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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."

A Christmas Day explosion outside an AT&T building in downtown Nashville has caused major problems for emergency dispatching in Christian County and other areas.

For Celia Blauser, random acts of kindness that she encountered at local post offices captured the spirit of the season.

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

Several local organizations provide direct aid to many of the Hopkinsville area families hardest hit by the pandemic and the economic downturn it produced.