Category Archives: Kentucky News
District Covid-19 Updates and Contact Tracing
The Barren River District Health Department has confirmed 2,568 cases of COVID-19 in the Barren River District, 1,958 of which have recovered. Our district has 67 deaths reported from COVID-19. We sta...
Jul 11, 2020
Statement from Attorney General Cameron Regarding the Governor's Executive Order Requiring Masks
FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 10, 2020) - Attorney General Daniel Cameron today released the following statement regarding Governor Andy Beshear's executive order requiring Kentuckians statewide to wear face m...
Jul 11, 2020
KSP Investigates Fatal Collision in Bourbon County
Paris, Ky. (July 10, 2020) The Kentucky State Police, Post 6 in Dry Ridge, received a call last night around 9:50 p.m. regarding a two-vehicle collision that occurred near the Bourbon-Nicholas County ...
Jul 11, 2020
KSP Investigates an Injury Collision in Casey Co.
Liberty, KY. (July 9, 2020) - The Kentucky State Police investigated a two-vehicle injury collision on KY 49 near Martens Road approximately 10 miles north of Liberty on Thursday around 1:04 p.m. ET. ...
Jul 11, 2020
Scammers Targeting the Elderly Across the Commonwealth
Dry Ridge, Ky. (July 10, 2020) - The Kentucky State Police, Post 6 in Dry Ridge, has documented a number of people who have reported being contacted and solicited to purchase items on social media pla...
Jul 11, 2020
Colorado superintendent to be Kentucky education head
Frankfort, Ky (AP) - The Kentucky Board of Education has named the superintendent of Colorado's second largest school district to be Kentucky's next education commissioner. Jason Glass Glass will over...
Jul 11, 2020
Gov. Beshear: mask mandate in effect, despite judge's order
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a new requirement for Kentuckians to wear face masks in public has taken effect. He says that's despite a court's restraining order related to Be...
Jul 11, 2020
Supreme Court cancels in-person bar exams in 2020 as precaution during pandemic, announces remote bar exam Oct. 5-6
FRANKFORT, Ky., July 9, 2020 - The Supreme Court of Kentucky has entered amended order 2020-50 canceling the July 28-29 and Sept. 30-Oct. 1 bar examinations due to ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 ...
Jul 09, 2020
Scott County Circuit judge grants statewide temporary restraining order against Beshear's COVID-19 orders
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced Thursday that a Scott Circuit Judge ordered the Governor to cease issuing or enforcing executive orders related to COVID-19 unless the orders...
Jul 09, 2020
Kentucky Police: Indiana man charged with raping 13-year-old
HILLVIEW, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky authorities said an Indiana man has been charged with raping a 13-year-old girl after he met her online. Lemual Sikes, of New Albany, Indiana, was charged Tuesday with se...
Jul 09, 2020