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“We have to pay all this back,” he told her. She grabbed the letter from his hand, her heart sinking as she read. Kentucky’s unemployment office had paid her husband, Roger, more than $4,200 in benefits last spring as COVID-19 first hit Kentucky. Now, the state wanted it back. The state’s unemployment office had determined her husband didn’t qualify for the 10 weeks of benefits it paid him, seemingly without issue, for March through May of last year. “What are we going to do?” she thought. She remembered watching Gov. Andy Beshear’s daily news conferences from her southeastern...

Officials say no claimant data was obtained during a cyberattack on the state's unemployment system website on Wednesday, but the unemployment office

Unemployed Kentuckians hold 24-hour vigil to protest unemployment system problems Share Updated: 6:31 PM EST Feb 23, 2021 Mark Vanderhoff Share Updated: 6:31 PM EST Feb 23, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WLKY’S MARK VANDERHOFF REPORTS ON THE ISSUES THE STATE IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH. >> THERE’S JUST A FEW PEOPLE BEHIND ME HERE ON THE CAPITOL GROUNDS, BUT THEY ARE THE FACE OF A PROBLEM THAT HAS AFFECTED MORE THAN 600,000 KENTUCKIANS >> YOU CAN’T GET THROUGH TO THE PHONE SYSTEMS, YOU CAN’T REALLY MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO TALK TO ANYBODY AND ...

They are requesting that people still limit the number of visitors and that those visitors continue with well-known health guidelines, such as wearing face masks and social distancing. Trigg County Hospital will now be a regional vaccination site, as the governor announced more opening in the next week—other locations include in Marion County and Walmart sites opening in Hopkins and Caldwell County. Thirty-seven more Kentuckians have died due to COVID-19, including two residents from Caldwell County, one from Logan County and one from Muhlenberg, putting the overall total at 4,373. Nearly 6...

Currently on ventilator: 130 Top counties with the most positive cases today are: Jefferson, Fayette, Laurel, Christian and Kenton. Each county reported at least 30 new cases. To see a list of those reported lost to the virus today, click here. Winter Storm Update Today, Gov. Beshear, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) Secretary Jim Gray and Kentucky Division of Emergency Management Director Michael Dossett updated Kentuckians on winter storm safety. “Kentuckians have pulled together during these three winter storms. We have now restored power to more than half of the Kentucky customer...