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Gov. Beshear Provides Update on COVID-19

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Gov. Beshear Provides Update on COVID-19

Frankfort, Ky. (Aug. 4, 2020) – Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday updated Kentuckians on the state’s continuing efforts to fight the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in the commonwealth.

“This is a devastating virus, and it’s one that we have got to battle against, but we know-how,” the Governor said.

Case Information
As of 4 p.m. Aug. 4, Gov. Beshear said there were at least 32,197 coronavirus cases in Kentucky, 700 of which were newly reported Tuesday. Eighteen of the newly reported cases were from children ages 5 and younger, including a 2-month-old and a 6-month-old in Jefferson County. In addition, a 1-year-old in Metcalfe County was positively diagnosed after being exposed to the coronavirus at church and recently traveled to Tennessee.

“We hope to see the trend we think we had over the past couple weeks continue, which is a slow of the growth,” the Governor said. “While today we have a higher number than we did at this time last week, we believe there is a general leveling off though today there are more cases than last week.”

Unfortunately, Gov. Beshear reported seven new deaths Tuesday, raising the total to 751 Kentuckians lost to the virus.

The deaths reported Monday to include a 53-year-old man from Calloway County; a 70-year-old man from Daviess County; two women, ages 45 and 69, and an 81-year-old man from Jefferson County; a 50-year-old man from Kenton County; and a 95-year-old woman from Ohio County.

“That is seven more than we ever want to lose,” Gov. Beshear said. “Let me warn you that this is probably going to be a really tough month as far as our losses in Kentucky.”

As of Tuesday, there have been at least 650,093 coronavirus tests performed in Kentucky. The positivity rate currently stands at 5.24%. At least 8,406 Kentuckians have recovered from the virus.

For additional information, including up-to-date lists of positive cases and deaths, as well as breakdowns of coronavirus infections by county, race, and ethnicity, click here. To see all recent daily reports, click here.

First Lady Launches Coverings for Kids Program
First Lady Britainy Beshear on Tuesday launched a new program, Coverings for Kids, that will help Kentuckians to donate facial coverings directly to school districts.

“As a mom, nothing is more important to me than protecting each one of Kentucky’s children, as well as the teachers and staff who work hard every day to help them learn and grow,” said First Lady Beshear. “Kentuckians’ generosity is unmatched, and during this pandemic, this program will help ensure each school has enough masks to protect their students and staff.”

Starting on Tuesday, Aug. 11, people can drop off purchased or homemade facial coverings at district-level donation centers. The individual school districts will designate drop-off locations, which will be announced soon.

The Office of the First Lady and Office of the Lieutenant Governor, through the Kentucky Department of Education, will provide each district with the donated facial coverings along with information to promote their use.

“I’m an educator who trusts educators,” said Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman. “We want to provide each district with resources and guidance while still giving them the flexibility to make sure these coverings are going where they’re most needed at any given time.”

More information, including links to tutorials and patterns to make both children- and adult-size facial coverings, can be found on the Coverings for the Kids web page.

To view the complete Coverings for Kids news release, click here.

Expanded COVID-19 Testing
Gov. Beshear continues to encourage all Kentuckians to take advantage of coronavirus testing being offered at more than 200 locations across the commonwealth.

“With us being in a time where we have had more cases than really ever before, though we certainly hope they are leveling out, we want to make sure that everyone out there can get a test,” the Governor said.

The Governor said there are many private testing sites across the commonwealth, including:

  • 34 in Western Kentucky
  • 65 in Eastern Kentucky
  • 29 in Louisville and surrounding counties
  • 30 in Northern Kentucky
  • 34 in South Central Kentucky
  • 38 in Lexington and Central Kentucky

He also highlighted new free COVID-19 testing that is being provided by University of Louisville Health and a new drive-through option in Northern Kentucky.

The testing sites available under the UofL program:

  • Downtown Louisville – 499 S. Brook Street
  • South Louisville – Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, 1850 Bluegrass Avenue
  • Bullitt County – Medical Center South, 1903 W. Hebron Lane

The testing is free and available seven days a week. Appointments are required. Starting Aug. 5, Kentuckians can call 502-588-0414 to sign up.

In Northern Kentucky, new drive-through testing will be offered to start Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Atlantic Corporate Center, 25 Atlantic Avenue, in Erlanger. The testing is free, but by appointment only, and will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

In addition, beginning Tuesday, Aug. 11, drive-up testing will be available at St. Elizabeth Imaging, 7200 Alexandria Pike, in Alexandria. The testing will be performed from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The testing is free, and no appointment or doctor’s order is required.

For additional information about each location, visit kycovid19.ky.gov.

More Information
Read about other key updates, actions, and information from Gov. Beshear and his administration at governor.ky.gov, kycovid19.ky.gov and the Governor’s official social media accounts Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Kentuckians can also access translated COVID-19 information and daily summaries of the Governor’s news conference at tinyurl.com/kygovespanol (Spanish) and tinyurl.com/kygovtranslations (more than 20 additional languages).

AG Curtis Hill Applauds U.S. Appellate Court’s Decision To Uphold The Conviction Of John Robert Myers II

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Staff Of StateHouse Files

Attorney General Curtis Hill today applauded a U.S. appellate court’s decision to uphold the conviction of John Robert Myers II, the killer of Indiana University student Jill Behrman.

“No one can undo the pain and sorrow inflicted by this vicious criminal,” Attorney General Hill said. ”This murder destroyed a life. It cheated a young woman out of a promising future. It robbed a family of many more years spent joyously with their loved one. But at least Jill’s relatives and all Hoosiers can take some solace in knowing the evildoer responsible for her death will stay behind bars as a result of his heinous deeds.”

A 19-year-old Indiana University freshman, Behrman went missing after taking a morning bike ride on May 31, 2000. For many months, the Bloomington community and all of Indiana rallied around efforts to find her. Behrman’s remains were finally found three years later. An investigation revealed she died from a gunshot wound to her head.

In 2006, a jury convicted Myers of murder in connection with Behrman’s death. He was sentenced to 65 years.

In 2019, a U.S. district court ordered a new trial for Myers on the grounds that he received inadequate representation from his legal counsel.

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed that decision and denied Myers’s appeals.

“The district court was right about the performance of Myers’s trial counsel,” wrote the three federal judges who heard the appeal. “What leads us to reinstate Myers’s conviction, though, is the strength of the state’s case against him separate and apart from those errors. Among the most convincing evidence were the many self‐incriminating statements that Myers made to many different people, like telling his grandmother that, if the police ever learned what he did, he would spend the rest of his life in jail. The weight of these statements, when combined with other evidence, leads us to conclude that his counsel’s deficient performance did not prejudice him. The proper outcome is to respect the finality of Myers’s conviction in the Indiana courts.”

Although court rules allow Myers to ask the judges to reconsider — or to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case — such requests are rarely granted. That means today’s decision is likely the final word on Myers’s appeals.

“From the moment we learned that a 13-year-old conviction was in jeopardy over a federal district court decision with which we disagreed, we coordinated with the prosecuting attorney who tried the case,” Attorney General Hill said, “and we initiated our efforts to ensure that Myers would not leave his prison cell.”

Attorney General Hill expressed hope that today’s ruling could help bring some additional closure for Behrman’s family and friends.

“May we always remember and honor the bright and energetic young woman who should have enjoyed so many more years on this earth,” Attorney General Hill said. “And may we continue to keep all Jill’s loved ones in our hearts and prayers.”

 

Gov. Holcomb Statement On Indy 500 Without Spectators

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Governor Eric J. Holcomb offered the following statement regarding the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s decision to run the Indianapolis 500 without spectators:

“Throughout this unprecedented process, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has always prioritized the safety of the fans.

I am grateful for Roger Penske’s leadership and his entire team for thoughtfully approaching this decision with transparency and collaboration.

I want to encourage Hoosiers to continue to social distance, wear masks and take precautions so we can continue to slow the spread of COVID-19 and hear the roar of the engines at the track next May.”

Commission To Combat Drug Abuse Meets Virtually Thursday

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Indiana’s Commission to Combat Drug Abuse will meet virtually Thursday morning.

At the meeting, Executive Director for Drug Prevention, Treatment, and Enforcement Douglas Huntsinger and other commission members will discuss continued efforts related to the drug crisis.

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Jennifer Sullivan, M.D., M.P.H. will make an announcement.

WHAT: Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse

WHO:  Douglas Huntsinger, Executive Director for Drug Prevention, Treatment and Enforcement

Jennifer Sullivan, M.D., M.P.H., Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration

Members of the Commission to Combat Drug Abuse

WHEN:  Thursday, August 6, 2020, 10 a.m. ET

LIVESTREAM LINK: https://www.in.gov/recovery/1061.htm

School funding, a federal ban on evictions, more addressed in Indiana COVID-19 update

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By Erica Irish 
TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana schools that plan to experiment with virtual learning this fall in response to the COVID-19 pandemic learned Wednesday they’ll now receive 100% funding to do so.

The decision came from a resolution by the State Board of Education, or SBOE, in response to debates about a current Indiana law that limits per-pupil funding to 85% for schools that operate virtually. The SBOE voted Wednesday morning to ensure schools that are using virtual classrooms because of the pandemic receive full funding, as they would if operating like normal.

Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, first pointed out schools who choose to operate virtually might be at risk of losing funding because of Indiana’s current law in a letter to educators. The letter prompted wider review by state education leaders.

Virtual schools that operate totally online, SBOE Executive Director Brian Murphy said, will still only receive 85% funding because they were already equipped to handle needs like technology.

K-12 schools around the state as well as colleges and universities continue to operate in person, however, which is why state health officials are working on a new dashboard to give educators guidance on how to safely serve students.

Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Kristina Box announced the new dashboard at last week’s virtual press briefing and said it will be finalized this week — with one change.

The state still plans to rank counties by four color categories — blue, yellow, orange and red — on a map that shows the severity of COVID-19 in communities. But the state will no longer use one metric, the percent change in the positivity rate from the previous week, in determining a county’s category. Box said the state will instead measure the number of positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents and the seven-day positivity rate.

“We want these maps to be useful tools, not give people a false sense of security,” Box said.

Depending on the color category, the state will provide different recommendations to area schools on how they might consider limiting in-person activities like assemblies and class. But the state will not require any action.

While the Indiana’s overall COVID-19 positivity rate and hospital capacity remains stable, the number of cases continues to increase. State health officials reported an additional 871 cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, bringing the known total to 95,750. Another 13 Hoosiers were reported to have died from the virus, bringing the total dead to 3,106.

A Federal Eviction Ban 

The Trump administration ordered the federal Centers for Disease Control Tuesday to enforce a new eviction moratorium for renters at risk of homelessness because of the pandemic.

The federal ban is scheduled to begin nationwide this Friday and last through the end of the year, Dec. 31, adding new security after Indiana’s eviction moratorium ended in early August.

Jacob Sipe, executive director of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, said the ban will apply to Indiana residents who meet five criteria listed in the CDC guidelines.

Jacob Sipe, executive director of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority. TheStatehouseFile.com

Sipe said renters must have exhausted all other options to obtain government aid, for one, and they will also be expected to make partial payments in rent if possible to be protected by the new moratorium.

Sipe also emphasized the ban only protects renters from eviction for not paying their rent. It does not protect renters if they violate other parts of a lease agreement.

“Renters, even under a moratorium, are still obligated to pay their rent,” Sipe said.

The Indiana Housing Authority received nearly 36,000 applications for rental assistance before the deadline Aug. 26 and has distributed almost $14 million to renters through their landlords.

Nursing Homes 

Box also confirmed Wednesday the state is on track to finish with nursing home staff and residents in a second round of COVID-19 testing. More than 18,000 individuals have been tested so far, Box explained, and 36,000 individuals were tested in the first round.

Nursing homes are also receiving new antigen testing machines from the federal government to help promote more consistent and timelier COVID-19 tests. Around 200 nursing homes have received the machines to date, Box said, and those that haven’t should receive them by the end of the month.

Flexibility for CARES Act Funding 

Indiana has spent almost $1 billion in aid it received from the federal CARES Act to date. But that’s less than half of the almost $2.4 billion the state received in March.

Office of Management and Budget Director Cris Johnston said the $1 billion that has been spent went towards almost a dozen state programs, including a rental assistance program that’s given out almost $14 million to eligible renters through their landlords, incentives for workforce training, and more.

The rest of the money Indiana received, however, must be spent by Dec. 30, and it remains unclear if Congress will reach an agreement on granting additional aid to states before then. Johnston and Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday they hope Congress will either find a solution for more funding or give states more flexibility to consider spending past that date.

“What we’re seeing now is these needs are going to continue for many, many more months,” Johnston said.

Erica Irish is the 2020 Russell Pulliam editor for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jab” August 5, 2020

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Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jab” August 5, 2020

“Right Jab And Middle Jab And Left Jab” was created because we have a couple of commenters that post on a daily basis either in our “IS IT TRUE” or “Readers Forum” columns concerning National or International issues.
The majority of our “IS IT TRUE” columns are about local or state issues, so we have decided to give our more opinionated readers exclusive access to our newly created “LEFT JAB and Middle Jab and RIGHT JAB”  column. They now have this post to exclusively discuss national or world issues that they feel passionate about.
We shall be posting the “LEFT JAB” AND “MIDDLE JAB” AND “RIGHT JAB” several times a week.  Oh, “LEFT JAB” is a liberal view, “MIDDLE JAB” is the libertarian view and the “RIGHT JAB is representative of the more conservative views. Also, any reader who would like to react to the written comments in this column is free to do so.

HOT JOBS IN EVANSVILLE

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ADOPT A PET

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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES

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Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.

Michael K. Carnahan: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Invasion of privacy (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor), Violation of driving conditions (Class C misdemeanor)

Marion Lee Young: Battery by bodily waste (Level 6 Felony)

Jayden Darden: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Operating a motor vehicle without ever receiving a license (Class C misdemeanor), Disregarding stop sign (C infraction)

Holly Ann Reine: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person (Class A misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle while intoxicated (Class C misdemeanor), Operating a vehicle with a schedule I or II controlled substance or its metabolite in the blood (Class C misdemeanor

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