| ||||||||||
Dr. Ronald P. Rogers CHIROPRACTOR Support for your body's natural healing capabilities 270-384-5554 Click here for details Columbia Gas Dept. GAS LEAK or GAS SMELL Contact Numbers 24 hrs/ 365 days 270-384-2006 or 9-1-1 Call before you dig Visit ColumbiaMagazine's Directory of Churches Addresses, times, phone numbers and more for churches in Adair County Find Great Stuff in ColumbiaMagazine's Classified Ads Antiques, Help Wanted, Autos, Real Estate, Legal Notices, More... |
Gov. Beshear announces 2,085 new COVID cases By Crystal Staley/Sebastian Kitchen Frankfort, KY - On Monday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases, condemned domestic terrorism and said General Assembly actions that would significantly limit the state's ability to fight the deadly virus are dangerous and unfeasible. "We've seen some bills move through the General Assembly that attempt to create new ways of addressing the coronavirus," said Gov. Beshear. "One bill that passed attempted to put U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines into law as the law that could be enforced. Today I received a letter from Dr. Robert Redfield, CDC director, cautioning against this." "I want to make it clear that CDC guidance should not be interpreted as regulation; rather, they are meant as recommendations. It should be used in consideration for specific state and/or local regulations, but this guidance is meant to be flexible and adaptable," Dr. Redfield said. "It is not meant to be prescriptive or interpreted as standards that can be regulated." The CDC consistently has backed the effectiveness of Gov. Beshear's restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 in restaurants and bars, gyms, schools and other venues. On Monday, Gov. Beshear also condemned domestic terrorists and a threat made at public health commissioner Dr. Steven Stack's home. "One of the ways we absolutely know what individuals attempted to do, in terms of harming or kidnapping elected officials, were the zip ties some of those individuals carried into the U.S. Capitol and to our State Capitol," said Gov. Beshear. "These aren't people who believe in the rule of law; they are people who believe they can take the law into their own hands to bully and intimidate others. We here in Kentucky will not be bullied. Anybody who believes that domestic terror is the way to go, we'll be ready for you. And to those who in their elected positions will use the words of hate or anger, and will try to stir it up - stop. "Someone vandalized our own Dr. Stack's home, spray-painting 'COVID is PCR fraud' on his mailbox. This wasn't about the spray paint. It was about those individuals trying to create terror, saying we know where you live and we know how to get to you. But we will not let that happen. Because of Dr. Stack's work, thousands of people are alive today who wouldn't have been without him. Trying to create fear in his family is the lowest form of low." Today, in accordance with a proclamation from the White House, Gov. Beshear directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff until sunset Jan. 13, as a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of United States Capitol Police Officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood, as well as law enforcement in Kentucky and across the country. For more information, see the full release here. Case Information As of 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, Gov. Beshear reported the following COVID-19 numbers:
This story was posted on 2021-01-12 06:43:19
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know. More articles from topic News:
Gradually clearing skies today, high 44F 7-County Area Courts for Tue 12 Jan 2021 Vaccine information for Metcalfe County Alley story printed in the NYT Wednesday Service at Egypt Christian Church SBA Paycheck Protection Program reopens today Reminder: Hospice Home Open House is tomorrow KY Afield Video: January 9, 2021 Full Show Mostly cloudy today, high 37F 7-County Area Courts for Mon 11 Jan 2021 View even more articles in topic News |
|
||||||||
| ||||||||||
Quick Links to Popular Features
Looking for a story or picture? Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com. | ||||||||||
Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728. Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.
|