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The Christian County Health Department reported four new COVID deaths in the community, along with 231 new cases since last week. According to a news release, two additional deaths were also discovered in an audit of the state reporting system, so the overall death toll in Christian County is up to 125. Information on the four deaths includes that one of the victims, a 75-year-old Caucasian female, was fully vaccinated. […]
The Todd County Health Department reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday. They are 12 adults and two minors, four are vaccinated, two are connected to a congregate care setting and they are all healing at home. Eight of Todd County’s active cases are hospitalized and 51 are at home.
While the positive rate for COVID-19 in Kentucky stayed fairly stagnant, there were 2,510 cases reported Thursday, showing that the numbers stay in a decline. According to the daily update, there were also 53 COVID-19 related deaths, putting the death toll since the pandemic began in the state at 8,770. The positivity rate stayed steady at 10.08 percent, while Christian, Todd, Trigg and the majority of surrounding counties remain ‘red’ […]
Hopkinsville High School graduate and renowned architect Eugene Poole Jr. has been selected as a member of the 2020 class of the University of Kentucky Hall of Distinguished Alumni. According to a news release, Poole graduated from HHS in 1978, Hopkinsville Community College in 1980 with an Associate in Science, and the University of Kentucky in1985 with a B.A. in Architecture, College of Design. He now serves as the jurisdiction […]
HS FOOTBALL Union County was scheduled to play Webster County tomorrow night before COVID canceled the game. The Braves were not able to find a replacement for the Trojans and will have an open date this week. COLLEGE FOOTBALL It’s a matchup of Atlantic Coast Conference teams this evening as Virginia visits Miami. Both teams are 2-2 on the season. COLLEGE BASKETBALL The NCAA’s Division One Men’s and Women’s Basketball […]
State Representative Myron Dossett and Christian Fiscal Court Magistrate Philip Peterson—both of Pembroke—met with representatives of American Foods Group of Green Bay, Wisconsin Thursday morning and told them Christian County wouldn’t be a good fit for their proposed beef processing plant. Representative Dossett says they met with company officials on behalf of themselves, Pembroke Mayor Judy Peterson and the people of the Pembroke community who spoke at a public meeting […]
Well over half of Kentucky hospitals are experiencing critical staffing shortage, but Governor Andy Beshear says numbers are improving. During his weekly Team Kentucky briefing, he says the hospital situation remains a concern, but there’s hope things are getting better. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/09/beshear-hospitals-good.mp3 He says enough data has come in now to be convinced Kentucky is in a decline at this point. https://media.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/1411/files/2021/09/beshear-hospitals-good1.mp3 In other news, Kentucky has brought back the mail-in […]
Thursday was the 18th birthday of the man who shot a victim in the leg during a robbery gone bad on Short Bethel Street in January of 2019 and he will remain in state custody for now. Korey Zivotin appeared virtually from the Lake Cumberland Youth Development Center, where he’s been the last 10 weeks to complete two more career readiness certifications, including in welding. Prior to that, he completed […]
The Human Rights Commission is excited to bring back the Unity Breakfast in October, where they will hand out awards and celebrate diversity in the community. Executive Director Idalia Luna and Raychel Farmer appeared on WHOP Thursday morning to talk about what people can expect if they attend the breakfast on October 28 at 7:30 a.m. at the James E. Bruce Convention Center. Farmer says they’ll hand out multiple awards […]
