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WARREN TAYLOR | Citizen Staff Rescue officials recovered the body of a Bourbon County man from Stoner Creek around noon on Monday, Aug. 3, in an area off Spears Mill Road near North Middletown. According to Bourbon County Sheriff Tony Asbury, Charles R. Insko, 43, was reported missing while on a group kayaking trip around…

(Aug. 3, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in the commonwealth. “July was the toughest month, with the largest number yet of overall positive cases. Unfortunately, that will have negative ramifications for August,” the Governor said. “We find we often…

TOM LATEK | Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) — Kentucky reported 572 new coronavirus cases on Saturday along with five more deaths, while the positivity rate based on the number of tests administered declined for a fourth straight day. The total number of cases reported to state health officials has now reached30,723, 11 of which…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 31, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). “The health and the lives of people around you, our economy and how fast we can build it back, and our ability to get our kids in school depend on…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 29, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). “The commonwealth is at war with the coronavirus. It’s going to take how long it takes. But we know if we don’t put our best effort forward, it will take…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 28, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). “We are at war with this virus. It has come to take the lives of our people, it has tried to turn everything about our lives upside down, and it’s…

Governor announced at his press conference Monday that he is recommending that no in-person classes should take place until September 28th at the earliest. Originally, the Paris Independent Schools had offered an option to learn in person or virtually. “We will follow this recommendation,” stated Paris City School Superintendent Stephen McCauley in a letter to…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 27, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday announced several new measures to stem the rising number of cases of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in the commonwealth. “At a time when Kentucky is dealing with a surge in the coronavirus, knowing where other states have gone and knowing what it takes…

MELISSA PATRICK | Kentucky Health News Apparent overdoses reported by Kentucky hospitals and ambulance services shot up in the two months after Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency because of the covid-19 pandemic, and have been on a downward trend since the state started reopening in mid-May. “I don’t want to give false…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 26, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Sunday updated Kentuckians on the commonwealth’s ongoing fight against the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). “I want you to know that the White House and Kentucky state government are in complete agreement that the escalation of cases is going to require us to take some new…