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FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 6, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday prepared voters to take part safely in the upcoming primary elections and revised travel restrictions as we continue to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Today, the Governor also provided updates on coronavirus statistics and expanding testing efforts. He offered new details about primary…

Public Health Director Andrea Brown announced some great news for Bourbon County.  The Bourbon County Health Department is going to become a Drive-Thru COVID-19 testing site!  The BCHD will be partnering with the state Department of Public Health, Gravity Lab, and UPS to provide the service in Bourbon County. The testing will be free to…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 5, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday that Kentuckians will defeat the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) by learning from the Greatest Generation and employing the qualities of personal responsibility. “Those qualities of personal responsibility are critically important. My actions and how they impact other people, I am responsible for,” Gov. Beshear…

By TOM LATEK | Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) –  Gov. Andy Beshear’s daily press briefing on Monday saw more information revealed about next week’s first phase of business reopenings. The first step of Phase 1 will include some additional non-life-sustaining businesses in these economic sectors: manufacturing, distribution, supply-chain, construction, vehicle and vessel dealerships, office-based…

First, some not so good news. BCHD Director Andrea Brown received notification that we have a new COVID-19 positive test result. Patient number 9 is a female in her early thirties. She has begun isolation in her home and is doing very well. The Health Department staff has begun the communication process with her recent…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 3, 2020) – On Sunday, Gov. Andy Beshear urged Kentuckians to be ready to fill all available slots as the state undertakes more testing for the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) than ever before. “There are still, coming up this week, spots available in our Kroger partnership,” the Governor said. “For this week,…

“Please help us protect the people of this community by mail-in absentee voting.”     VOTE BY ABSENTEE MAIL NOW!!! THE STATE HAS ORDERED THAT THE PRIMARY ELECTION WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MAIL IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID 19! WE CANNOT PUT YOU OR OUR ELECTION WORKERS IN DANGER!!   ANYONE CAN…

This is a class of students who are making history. As far as we know there has never been a graduating class that did not go through the formalities of “graduating” or having even having a prom. This Class of 2020 is stronger than COVID19 Our message is for you to be inspired by it…

By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – A total of 177 new cases of the coronavirus were reported in Kentucky on Friday, along with eight more deaths, bringing the totals to 4,879 and 248, respectively. During his daily press briefing, Gov. Andy Beshear said the numbers continue to hold steady.  “If you look…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 30, 2020) – On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear reminded Kentuckians that we need to be the smartest, not the fastest, in reopening our economy in order to defeat the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) without causing a spike of cases in the commonwealth. He announced additional testing sites and updated Kentuckians on N95…