WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) — Day use recreation sites at Daniel Boone National Forest are reopening after being temporarily shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Kentucky food banks have seen a 30% increase in use according to Ryan Quarles, the state’s agriculture commissioner.

Coronavirus cases showed a big drop on Sunday, but jumped again on Monday to a number similar to the elevated numbers seen near the end of last week. Prior to the elevation in numbers late last week, the state had seen a downward trend for almost two weeks. 

The guidelines for re-opening put in place by Gov. Andy Beshear have left many local businesses in an extremely unusual position.

Officials with Richmond Girls Softball have announced a plan they hope will return action to the fields of Irvine-McDowell Park this year.

BEREA -- The new owners of the Berea County Club had some ambitious plans heading into 2020.

Some Kentucky school superintendents say they wouldn't be able to re-open schools under suggested state guidelines that require social distancing on school buses, rely on children to wear masks and will disrupt the normal class structure of upper grades.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — More Kentucky parks are set to reopen in June.

The Richmond Raceway roared back into action with competition in four divisions on Saturday night.

Many states have yet to spend the federal funding they received more than a month ago to help with soaring costs related to the coronavirus crisis, complicating governors' arguments that they need hundreds of billions more from U.S. taxpayers.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The number of new cases of the coronavirus continues to be on the decline in Kentucky, however the number of deaths rose on Thursday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Limited practices for Kentucky high school sports teams can begin June 15 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — More than 50,000 Kentucky residents applied for unemployment benefits last week, a slight increase that reflects continuing struggles in the labor market as a reopening economy tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A protester who participated in hanging an effigy of Kentucky's governor at an armed rally on the State Capitol grounds has been fired from his job at an auto dealer.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some residents in a Kentucky nursing home were evacuated to area hospitals after nearly 60 residents and employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus.