I have no regrets : Mayor Gorton discusses Lexington s handling of pandemic one year later
and last updated 2021-03-08 18:32:43-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton wasn t going to allow this day to pass without addressing its significance head-on. March the 8th, 2020, our first case in Lexington, Mayor Gorton said of the anniversary of Lexingtonâs battle against coronavirus. That was a person with a name, who had a family, she continued.
Before her political career took off, Gorton was employed as a nurse. When you listen to her talk about the pandemic in apolitical terms, you feel as if you re getting an important lesson.
Kentucky up to 567 vaccination sites, including three new ones in Fayette County
and last updated 2021-03-04 16:46:48-05
FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) â During his Thursday press conference, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that there are now 567 vaccination sites in the state of Kentucky. Last week, that number was 410, so this week we are adding 157 new vaccine locations, Gov. Beshear said.
Of the new vaccination sites, 136 are federal pharmacy programs, 10 are Walmart, 10 are Kroger and one is a regional site. The one new regional site is Baptist Health in La Grange.
The ten new Kroger sites are located in the following counties: Fayette (3), Daviess, Jefferson, McCreary, Bell, Madison, Mercer, Campbell.