Ballard County Schools reported the districts first COVID-19 case of the school year Thursday. 

The goal is "to reduce hospitalizations, to reduce deaths, and to get our society back to a more normal road," Purchase District Public Health Director Kent Koster said. 

Both Hopkinsville and Christian County have played each of the last 49 years, with the last year they didn't play coming back in 1969.

Gov. Andy Beshear reported 628 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky Thursday, including 76 kids and teens ages 18 and younger. 

A Paducah Head Start Preschool staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, according to Paducah Public Schools. 

Gov. Andy Beshear is providing an update on COVID-19 in Kentucky. Tap to watch live. 

Gov. Bill Lee is providing an update on the coronavirus in Tennessee.

Four local governments in the Local 6 area have received nearly $1.5 million in CARES Act reimbursement. 

We will be updating this story as more cases are confirmed in the Local 6 area.

Out of the 26 total CVS Health testing sites in Kentucky, two of them will be in the Local 6 area.

The Kentucky Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Gov. Andy Beshear's challenge to court rulings that struck down his COVID-19 emergency public health orders on day care centers and other businesses. 

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to 860,000, a historically high figure that reflects economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak.

President Trump predicted Wednesday that a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus could be ready as early as next month and in mass distribution soon after.

The youngest cases reported Wednesday are two children under the age of 10. 

 "In both counties, local law enforcement and states’ attorneys are not enforcing important mitigation measures like social distancing and the wearing of face coverings," the health department says. "Additionally, some people refuse to participate in contact tracing."

How are kids learning at home getting the food they need? One parent is worried about kids in her community. 

Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged parents and fans to remember that even if a family decides to let a young person play, the coronavirus can still be spread to other people who aren't participating.

Watch LIVE as President Donald Trump provides a briefing on COVID-19 from the White House. 

Gov. Andy Beshear reported 776 new COVID-19 cases in Kentucky Wednesday, as well as eight new deaths attributed to the illness. 

Governor Mike Parson is providing an update on the coronavirus in Missouri.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has singed an executive order to extend the mobilization of the Missouri National Guard through December 30, 2020. 

Something good has happened as a result of COVID-19 and enforced stay-at-home orders.

Scam and robocalls are at their lowest number since 2017.

Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all.

The federal government outlined a plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism rippling across the land.

This is to allow businesses more time to serve customers during sports season. 

This week’s findings include a decline in the share of American adults who say they would get a government-approved coronavirus vaccine if one became widely available.

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The Illinois Department of Public Health and Egyptian Health Department have announced two free COVID-19 mobile community testing events this weekend in Carmi and Harrisburg, Illinois. 

That number is from the Kentucky labor cabinet which still has more money it needs to pay out.

FRANKFORT, KY -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday, $3.8 million in CARES Act funding reimbursements for 12 Northern Kentucky counties. One of the counties he says is part of the reimbursements is Crittenden County.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a nearly century-old New York City institution, will be radically pared down from its usual larger-than-life format due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, officials said Monday.

The Internal Revenue Service is making a last-ditch effort to reach 9 million Americans who are eligible for — but have not yet claimed — their CARES Act stimulus money. 

A dozen new COVID-19 cases have been reported in McCracken County, Kentucky, the Purchase District Health Department announced Sunday. 

While you may have dined in at a restaurant since the start of the pandemic, Kentucky restaurants are still struggling with the capacity guidelines.

Overall Illinois has had 261,371 confirmed cases and 8,309 deaths.

Gov. Andy Beshear reported 536 new cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky on Sunday, as well as three new deaths attributed to the illness. 

Missouri has topped 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

Gov. Andy Beshear on Saturday urged people to follow her advice and “wear a mask in her honor.”

"Well, looking to the House and for that matter our colleagues across the aisle — it's a sort of a dead end street, and very unfortunate, but it is what it is," Sen. Pat Roberts, a Republican from Kansas, told reporters.

To date, Kentucky has had 56,415 COVID-19 cases, including 1,057 deaths. 

Saturday, 19 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Williamson County, Illinois, as well as a new death attributed to the illness. 

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 2,145 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 32 confirmed fatalities.

The Kentucky high school football season kicked off on Friday.

Public health officials in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, reported a record number of new COVID-19 cases Friday, as well as two new deaths attributed to the illness. 

Students at a local university can now be tested for COVID-19 on campus.

The new cases include 151 individuals ages 18 and younger. Twenty-four of those kids are ages 5 and younger. The youngest case reported Friday is a 1-month-old baby from Jefferson County. 

An elementary school student in Paducah tested positive for COVID-19 Friday, Paducah Public Schools said. 

The Purchase District Health Department is one of the four sites chosen across the state to pilot expanded COVID-19 testing in community locations. 

Expanded COVID-19 testing will be coming to Jackson County, Illinois, and the Southern Illinois University campus, thanks to a $2.8 million grant.

The number of daily U.S. deaths from the coronavirus is declining again after peaking in early August, but scientists warn that a new bout with the disease this fall could claim more lives.