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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.

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.

This year's Kwanzaa celebration, returning to Hopkinsville for the third year in a row, is being held virtually.

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.

The new council's first regular meeting is scheduled for Jan. 5

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.

An update from AT&T Sunday afternoon stated the telecommunication company hoped to have service restored to all customers late Sunday.

AT&T is expected to deploy 24 additional portable cell sites by the end of the day.

Large corporations like Walmart will survive, but smaller businesses unable to process credit card transactions may be faced with a significant financial crunch if this situation is prolonged.

As of 4:50 p.m., AT&T said the company was beginning to restore power to its downtown Nashville facility and it was hopeful the building's equipment "may be back online in the hours ahead."