Business & Development

Owners Heather and Jason Lowery installed a small pass-through window to serve customers as a precaution against spreading the coronavirus.

If granted, the lawmakers’ request would allow payday lenders offering annual interest rates as high as 469% to tap into forgivable loans with a 1% interest rate.

Face masks have been recommended by the CDC but no grocery stores in the Hopkinsville area have required customers to wear them yet.

Stores will also floor markers to guide customers one-way through aisles.

The effort came together after Heather Dawson asked Jennie Stuart's CEO, Eric Lee, what she and others could do to help.

Gracious Me! owner Sherry Calhoun made the announcement in a Facebook post for her store.

The deadline is extended to July 15.

The order does not apply to grocery and drug stores.

Lee Ann Naghtin stressed that the closure is temporary.

Major grocery chains such as Kroger and Walmart are reducing store hours for cleaning and restocking.

The Mixer, a new restaurant downtown, had to lay off most of its 26 employees. They will be eligible for unemployment benefits.

It remains unclear when large-scale testing will be available in Kentucky; each time the state has received a timeline, it has been extended.