Kentuckians still waiting for first unemployment check 'losing hope'
Kentuckians still waiting for first unemployment check 'losing hope' and last updated 2021-01-14 18:58:09-05 (LEX 18) â Sharon Slone and Michelle Noel are two of the many Kentuckians still awaiting their first unemployment checks. "I've given up," said Slone who is a 75-year-old gas station clerk that has been out of work since Thanksgiving. Slone says she first filed for unemployment benefits in the spring but never received anything. She went back to work part-time from June to Thanksgiving before Slone says she lost her job again. She didn't bother applying for unemployment again. "If...