COVID-19

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.

Less than a month after he moved from running a hospital emergency department to leading the state Department for Public Health, Kentucky's first case of COVID-19 was reported.

Based on the state’s calculation of the total amount available for direct payments to households, an estimated 85% of Kentuckians are eligible for the payments.

Only parents and guardians will be allowed to attend basketball games and swim meets.

For the week of Dec. 18 through 24, the hospital reached record highs for the total number of inpatient beds occupied by coronavirus patients and its overall proportion of COVID-19 patients.

Jennie Stuart Health has received 500 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and distribution has begun among its frontline workers.

The clerk's office is slated to reopen for business Dec. 28, but the courthouse will not be open to the public. Business is being conducted remotely.

Four doctors on the White House Coronavirus Task Force "sounded new alarms, cautioning of a dark winter to come without dramatic action to slow community spread."

The Pennyroyal Arts Council helped the health department by emailing parents of the other dancers to make them aware someone in the ballet had tested positive for the virus.

For the first eight days after the district returns, middle and high schoolers will learn under an "aggressive advisory hybrid" plan, which aims to provide students with more structure and support while reducing capacity in school facilities as much as possible.