Campaign started to create COVID-19 memorial in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says a campaign has been started to raise funds for a permanent memorial on the state Capitol grounds in Kentucky. It will honor the Kentuckians who died from COVID-19. The governor announced the memorial fund on Monday. That’s the same day Kentucky’s death toll from the pandemic surpassed 5,000 people. Contributions can be made in the name of a lost loved one or friend or in the name of someone who sacrificed and stepped up during the pandemic.