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Kentucky Sets Another COVID Record, Topping 1,000 — With An Asterisk

By Josh James • 15 hours ago

Kentucky hit an unwelcome milestone Wednesday with an all-time record high of new COVID-19 cases. Gov. Andy Beshear pointed to the total as further evidence that schools should roll back their planned start dates.

Lexington Police Working To Outfit All Sworn Officers With Bodycams

By Josh James • 17 hours ago

Lexington police are working to equip all sworn personnel, including some civilian employees, with body cameras. The initiative comes as a Louisville lawmaker is backing legislation that would mandate bodycams in all police agencies.

KY's Catholic Schools Will Start The Fall Semester In-Person Next Week

By Karyn Czar • 18 hours ago

Just after Governor Andy Beshear requested that K-12 schools wait until September 28th to return to the classroom, Bishops from the four Catholic Dioceses in Kentucky held a zoom meeting and decided their schools were prepared and ready to start by the original request made by the Governor, which was the third week of August.

Plan For Derby Eliminates General Admission Tickets

By Associated Press • 21 hours ago

Churchill Downs officials expect less than 23,000 fans will be able to attend next month’s rescheduled Kentucky Derby under an updated health and safety plan.

No Universal Absentee Voting In November, Under Secretary Of State Plan

By Josh James • Aug 11, 2020

Kentucky's top election official is weighing in against expanded mail-in voting in November. But the plan only represents a first step toward negotiations with the governor.

Lisa Higgins-Hord Sworn In As New Sixth District Councilmember

By Karyn Czar • Aug 11, 2020

Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton has named Lisa Higgins-Hord the new Councilmember for the 6th District. The oath of office was administered Tuesday afternoon by Higgins-Hord’s aunt, Judge Pamela Goodwine. The city’s newest council member will fill the remaining four and a half months of Angela Evans term. Evans resigned last month after getting accepted to Princeton’s graduate program. More from WUKY's Karyn Czar.

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Top Calipari Assistant Kenny Payne Leaving For Position With New York Knicks

By WUKY Staff & UK Athletics • Aug 11, 2020

Kentucky men’s basketball associate head coach Kenny Payne, regarded as one of the top assistants in the country, is leaving the college basketball ranks to join the NBA. Payne has accepted an assistant coaching position with the New York Knicks, the organization announced Tuesday.

IT Error May Change Some Of KY's COVID-19 Numbers This Week

By Karyn Czar • Aug 11, 2020

While Monday’s number of positive Coronavirus cases seemed to drop, Governor Andy Beshear said we need to put an asterisk by them because they will change.
Governor Andy Beshear said the reported 275 cases of COVID-19 were off, explaining that Deloitte, the IT provider which tracks the state’s Coronavirus numbers had been updating their operating system over the weekend and some cases hadn’t been counted.

State Advising Delay For Kentucky Schools, Reopening Bars. Here's Why.

By Josh James • Aug 10, 2020

Kentucky schools, restaurants, and bars received new guidance Monday as the state adapts its strategy in the ongoing fight against COVID-19.

Governor Beshear Reports 425 COVID-19 Cases Sunday And One Death

By Karyn Czar • Aug 10, 2020

On Sunday Governor Andy Beshear announced that Kentucky was nearing 35,000 positive cases of the Coronavirus with 425 new cases reported. Beshear said via video that there was “Some good news and some bad news in today’s COVID-19 report. In good news, we’re ending the week with about 330 fewer cases than we had last week. That’s directly attributable to people wearing their facial coverings or masks. Please keep it up, wear them even more, especially when you’re inside. On the bad side, our positivity rate, which won’t be official until tomorrow for this week, will be higher meaning that the virus continues to spread aggressively.”