UPDATE, 10:30 p.m.: Lexington Police have ended the evacuation of downtown Lexington after a bomb scare turned out to be nothing but an RV parked downtown. Police say an officer spotted the RV around 7:40 p.m. and an explosives detection dog was brought in to check it out. The dog alerted on the vehicle…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — More coronavirus vaccines are on their way to the Bluegrass State. Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that more than 53,000 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be delivered to Kentucky during the first week of January. That’s on top of the more than 202,000 doses…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — As the coronavirus vaccination effort continues to ramp up across the country, officials are warning people that scammers are trying to use the vaccine’s novelty to commit fraud. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a number of tips to help people…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — With just a few days left in the year, the Kentucky State Police Electronic Crime Branch is reporting an increase in cybercrime arrests over the previous year. The unit, which is composed of 16 detectives and nine civilians, received more than 3,100 cybercrime tips, leading to…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky surpassed a quarter-million cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as the state saw nearly 3,000 new cases. Twenty-eight more Kentuckians have died, raising the death toll to 2,440. More than 1,600 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, including 413 in intensive care…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Majority Mitch McConnell announced Thursday night that, in keeping with government continuity requirements, he will receive the COVID vaccine in the next few days. In a statement released by his office, McConnell said he is troubled by polls showing that a quarter of Americans…
Read MoreLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear was on hand at the University of Louisville Hospital this morning, to witness the first five Kentuckians receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. “Today is a historic day in the commonwealth – we are at the beginning of the end of our war with COVID-19,”…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — While the current coronavirus surge appears to be showing early signs that it may be decreasing in strength, many hospitals continue to see a flood of patients. And that is especially true in Eastern Kentucky, where 90 percent of ICU beds are currently occupied. Public Health Commissioner…
Read MoreFRANKFORT, Ky. — The number of coronavirus cases in Kentucky hit a new milestone, with more than 200,000 people now with confirmed cases of the illness. It took Kentucky exactly nine months from the date of the first reported case in the commonwealth — March 6 — to reach that mark.…
Read MorePIKEVILLE, Ky. — Pikeville Medical Center is one of 11 hospitals in Kentucky that will receive the first shipment of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. Gov. Andy Beshear made that announcement during his coronavirus briefing Thursday afternoon. A total of 12,675 doses have been earmarked for frontline…
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