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Coronavirus impacting blood supply; healthy donors needed

As the spread of Coronavirus continues throughout Kentucky and the United States, Kentucky Blood Center is appealing to healthy individuals to donate blood to prevent shortages in the 70+ Kentucky hospitals it serves. A blood drive is planned for Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. –...
Posted On 21 Mar 2020

Update: Sale of old Corbin Elementary, Corbin Intermediate schools raises $525,700 total

Update: The sale of the old Corbin Elementary and Corbin Intermediate schools through an online auction Saturday afternoon ended with a biding flurry resulting in $525,700 total raised for the school district. The old Corbin Intermediate School sold for $325,300. The old Corbin...

OP-ED: Government needs to get out of the way and quit delaying diagnostic testing

OP-ED by U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) As a physician, I understand the need for an “all hands on deck” response from our medical community to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic. That means speedy access to diagnostic testing and medical supplies, and, most importantly, it means...
Posted On 21 Mar 2020
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Williamsburg Firestone plant shutting down March 29-April 12

The Williamsburg Firestone Industrial Products Plant will soon be closed for two weeks as part of a broader temporary phase shutdown of Bridgestone Americas Inc.’s manufacturing facilities in North America and Latin America. For most facilities, the temporary shutdown will begin...
Posted On 21 Mar 2020

This Week at the State Capitol

(Editor’s note: Story by Legislative Research Commission (LRC) Public Information) FRANKFORT – Thirteen days passed between the time that the Kentucky House of Representatives approved a proposed state budget on March 6 and the day the state Senate passed its preferred...
Posted On 21 Mar 2020
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Gov. Beshear recommends school closure period be extended until April 20

In a teleconference call Friday with Kentucky’s public school superintendents, Gov. Andy Beshear recommended that all Kentucky schools continue their suspension of in-person classes through April 17 to help control the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in...
Posted On 21 Mar 2020
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LG&E, KU and ODP expand suspension of disconnects to business customers

As Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Kentucky Utilities Company and Old Dominion Power continue work to assist customers in the wake the of ongoing uncertainty around the impacts of COVID-19, the utilities announced March 19 an expansion of their efforts. To help ease some of...
Posted On 21 Mar 2020
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Corbin School of Innovation student Madison Lewis receives American Idol Golden Ticket

Corbin School of Innovation student Madison Lewis received a Golden Ticket from the ABC hit show American Idol. Nearly 15,000 people auditioned this season, but only a couple hundred made it through to the celebrity auditions. Lewis commented that she was beyond excited for the...
Posted On 21 Mar 2020
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Gary ‘Mr. B’ Braden remembered as man, who loved children and animals

Longtime Williamsburg businessman Gary “Mr. B” Braden is being remembered as a man, who loved children and animals. Braden, 73, who owned Mr. B’s Screen Printing on Main Street, passed away Thursday, March 12, at his home. “Another icon of Williamsburg has left us to be in...
Posted On 21 Mar 2020