Author: WNKY Staff

Kentucky records more than 2,000 new COVID cases

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear encouraged Kentucky families to be safe this Thanksgiving, especially in light of the newest federal report for the commonwealth that emphasizes the risks of gathering with people from other households. He also encouraged Kentuckians to keep getting tested for COVID-19 and announced that the state ranks sixth in the country for daily COVID-19 tests…

New equipment helps doctors treat local unborn babies with heart conditions

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Doctors have a new way to detect heart and other conditions in Western Kentucky babies before they’re even born. Norton Children’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine on the campus of Med Center Health in Bowling Green recently installed new state-of-the-art diagnostic and ultrasound equipment. The equipment is designed to identify complex anomalies in unborn babies through early detection so…

NASA’s chief scientist pays virtual visit to Gatton Academy

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – NASA’s Chief Scientist Dr. Jim Green recently visited students at The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky. The event took place Nov. 6 through a virtual presentation and question-and-answer session. Video of the session is available online for Kentucky STEM educators to share with their students. Green shared a broad overview of…

Beshear: State faces ‘significant’ danger from COVID

File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. – Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear warned Kentuckians that at this time we face significant danger from COVID-19. Eighty counties are in the red zone as cases, hospitalizations and deaths increase rapidly. Monday’s positivity rate was the highest since May 5. “If you’re not wearing a mask, you’re putting yourself at a real risk for contracting COVID,” said…

McConnell: All legal ballots must be counted

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered the below remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the 2020 election. “Last week, record numbers of Americans exercised the right which generations risked everything to hand on to us. “I want to spend a few minutes this morning talking about what we saw last week, where we are…

Dr. Bernard Salameh to appear on CBS Television Distribution’s “The Doctors”

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.  – On Tuesday, double Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Bernard Salameh MD, FACS ABPS ASPS, and founder of Salameh Plastic Surgery, Hair Transplant, Medical Spa and Skin Care will appear on the Emmy Award-Winning television show CBS’s “The Doctors” as he surprises a guest on the show with complimentary life changing full body contouring after the guest…

Beshear announces highest weekly COVID-19 case total, urges Kentuckians to act

File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear on Sunday implored Kentuckians, especially those in red zone counties, to follow the recommendations to reduce the spread of COVID-19, with a continued escalation in cases that includes Kentucky’s highest test positivity rate in more than half a year and the highest number of cases in a week by almost 500 cases. “This virus…