Kentucky State website: kycovid19.ky.gov is the best way to keep up with the latest news about the novel coronavirus.

Hotline you can call: (800) 722-5725. is a service operated by the healthcare professionals at the Kentucky Poison Control Center, who can provide advice and answer questions.

Louisville Metro website with updated information about COVID-19 -CLICK HERE-

including information from Mayor Greg Fischer’s briefings about City services.

The executive order states that face coverings will be required:

• While inside or waiting in line to enter any: retail establishment, grocery store, pharmacy, hair salon/barbershop, nail salon/spa, tattoo parlor, child care facility, restaurant or bar (when not seated and consuming food or beverage), health care setting, or any other indoor public space in which it is difficult to maintain a physical distance of at least six feet from all individuals who are not members of that person’s household.
• While waiting for or riding on public transportation or paratransit, or while riding in a taxi, private car service, or ride-sharing vehicle, or driving any of the above while customers are present.
• While in outdoor public spaces in which the person cannot maintain a physical distance of six feet from all individuals who are not members of the person’s household and is not otherwise covered by previously issued guidance.

There are several exemptions to the order, including children who are 5 or younger and any person with a disability, or a physical or mental impairment, that prevents them from safely wearing a face covering.

https://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=251

Louisville Metro is now accepting applications for the new Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Cooling Program. This program is designed to help offset the cost of higher electric bills due to rising temperatures. Applications will be accepted now through October 31, 2020, or until funds are depleted.

The LIHEAP Summer Cooling Program is separated into two components, Subsidy and Crisis, to assist with electric cost. Eligible households can apply for one or both components and participation in prior LIHEAP programs will not affect a household’s eligibility. Households must meet eligibility requirements, with a household income at or below 60% of the Kentucky median income.

Jefferson County residents wishing to apply must schedule an appointment utilizing the automated appointment system.  Appointments can be scheduled by phone by calling 502-991-8391 or online at louisvilleky.cascheduler.com. The toll-free service is currently open and is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week

Hundreds of electric fans have been collected to provide heat relief for older adults and people with disabilities.The Fan Fair giveaway qualifications and guidelines are as follows:

• Person 60 years of age or older
• Or documentation verified by a physician of a disability
• Resident of Jefferson, Oldham, Henry, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble or Bullitt Counties
• Proof of address and age
• ​One fan per household
• Household must not have functional central air conditioning

Beginning Monday, July 6, qualified individuals may call one of the sites below for more information and instruction on how to receive a fan.  Appointments are required in advance due to most sites remaining temporarily closed for walk-in clients in accordance with the CDC and Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness guidelines. Fan supplies are limited and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.

For more information about the Fan Fair event, visit https://louisvilleky.gov/government/resilience-and-community-services/office-aging-disabled-citizens or https://www.kipda.org/.

residents are encouraged to participate in a survey to share their priorities for Louisville’s next permanent chief of police. We want to hear your priorities for our next permanent chief of police. Specifically, he said, residents are asked to share:     *The three most important qualities or skills you would like to see in the next police chief?       *Your suggestions for improving police services?        *What a new chief must accomplish immediately, and over the next 2-3 years?

The community survey will be up for at least three weeks and can be accessed at https://arcg.is/18fTnS. Residents can call (502) 528-3543 from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon-6 p.m. on Sunday, and they will be assisted by call-takers who will input their answers to questions on a community survey, which has been available online since early this month.

In addition to the survey, there will be listening sessions over the next month, with various focus groups being held across the community. After that, all the information residents provided will be reviewed and analyzed to help pinpoint the qualities and characteristics needed for the city’s next police chief. They will use that information to conduct a national search and create a list of qualified candidates. Next steps include convening a small group of community and Louisville Metro representatives to review the list, narrow it, conduct interviews, and send the Mayor their final recommendations. The entire process is expected to take 4 to 6 months.

JCPS will be providing their summer feeding program, so meal services will continue to be open throughout the summer on the same Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule, with additional mobile sites starting Monday, June 1. Check out the video of this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZr3s8fUrXc&feature=youtu.be.

For a list of sites and times, click here.

Also: Now that school is out for summer break, JCPS is offering multiple summer learning opportunities to continue engaging and supporting students.  The programs are being held as virtual experiences, although the district will make every effort to host face-to-face learning late in the summer if circumstances change. To learn more about the programs, go to our website. We’ll be posting updates and ways to access the experiences on this site.

Go online and complete the census. It’s a very simple procedure.  You can also call 1-844-330-2020 to complete the survey over the phone as soon as you receive the invitation. The best way to avoid a visit from a census taker is to fill out the 2020 Census questionnaire online, by phone, or by mail as soon as you receive your invitation to participate.  We urge you to do so now, to limit person-to-person contact as the coronavirus continues to spread. The census website is here.

The 146th Run for the Roses will be run Saturday, September 5th with “venue capacity reductions."

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/horses/horse-racing/2020/06/25/kentucky-derby-2020-run-fans-even-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/3256479001/

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Kentucky Derby Festival anchor events Thunder Over Louisville, the Mini-Marathon and the Pegasus Parade all have now been canceled. “With an abundance of caution, Festival organizers have made the difficult decision not to produce their traditional large-scale events," KDF officials said in a statement Thursday, citing fears over the continued spread of the coronavirus. “As an organization that always puts public health and safety first, we know it would not be responsible for the Kentucky Derby Festival to put on events that attract crowds with not just hundreds, but hundreds of thousands of people,” Kentucky Derby Festival President and CEO Matt Gibson said. “This has been a difficult and emotional decision for our staff and board, but we believe it is the best one based on these unprecedented circumstances.”

https://www.wave3.com/2020/06/11/derby-festival-cancels-thunder-over-louisville-pegasus-parade-mini-marathon/