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Trash collections will run one day late, the Hopkinsville Solid Waste Authority announced.

The Kentucky-bred colt Authentic gave trainer Bob Baffert his sixth win in the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.

One member of the anti-BLM group handed out cans of wasp and insect killer and said, “It’s better than mace.”

It's the fifth-highest daily total reported by the department since the pandemic began in mid-March.

Health professionals urge the use of masks because they reduce the spread of droplets that are expelled when a person breathes, coughs and sneezes. The virus is carried in droplets.

Saturday's case count brought the seven-day rolling average down by five, to 710. Gov. Andy Beshear said 98 of the infections are in Kentuckians 18 and younger.

Seventeen residents and five staff members at Christian Health Center were listed as active for the virus on Friday.

Nearly one-third of the district’s 8,710 students are already enrolled in the Virtual Learning Academy or signed up this week to opt out of in-person instruction.

In one bit of good news, the share of Kentuckians testing positive in the last seven days dropped to 4.53%, from 4.7% Wednesday.

As the county sees the lowest seven-day rolling average in nearly two months, health officials urge residents to continue following guidelines in order to avoid another post-holiday weekend surge.

Superintendent Chris Bentzel will propose students return to the classroom soon after Labor Day, with the exception of those enrolled in the Virtual Learning Academy.

While the county has seen an apparent plateau recently, more than a third of all coronavirus cases since the pandemic began in mid-March have been reported within the last month.