VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky community college students will be offered a variety of formats for classes in the fall, officials have decided. Beginning on Aug. 17, classes will be offered online, face-to-face and some will be a mixture of both, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System,…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky prison has been hit by hundreds of coronavirus cases, prompting action to separate inmates into housing units based on their health conditions to try to contain the outbreak. Testing of inmates and staff at the Green River Correctional Complex revealed more than 300…

Seniors at Shelby Valley High School can celebrate their graduation with a parade in their honor. On Sunday, May 10, graduates at Shelby Valley can take part in a graduation parade beginning at 3 p.m. Graduates can begin lining up at 2 p.m. in the football parking. The parade will depart Shelby Valley…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Many West Virginia families will receive federal funding for child nutrition needs during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the state’s application for an estimated $72 million for use by families in grocery stores. The benefits are for…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has scaled back its plan to lift coronavirus restrictions to gauge how current reopenings will effect the state’s caseload, officials said Tuesday. Republican Gov. Jim Justice has announced that the third week of his plan will begin next Monday with the opening…

The Pike County Health Department is reporting several new cases of COVID-19 in the county, along with its first “probable” cases. Pike County Health Department Director Tammy Riley confirmed four new COVID-19 cases Tuesday afternoon. She said among the cases, two are confirmed and two are “probable.”…

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — A nursing home in Mingo County is virus-free, according to the local health department. The Mingo County Health Department announced Monday afternoon that all residents and staff members at Trinity Healthcare Services in Williamson tested “negative” for the novel coronavirus…

RICHMOND, Va, (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he anticipates nonessential businesses in the state reopening on May 15, saying more time is still needed to help contain the coronavirus pandemic. Northam announced Monday that he is extending by another week an executive order mandating that…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Eric Friedlander, who has led Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services during the coronavirus pandemic, has accepted the job on a permanent basis, Gov. Andy Beshear said. Friedlander was hired as acting secretary of the vast state agency at the start of Beshear’s…

The Floyd County Sheriff’s Department is now distributing face masks to those in need during this COVID-19 pandemic. According to a Facebook post by the department, Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt has been able to secure a number of these masks and wants to make them available to Floyd Countians who…