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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…

Alex Trebek dies at 80

CULVER CITY, CALIF.  – JEOPARDY! is saddened to share that Alex Trebek passed away peacefully at home early Sunday morning, surrounded by family and friends. He was 80 years old. Alex was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2019, and he continued to host JEOPARDY!for the next 18 months. Throughout that time, Alex was open and public about his battle with cancer. JEOPARDY! episodes hosted by Alex will air through Dec. 25, 2020 His last day…

JEOPARDY! mourns passing of beloved host Alex Trebek

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (November 8, 2020) – JEOPARDY! is saddened to share that AlexTrebek passed away peacefully at home early this morning, surrounded by family and friends. He was 80 years old. Alex was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2019, and he continued to host JEOPARDY!for the next 18 months. Throughout that time, Alex was open and public about…

Fire department investigates small fire at Dublin’s

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green Fire Department was dispatched at 6:13 p.m. Saturday to Dublin’s Irish Pub downtown after an employer opened up a door to the business and found it full of smoke. “A small fire had been kept from spreading by the sprinkler system and firefighters used a fire extinguisher to finish putting the fire out,” Bowling…

Saturday COVID cases set new record

Warren Countian among deaths reported today

FRANKFORT, Ky.  – Gov. Andy Beshear on Saturday reported 2,162 new COVID-19 cases, making it the highest number of cases ever reported on a Saturday since the beginning of the pandemic in the commonwealth. The state’s positivity rate today is 7.17%, the highest in the state since May 5. “Since March 6, when COVID-19 was first reported in Kentucky, we…