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Weekend Update: Bell, McCreary counties report additional COVID-19 cases

Bell and McCreary counties reported additional COVID-19 cases Saturday and Sunday. The Bell County Health Department reported five additional COVID-19 cases Sunday afternoon, and seven new cases Saturday. These new cases bring the total number of COVID-19 cases in Bell County to...
Posted On 26 Jul 2020

Whitley, Knox, Bell, Laurel counties all report multiple additional COVID-19 cases Friday

Whitley, Knox, Bell and Laurel counties all reported additional COVID-19 cases Friday. The Knox County Health Department reported 10 new COVID-19 cases Friday, including four children. This brings the total number of cases in Knox County to 174. “We cannot encourage everyone...
Posted On 24 Jul 2020

Update: Knox, Bell counties report COVID-19 fatalities Thursday; McCreary County announces three new cases Thursday

Whitley, Knox, Bell and Laurel counties all reported additional COVID-19 cases Thursday with Knox and Bell counties both reporting additional COVID-19 related fatalities. Out of the 21 COVID-19 cases reported so far this week in Whitley County, more than half of those cases...
Posted On 23 Jul 2020

Knox-Whitley Humane Association hosting adopt-a-thon, yard sale Friday and Saturday

The outpouring of donations has led the Knox–Whitley Humane Association to expand its Stars and Stripes Adopt-a-Thon and yard sale to Friday and Saturday. “I can tell people have done a lot of spring cleaning,” said Shelter Director Melissa McElroy. “It is probably one of the...

New COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday in Bell, Whitley, Laurel and Knox counties

Bell, Whitley, Laurel and Knox counties all reported additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday. The Bell County Health Department reported 32 new positive cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, including 13 individual cases and 19 long-term care cases. This brings the total number of COVID-19...
Posted On 22 Jul 2020

Whitley County reports first COVID-19 death Tuesday

Whitley County has suffered its first COVID-19 death. “We are sad to report the first death of a Whitley County resident associated with COVID-19, but we will not be releasing further details,” Whitley County Public Health Director Marcy Rein said in a release Tuesday afternoon....
Posted On 22 Jul 2020

Ky. reached largest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases Sunday; Bell County reports four new cases

Gov. Andy Beshear reported Sunday afternoon that 979 newly reported cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed statewide, including three new deaths. This was the largest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth. “We typically have limited reporting on Sunday which...
Posted On 19 Jul 2020

Central Christian Academy opening in Gray in the fall

(Story by Jeff Ledington) Central Christian Academy gets its name for its central location to Knox, Whitley, and Laurel counties. Founded with the idea of offering Christian education “that feels like a normal school,” the school is non-denominational and not affiliated with any...
Posted On 19 Jul 2020
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Governor Beshear announces 583 new COVID–19 cases on Saturday

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced 583 new COVID–19 cases in Kentucky Saturday, bringing the state’s total to 22,184. Beshear noted that 583 is the second highest one-day total for the state since the first case was reported on March 6. Beshear added that among the new...

Barbourville’s Daniel Boone Festival cancelled

For the first time in history, the Daniel Boone Festival has been cancelled due to a global pandemic. The number of positive COVID-19 cases increasing in Knox and surrounding counties weighed heavy on committee members and community leaders. During a regular meeting of the DBF...
Posted On 17 Jul 2020
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