COVID-19

Gov. Andy Beshear urged lawmakers to only focus on the budget and coronavirus-related measures and not ones that “get people fired up.”

Students are expected to be out of the dorms by March 27.

The temporary closures were ordered to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.

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

Utilities ordered to suspend cutting off services for non-payment and to stop late-payment fees.

Secretary of State Michael Adams said the measure buys the state time to respond to the epidemic before voters line up.

Schools on the Army installation are closed at least until the end of March.

The governor also said all in-person services from state government would cease by the end of Tuesday.

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.

Many if not most Kentucky churches held services, despite Beshear's call several days earlier to cancel them.

Business with the city can be conducted at the tax office's drive-thru window or by calling city hall at 270-887-4000.