Regional & State

The governor cautioned that the number of cases is on an upward trajectory in the state, and colder weather will only increase the risk. 

Wallace doesn't plan to fact-check during the debate, but other news outlets have plans for live fact-checking online.

Large groups of young people, most of whom did not wear masks, gathered at several parties in neighborhoods near the UK campus.

The governor said 132 of the say's new cases were in Kentuckians 18 and younger, with 18 of them 5 and younger and the youngest 2 months old.

Murray State University Football Coach Sherman Neal, speaking for the “coalition” in the ad, said advocates have unsuccessfully tried to reach out to the chapter in recent months.

The governor reported 12 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the state's death toll from the disease to 1,149. 

The state's color-coded system calls for schools in red zones to move to all-virtual instruction and suspend sports and other extracurricular activities until they can get to the yellow zone, meaning they have 1 to 10 cases per 100,000 people daily.

The governor noted that college athletes are regularly tested for COVID-19, but Kentucky's school teams aren't even required to test once a week.

When the rate hit 6% in early August, the governor recommended that schools delay in-person instruction until Sept. 28. Many school districts have started in-person classes, and “It’s gonna be a real challenge for us to keep this positivity rate low” when all of them are in, Beshear said.

The governor announced 439 new cases Sunday and three deaths.

Farmers can face unique stressor, including the extended stress that comes with only getting one or two paychecks a year, working under risky market conditions, and not having access to benefits or health insurance through an employer.

The CEO of the Ashland hospital said COVID-19 is no longer limited to people with underlying health conditions. It's also affecting "babies, children and healthy, active men and women who have no idea how they were exposed."