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The bill would expand the current statute to include protections for all dogs and cats, not just domestic pets as previously legislated.

Although the department is still working through phase 1a of the state's vaccine distribution plan, it expects to move to phase 1b in early February.

Legislators need to pass a one-year budget amid uncertainties about how much money the state will bring in, and they must respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Republican leaders say they want to strip Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of his power to respond to the pandemic.

For the fourth day in a row, COVID-19 hospitalizations at Jennie Stuart have reached a record high.

The newly elected council will conduct its first meeting of 2021 by video conference.

District officials announced two games will be delayed and two others are canceled.

The COVID-19 vaccines being distributed in the U.S. require two doses to achieve the effectiveness level of 95% recorded in clinical trials.

Ten days after the state's first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on March 6, the governor ordered the initial round of business closures. By the end of the year, 57 virus-related deaths had been confirmed in Christian County.

A wastewater testing project in Mayfield is helping pinpoint outbreaks of the novel coronavirus even before residents experience symptoms

Local "non-hospital" health care agencies — as well as emergency responders that provide medical care — that haven't signed up to receive the vaccine can do so on the health department's website.

As Christian County health officials pivot to focus on mass vaccination, the site will be open for testing on a more limited basis.

Harmon was likely exposed to the virus before or shortly after receiving the coronavirus vaccine on Monday. In a statement, he said he still has faith in the vaccine and the need for people to receive it as quickly as possible.