Hoptown

While the seven-day average of new cases decreased on Tuesday for the first time in 10 days, Christian County's cases have grown at twice the statewide rate over the last two weeks.

In the last month, Christian County has reported more than half of all coronavirus cases since the pandemic began and seven of 11 deaths attributed to the virus.

The downtown landmark had been closed because of the pandemic, but owner Phillip Ferrell decided to open up for carry-out business six days a week.

Kentucky had three COVID-19 related deaths Sunday.

On Sunday, Christian County's seven-day average grew to 17, an all-time high since the pandemic began in mid-March.

Never before has Christian County reported as many new coronavirus cases in a seven-day period as over the last week.

The first closure will be Ninth Street beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17.

The county has reported more new coronavirus cases within a seven-day period only once before, just a week and a half ago.

One historical tidbit woven into Charles Mayfield Meacham's History of Christian County was an ordinance passed in 1906 prohibiting cows from running at large.

The bridge is part of a 1.7-mile extension of the Hopkinsville Greenway from the Pardue Lane Trailhead to the area of Foston Chapel Road near Eagle Way.

The health department is urging the community to take steps to prevent spreading the coronavirus.

Beaton is a partner at Squire Patton Boggs LLP, where he co-chairs the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice group. After law school, he was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court served as a law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.