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WARREN TAYLOR | Citizen Staff The COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Bourbon County in two weeks, according to Dr. Patty Swiney. Swiney, a local physician and the medical director for the Paris-Bourbon County EMS Board, said she received confirmation from the health department during the board’s meeting on Monday, Dec. 14. The first group to…

Dr. Stack shares hospitalization projections for December and January FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 2, 2020) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced record new COVID-19 deaths and the sixth-highest day for new COVID-19 cases. With the 37 deaths reported Wednesday, the Governor has reported the loss of 72 Kentuckians in the last two days alone as the…

Record new cases, deaths, cases in children, hospitalizations, number of Kentuckians in the ICU, number of Kentuckians on ventilators; highest positivity rate since May FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2020) – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state’s worst ever COVID-19 report by virtually every measure. He reported more than 4,000 new cases and 35 new…

By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) — Kentucky had its second highest number of coronavirus cases on Saturday, and Gov. Andy Beshear urged Kentuckians to follow the latest round of restrictions to stop its spread. He announced there were 3,711 new cases on Saturday. “We continue to be in exponential growth, which will…

Economy remains open with new, targeted measures to help stop rampant COVID-19 spread FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 18, 2020) – Following a record 33 deaths announced Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear is issuing new restrictions that will help stop the rampant spread of COVID-19 and save Kentuckians’ lives while keeping the economy open. With more than 250,000…

Medical glove startup to focus hiring efforts on veterans to fill 192 full-time, high-tech jobs at new facility FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 4, 2020) – Leaders of the newly formed U.S. Medical Glove Co. LLC expect to create 192 full-time, high-tech jobs at a Paris manufacturing facility to produce medical-grade gloves, Gov. Andy Beshear announced today…

JIM BRANNON  | The Bourbon County Citizen   In an unprecedented environment Bourbon County voters cast their votes in local, state and national balotting Tuesday. Some of the unofficial local highlights included the race for Paris City Commission. Based on the unofficial balloting, Wallis Brooks led with 1796 votes with the top four to be…

By Jimmy Brannon Growing up in a family that owns a weekly newspaper has made election night a sentimental event. For many, many years, the election night trek was made to the courthouse to observe and ‘retrieve’ the election results for publication in the newspaper the next day. There was always stress and suspense….the newspaper…