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August 21, 2020

• Hundreds of evictions in Fayette County set to resume despite pandemic, mass confusion
• Pedway over Main and Vine streets is coming down after 27 years. It will not be replaced
• Hold your horses: Churchill Downs says Kentucky Derby to be run without fans
• Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul wants USPS to cut jobs, make fewer deliveries to rural homes
• Yes to sports, but no to school? Why should KHSAA make sense when nothing else does?
• Multiple COVID-19 positives among UK fraternities leads to re-testing of some students
• Joel Pett: Break glass ceiling for leadership
• ‘We’ll always remember you, 25.’ Douglass football team mourns teen’s death in shooting
• Feds approve an additional $400 unemployment benefit for Kentuckians for three weeks
• Kentucky man accused of violating Canada COVID-19 rules could be fined $750K, cops say
• Lexington reports 86 new COVID-19 cases. City continues to expand testing
• EKU football announces eight-game schedule; Colonels will play three times at home
• Kentucky still loves Trump. What that means for McGrath’s chances against McConnell.
• Some 500,000 Ky renters are at cliff’s edge. Don’t shove them off in eviction crisis.
• New UK program will help navigate current crises through humanities and social sciences
• As pandemic painfully shows, Kentucky desperately needs a ‘New Deal’ for internet access
• The most vulnerable carry the heaviest burden of this pandemic. Congress must act.
• We need the rainy day fund to weather the storm of this pandemic
• First Ky. school district to re-open stops in-person classes after just one week
• 785 new Kentucky COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths. 10% of infected have been hospitalized.
• Fayette County puts high school athletics on hold one day after KHSAA gave go-ahead