Just 44 days before President Trump’s reelection will be decided, Republicans are again looking to a Supreme Court nomination fight to unite a deeply fractured party as it faces the very real possibility of losing the White House and control of the Senate this fall.
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday cast an immediate spotlight on the vacancy on the high court, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowing to bring President Donald Trump’s nominee to a vote with just over six weeks before the election.
It has now been six months since the first coronavirus cases popped up in the Tri-State area. Over that time period, more than 11,000 total COVID-19 cases and nearly 200 deaths have been reported.
People who came to the mall Saturday morning, ended up having to go into lockdown for several hours while Louisville Metro police pieced together what happened.
Kentucky is currently reporting that 61,106 residents have tested positive since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The positivity rate currently stands at 3.82% statewide.
The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Oaklyn branch is closed after an employee experienced “prolonged exposure” to an individual who tested positive for COVID-19.
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association says several schools are in danger of having their sport programs shut down because people are reportedly ignoring mask wearing guidelines at athletic events.
Officials with the Diocese of Evansville Catholic Education Office said Friday one additional student from a diocesan Catholic school tested positive for COVID-19.
Health officials say either employees were not wearing masks or requiring customers to wear masks at Sureway, McDonalds on North Main, Walmart, and Arby’s.
