Nashville residents ordered to stay home for 14 days in effort to stem coronavirus by Jennifer P. Brown March 22, 2020 Residents are still allowed to pick up carry-out meals from restaurants.
Beshear asks churches to ring bells at 9 a.m. Sunday, announces third Ky. COVID-19 death by Kentucky Health News March 21, 2020 The governor urged Kentuckians to "not be the exception that doesn't honor the sacrifice of others."
Beshear asks schools to shut until April 20, warns about gatherings of any kind and business practices; testing expands by Kentucky Health News March 20, 2020 As of Friday, March 20, officials believe 63 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Kentucky.
Opinion: Gov. Andy Beshear is showing us what he’s made of — and it’s sterner stuff than we thought by Al Cross March 20, 2020 What really comes across is his earnestness. He often refers to his children, and sometimes he sounds like his whole audience is children, without talking down to us.
Murray-Calloway County Hospital employee is county’s first case of COVID-19 by Rachel Collins March 20, 2020 Officials believe the woman could have been exposed to the virus when she attended a church service in Murray.
35 confirmed COVID-19 after 9 more test positive; Kentucky is more vulnerableto virus by Kentucky Health News March 18, 2020 Nearly half of Kentuckians are considered at risk of serious illness if they were to get COVID-19.
Opinion: In Kentucky and beyond, the public’s right to know has never been more important by Amye Bensenhaver March 18, 2020 Sunshine Week is observed by the news media, government watchdogs and ordinary citizens to promote the importance of open government in a democracy.
New digital tool aims to help sniff out and keep track of state legislation nationwide that affects government transparency by The Rural Blog March 18, 2020 The program could act as an alarm system when anti-transparency provisions are buried deep in legislation, as has happened in Kentucky.
Kentucky legislature pushes forward, meets amid coronavirus pandemic by Ryland Barton March 18, 2020 Gov. Andy Beshear urged lawmakers to only focus on the budget and coronavirus-related measures and not ones that “get people fired up.”
Murray State’s online instruction will continue to end of semester by WKMS March 18, 2020 Students are expected to be out of the dorms by March 27.
Dollar General, other retailers, to allow ‘senior hours’ during coronavirus pandemic by Jennifer P. Brown March 17, 2020 Major grocery chains such as Kroger and Walmart are reducing store hours for cleaning and restocking.
3 more COVID-19 cases confirmed in Kentucky by Kentucky Health News March 17, 2020 Utilities ordered to suspend cutting off services for non-payment and to stop late-payment fees.