Like much of the nation, Kentucky’s unemployment insurance system couldn't handle the record number of claims early on in the pandemic. The backend of the system dates back to the 1970s.
Under Beshear's order, all adults in Kentucky may get a COVID-19 booster six months after their second Moderna or Pfizer shot, or two months after the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The university has been under state oversight since its former president, M. Christopher Brown, resigned amid growing concerns about KSU’s financial health and several lawsuits accusing officials of misconduct.
Major, who grew up in the Beverly community, earned his doctorate in theology at Vanderbilt University. He officiated at hundreds of weddings, baptisms and funerals between 1948 and 1993.
There have been no positive cases of chronic wasting disease in the region, but officials have taken proactive measures after a case was found in Tennessee.
At least 29 states have passed "name, image, likeness" policy. Pressure is increasing for Congress to pass national legislation to prevent a patchwork of different policies across the country.
The driver shortage isn’t a new problem, but the coronavirus pandemic was a “perfect storm” that escalated the challenge of staffing 96 bus routes in Christian County, said Mike Brumley, who has been the district’s transportation director for 12 years.
