COVID-19

The police-related deaths of George Floyd and Louisville resident Breonna Taylor have sparked mass protests in recent weeks.

The Minneapolis officers involved in Floyd's death are facing prosecution.

During a recent conversation, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron gave an update on whether Louisville Metro Police Department officers involved in Taylor's death will also face charges.

Museums, libraries, distilleries, aquariums, and outdoor attractions opened their doors on Monday for the first time in nearly three months. 

The venues are resuming operations under Kentucky’s phased-in reopening of the economy stemming from the coronavirus. 

New and renovated exhibit spaces await visitors at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. President and CEO Sean Preston says the visitor experience won’t be that different compared to before the pandemic began.

Kentucky’s ‘Healthy at Work’ timeline gives libraries across the state approval to open on June 8, with safety regulations in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Two of the four branches of the Warren County Public Library are opening on that first reopening day.  The Bob Kirby branch in Bowling Green and the Smith’s Grove branch will both be open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

To comply with state guidelines allowing only 33 percent occupancy to allow social distancing, Library Director Lisa Rice said each branch will limit the number of people inside the building.

A south-central Kentucky domestic violence shelter is reporting an increased intensity of abuse as a result of the isolation, unemployment, and stress of COVID-19.

WKU Public Radio reporter Rhonda Miller talked with Tori Henninger, executive director of Barren River Area Safe Space, or BRASS. The organization provides emergency shelter and support services for victims of domestic violence in 10 southern Kentucky counties.

The COVID-19 pandemic means stadiums and ballparks nationwide have been empty since mid-March.

Weeks later, the teams and fans that normally fill those venues are feeling the pain.

Everyone on the Bowling Green Hot Rods roster has been back home since the league suspended spring training. 

To make up for it, team broadcaster Shawn Murnin has been challening plyaers like Chris Betts to play him in MLB The Show live on a Twitch stream.

Kentucky’s senior U.S. Senator is suggesting there may be a fifth coronavirus relief bill, but it won’t happen anytime soon. 

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate is in wait-and-see mode as it reviews the approximately $3 trillion already spent by Congress.  That bill, known as the CARES Act, has had an $11 billion impact on the commonwealth, including 45,000 loans under the Payroll Protection Program. The forgivable loans were designed for small businesses that committed to maintaining a certain level of employment.

Efforts to help individuals with criminal records are continuing in Kentucky despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky is still offering services like expungement clinics, its soft skills academy, and its Louisville-based RISE program through virtual methods.

Normally, individuals who complete Goodwill's RISE Louisville program would gather in-person for the week-long class. It provides students information on topics like computer lieracy, banking and wellness.

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Director of Reentry Services Dennis Ritchie said the group worked to make sure people could still access their classes once they went online.

More than 8,000 Kentuckians have been sickened so far by the coronavirus.  A vast majority are survivors, yet they can face a long road to recovery.  Among them is Morris Hogue of Scottsville.

“What are we having for supper, baby?," Hogue recently asked his wife Kim, while being visited by a reporter. 

"We’re having leftovers from last night," she replied. "Tenderloin, and you know how good it is."

"I want fried chicken," he joked.

Until just recently, Morris and Kim Hogue took for granted sitting in rocking chairs on the front porch of their home in rural Allen County.