FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has reported its first death linked to coronavirus. Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday that the 66-year-old Bourbon County man who died had other health conditions. He offered his sympathy to the man’s family and friends. Beshear said during the weekend that the patient was in “bad shape” and not expected to recover. Beshear also ordered…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Ronnie Ellis, a Hall of Fame reporter who was a fixture in Kentucky’s statehouse press corps until his retirement, died Monday in his hometown of Glasgow. He was 68. Ellis died at T.J. Samson Community Hospital, according to Hatcher and Saddler Funeral Home in Glasgow, which is handling arrangements. Ellis had a long career as a…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has reported its first death from the new coronavirus. Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday that the 66-year-old Bourbon County man who died had other health conditions. He offered his sympathy to the man’s family and friends. Beshear said during the weekend that the patient was in “bad shape” and not expected to recover. For most…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Keeneland announced it will be closed to all non-essential guests starting Monday. Only essential employees, owners, trainers, veterinarians, blacksmiths and stable workers will be allowed into the track in Lexington, Kentucky. The track will set up screening checkpoints to monitor those seeking access and everyone will have their temperature taken. Only people with a temperature less…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he has tested negative for the new coronavirus after attending a public event in Louisville where another individual tested positive. Beshear says his test results came back Saturday. He didn’t specify the location of the event or when it occurred. Later Sunday, Kentucky Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth said he will self-quarantine…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A minor leaguer for the New York Yankees has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the first known player affiliated with Major League Baseball to contract COVID-19. The Yankees didn’t identify the player. The team said the player had spent his entire time at the minor league complex in Tampa, Florida, and hadn’t been over…
Two Tennessee brothers cleared stores shelves in two states of thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and packs of antibacterial wipes in an elaborate plan to resell them for profit during the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. An online retailers soon halted their sale and the state attorney general sent them a cease-and-desist letter. The New York Times reports Matt and Noah…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are keeping the quarterback that led them within a victory of the Super Bowl. They agreed to a four-year extension worth $118 million with Ryan Tannehill. The Titans announced the deal Sunday, hours after the NFL Players Association approved a new collective bargaining agreement. After being traded by Miami to Tennessee last March,…
NEW YORK (AP) — The show won’t go on for the Academy of Country Music. The annual awards show was to be held April 5 in Las Vegas and televised on CBS but now is the latest entertainment event to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. The academy has postponed the award to September, at a date and venue to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s doctor says the president has tested negative for the new coronavirus. The White House released the test results Saturday night, hours after Trump told reporters that he had taken the coronavirus test. For days Trump resisted being screened despite the fact that he had been in recent contact with three people who have tested…
