In a special called meeting held Sunday, March 15, the Bourbon County Fiscal Court declared an emergency for Bourbon County relating to the Coronavirus.  The declaration would allow the Bourbon County Judge to spend up to $20,000 relating to virus matter. Fiscal court members, Andrea  Brown of the Bourbon County Health Department, State Representative Matt…

— From The Bourbon Community Hospital It probably feels as if coronavirus – or as it is officially known, COVID-19 – is all anyone is talking about these days. As COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses like the seasonal flu continue to spread across the U.S., you also may feel a certain level of concern over…

On behalf of The Legends of Bourbon County Festival Committee, this letter is to inform you that we will be postponing our festival, April 16-19, 2020, due to the COVID-19 (corona virus) outbreak. Due to recommendation from the healthcare community and the cancellations of major events nationwide, we find it safest to postpone this large-scale…

Your Paris WalMart , beginning Sunday,  March 15, 2020 will be closing at 11 p.m. and reopening at 6 a.m until further notice.  This is a National Directive for all WalMart stores so we may better serve you.  Thank you for your understanding and thank you for shopping at your Paris WalMart

Following the recommendations made by Governor Andy Beshear and the CDC in regards to COVID-19, the shelter (PAWS) will remain closed from today March 14th through March 29th. With our local public schools being closed, we anticipate more of our community members wishing to visit the shelter. In order to assist our county in helping…

    In an abundance of caution in light of the continued spread of COVID-19 and in respect to our volunteers and members who are more at risk if they contract COVID-19, the Hopewell Museum has decided to close to the public from March 16-April 8. We will re-evaluate as necessary and do our best…

YMCA FACILITY UPDATE: In following recommendations from our local, state, and national health officials, as well as that of Y-USA, as of 3/15/20 at 12:30 pm we have decided to do the following: •Our Child Development Center will remain open with normal operating hours until we are instructed to close by local or state officials.…

March 12, 2020 The health and safety of Keeneland’s fans, horsemen, athletes and staff are at the forefront of every decision our leadership makes about our racing, sales and hospitality operations. After detailed consultations with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky Department for Public Health and with Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton and the Lexington-Fayette…

At Traditional Bank, the health and well-being of our customers, employees, and communities are of the utmost importance. Because of those values we have made the difficult decision to close our bank lobbies beginning Monday, March 16. Drive-up banking will still be available at all locations. Branch ATMs will be fully operational and Night Deposits…

In response to the recommendation of Governor Andy Beshear and Paris and Bourbon County Schools to combat the spread of COVID-19 in our community, the Paris-Bourbon County Public Library will close at 5:30 pm on Friday, March 13 and remain closed through Sunday, March 29. During this period of closure, we will monitor the developing…