City officials announced the reopening of the Hopkinsville Municipal Building offices for Mar. 1 with requirements for face masks and social distancing to continue and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Probable cause found in Lexington daycare workers accused of injuring toddlers
Probable cause was found by a district court judge in all four daycare workers facing charges in connection to the alleged physical harm of toddlers.
and last updated 2021-02-25 09:59:28-05
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â Probable cause was found by a district court judge in all four daycare workers facing charges in connection to the alleged physical harm of toddlers.
The cases of Jazzmine Webb, Samantha Ayers, Maurisa Sweat, and Terri Smallwood are all being sent to a grand jury.
It all started after one family noticed bruising on their child. Since then, the Lexington Police Department arrested Ayers, Sweat, and Webb and charged them with Criminal Abuse in the 1st degree.
Late last month, Gov. Andy Beshear held a memorial for the Kentuckians who died of COVID-19.
“Every flag you see out here today represents a real Kentuckian,” Beshear said. “Every single one. Every loss is heartbreaking.”
But missing were flags for at least 768 more Kentuckians that local health departments had already reported died of COVID-19. By that day, local health departments reported nearly 4,100 Kentuckians had lost their lives to the virus.
A WFPL News analysis of local and regional health department data on COVID deaths found counties reported 23% more deaths than the state had by Jan. 21, a number that was not passed on to the public as coronavirus deaths surged.
U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday that Kentucky will receive a total of $5,715,141 to continue addressing mental and substance-use disorders.
According to a news release, the federal funding, distributed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, was signed into law as part of the targeted COVID-19 rescue package, the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, McConnell negotiated and led to enactment in December.
Elizabethtown-based Communicare will receive $2,855,492 for its mental and behavioral health services in the Lincoln Trail region, including Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson and Washington counties, the release said.
âCommunicare intends to establish a Community Behavioral Health Center and expand services in our Elizabethtown location,â Dan Simpson, Communicare CEO, said in the release. âThis will include direct services for mental health and substance abu