kentucky State Police recorded license plate information on about 50 cars parked…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge says the city of Louisville cannot halt a local church’s drive-in church service planned for Easter. On Fire Christian Church had sued Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and the city after Fischer announced drive-in style religious gatherings were not allowed on Easter. On Saturday, U.S. District Judge Justin Walker sided with the church, saying…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron is criticizing Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s plan to order people into quarantine if they attend in-person religious gatherings. Beshear announced the plan to prevent an Easter weekend acceleration of the coronavirus. While the new action will be applied to all mass gatherings, not just religious ones, some Republican leaders have…
File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has taken a new step against mass gatherings. He said Friday that anyone attending gatherings will be ordered to self-quarantine for two weeks. The action comes as he announced a single-day high for coronavirus cases in Kentucky. With Easter two days away, Beshear took the step against gatherings in an attempt to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flashes back to an earlier crisis that gripped the nation, and his own life, when he was a boy. He was stricken with polio. His earliest memory is of leaving the polio treatment facility at Warm Springs, Ga., as his mother is told he will be able…
