Kentucky lieutenant gov., other leaders get COVID vaccine

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman and other state leaders have received injections of the COVID-19 vaccine. State officials say they want to show the public the vaccine is safe and encourage Kentuckians to take the injection. Most of the early doses coming to Kentucky are going to hospitals and nursing homes. State appeals court Chief Judge Denise G. Clayton, acting Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. and Emergency Management Director Michael Dossett also had a dose of the vaccine on Wednesday, along with some members of Gov. Andy Beshear’s staff.