42 new COVID-19 deaths in Kentucky, but key stats show decline
Cases have plummeted since the state’s post-holiday surge. Positivity rates have followed suit.
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Cases have plummeted since the state’s post-holiday surge. Positivity rates have followed suit.
Friday Update: Thursday's trip to KSUT's tower site revealed what we believe to be the cause of our 90.1 signal outage. It appears that a snowcat, or other machinery backed into our tower and crushed the antenna feedline, causing the transmitter to shut down. The feedline is visibly damaged and there were tracks in the snow indicating the collision. The actual transmitter has been tested and is working. The antenna feedline is pressurized with nitrogen gas to keep it dry. The damage to the feedline released the nitrogen (pressure gauge is on empty), and automatically shut down the transmi...
Kentucky recorded 57 COVID-19 deaths Friday and 69 Thursday.
NORRISTOWN — As Montgomery County officials express concerns about a limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines and potential inequities created by the state’s revised vaccine allotment plan, they reported 16 new