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Lee County Elementary School guidance counselor Rhonda Estes died of COVID-19 Monday—school’s third COVID death since August.
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Almost all western Kentucky school districts have decided to require face masks in schools following the state legislature’s decision to eliminate a statewide school mask mandate and leave the decision up to the districts and school boards.
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he supports letting individual school districts in Kentucky decide whether to have an indoor mask mandate to limit the spread of COVID-19. His remarks come as the GOP-controlled state legislature is considering bills in a special session to eliminate the state board of education’s universal mask mandate.
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Republicans are criticizing Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s school mask mandate as the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread across the state and kids are returning to school.
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Nearly two-thirds of Kentucky school districts aren't requiring masks for the new school year, despite a surge in COVID cases.
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State says COVID-19 proving more problematic for those 20 and younger
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SIUC Chancellor Austin Lane says the mask requirement is in line with new guidelines from the CDC.
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As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, many Kentuckians are grappling with whether or not they should continue masking in public. Earlier this month, Gov. Andy…
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Gov. Andy Beshear said he will relax some of the state’s pandemic-related capacity restrictions in three weeks.Starting May 28, which marks the beginning…
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The public health agency had previously emphasized that masks protect other people from viruses you might expel. The new advice gives a less altruistic reason to wear face coverings.