The CDC has been issuing safety guidance since the beginning of the pandemic and masking has become a controversial recommendation. The latest CDC guidelines say fully vaccinated individuals can take their masks off while outdoors in small crowds only. “The CDC guidelines for mask use are definitely very important to follow,” said Melinda Joyce, Vice…… more »
Millions of people stuck at home for more than a year are expected to hit the road for much-needed post-pandemic vacations this summer. Good luck finding gas. Not that there’s a looming shortage of crude oil or gasoline. Rather, it’s the tanker truck drivers needed to deliver the gas to stations who are in short…… more »
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case on school speech that could be the most influential on the topic since the famous 1969 case Tinker v. Des Moines. The dispute stems from Snapchat posts by a high school sophomore after she did not make a varsity cheer team. But it could have implications…… more »
A Texas woman recently learned she was charged with a felony after not returning a VHS tape for over 20 years, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth reports. Caron McBride, a former Oklahoma resident, faced a felony embezzlement charge for not returning “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” to a movie rental store in Norman in 1999. McBride told Oklahoma…… more »
The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 indoors is as great at 60 feet as it is at 6 feet — even when wearing a mask, according to a new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers who challenge social distancing guidelines adopted across the world. MIT professors Martin Z. Bazant, who teaches chemical engineering…… more »
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on into year two and U.S. eligibility for vaccines rises, a new Fox News poll finds one in five registered voters plan to skip the shot. The survey, released Sunday, shows that while 7 in 10 voters have either already received a vaccine (58 percent) or plan to (13 percent),…… more »
An unvaccinated health care worker brought COVID-19 into an Eastern Kentucky nursing home, propagating an outbreak that infected dozens of vaccinated and unvaccinated residents last month, a new study confirms. Gov. Andy Beshear and Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Steven Stack first announced the outbreak in March, which ultimately infected 26 residents, 20 staff and killed…… more »
Kentucky’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Dr. Ryan Quarles, told 13 News he’s considering running for governor as the republican candidate in 2023. If elected in the primary, he could face off against Governor Andy Beshear, if Beshear decides to run again. “I am getting a lot of encouragement around the state to consider running for governor,”…… more »
A House redistricting plan puts three southcentral Kentucky Republicans in the same District: 17. Under the plan approved Thursday, all of Butler and Edmonson County and a portion of Warren County where Rep. Jim DeCesare lives would be lumped into one district. Butler is represented by C.B. Embry and Edmonson County is represented by freshman…… more »
Secretary of State Michael Adams called on the Kentucky Democratic Party to apologize for the failure of Democratic governors and legislators to enact reforms to expand voter access in the prior century in which they held nearly uninterrupted power. “Kentucky Democrats did nothing in the century they controlled our government to allow even one day…… more »
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