Hoptown

Testing will resume the Monday after Thanksgiving.

A history professor for MIT will help lead the presentation, along with HCC Assistant Professor John Davis.

While events are on hold for at least a few weeks, both of the downtown institutions will keep their gift shops open.

Firefighters are asking local businesses and residents to adopt families by claiming a spot on the Christmas for Kids virtual angel tree.

Awards will be given for the best decorated business and for one home in each of the city's 12 wards.

The changes, effective Monday, are in response to Gov. Andy Beshear’s announcement Wednesday of new, mandatory restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus spread in Kentucky.

The parade, set for Dec. 12, will remain stationary while spectators pass by in their vehicles.

Elected officials and health leaders worry that lagging red zone compliance, attributed in part to “pandemic fatigue,” is contributing to the startling increase in COVID-19 cases across the region.

Superintendent Chris Bentzel listed several reasons for the switch but discounted the possibility that schools being in session could be playing a part in the county’s rising coronavirus incidence rate.

The plant, in business since 1966, is currently 250,000 square feet. When the 30,000-square-foot expansion is completed, it will increase the plant’s employment to 205 workers.

Renikka Owen, who was serving as interim principal, was selected for the post.

Attorneys and their clients will still appear in the judge’s courtroom. They will see the judge on a video screen at the bench while he is in isolation at home.