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Apr 5, 2021 3:50 PM
Every eligible Kentuckian should now have the option to get a COVID-19 vaccine, with Governor Andy Beshear urging people to consider getting the shot.
The governor reported 409 new cases of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth from both Sunday and Monday, and says that last week broke the 12 week streak of declining cases, with overall reported cases up some. He says it is good news that the state is not showing any evidence of an escalation of cases. Many states are starting to see an increase in cases once again, and the governor says a new concerning trend shows that younger populations are being hit harder than before due to the coronavirus variants.
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A single-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on the Pennyrile Parkway seriously injured the driver.
The man had been traveling just north of the Crofton exit about 6 p.m. when his vehicle went into the median and overturned, ejected him from the automobile, according to Sheriff Tyler DeArmond.
The man was flown by Air Evac to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville for serious injuries.
All four lanes of the Parkway were closed while deputies investigated.
TRAFFIC ALERT!Deputies are on the scene of a single vehicle accident on the Pennyrile Parkway, just north of the…
Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio
Apr 3, 2021 7:07 PM
A Florida man was flown to a Nashville hospital after a tractor-trailer overturned Saturday on Rocky Ridge Road.
It happened between KY 124 and KY 128, with Trigg County Sheriff’s Major Mike Sandbrink saying the tractor-trailer ran off the road and overturned.
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Governor Andy Beshear reported 587 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday in Kentucky.
There were also eight new deaths and 12 deaths found in the ongoing audit of the state reporting system.
Kentucky’s pandemic death toll now stands at 6,149.
The positivity rate ticked up again to an even 3 percent.
Hospitalizations fell to 368, 89 Kentuckians are in the ICU and 50 are on a ventilator.
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