Unemployed Kentuckians will soon be getting some bonus unemployment aid back.
The State of Kentucky will be taking part in the federal government’s renewed unemployment benefits program. Governor Andy Beshear announced earlier this week that the state would use coronavirus aid from the federal government to meet their $100 contribution for the $400 weekly payout. Beshear said he expects the state’s application to the program to be accepted quickly, though the rollout could take several weeks due to computer software updates.
Those who qualify for the aid can expect the check in early September.
As Hardin County students prepare to return to some form of learning next week, and teachers find themselves facing unprecedented expectations, local churches have taken it upon themselves to have a prayer event for these educators. Children’s Minister at Northside Baptist Church Jennifer White says this event was created after seeing her friends who are teachers struggling to prepare for a whole new kind of school year.
There is also an event for Elizabethtown students and families at Southeast Christian parking lot at the same time, as well as an event for home school groups. That event will take place at Northside.
(Left to Right): Radcliff Mayor J.J. Duvall, Boundary Oak owner Brent Goodin, Sen. Maj. Leader Mitch McConnell, Hardin County Judge/Executive Harry Berry, TACK Executive Director Glenn Arney, and Knox Regional Development Alliance CEO Jim Iacocca
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell made a stop in Radcliff Wednesday afternoon.
The Senate Majority Leader appeared at Boundary Oak Distillery with officials from Hardin County Government, the City of Radcliff, Fort Knox Regional Development, as well as transportation officials. McConnell praised Boundary Oak owner Brent Goodin for his production of hand sanitizer during the early stages of the pandemic.
McConnell also helped to announce a grant of over $2 million for the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky, or TACK. The federal grant was awarded after a competitive application process. TACK Executive Director Glen Arney says that the grant, which was awarded to 96 out of over 200 applicants, will help keep the transportation service updated.
“That will buy us vehicles to keep moving, and we should have those vehicles on the road by spring of 2021,” Arney said in his remarks.
Earlier in the day, McConnell stopped in Hardinsburg at Breckinridge Memorial Hospital, where he met with frontline healthcare workers. McConnell last made an appearance in Hardin County back in May at Hardin Memorial Hospital.
Hospital officials didn’t wait too long after Tuesday’s last HMH Board of Trustee’s meeting to start the transition to the new Baptist Health Hardin.
Crews were on scene at Hardin Memorial Hospital Wednesday removing signage from the main building, including the iconic “HMH” letters on the corner of the main building.
Officials say signs should be updated to reflect the new ownership by the merger date of September 1st. Hardin Memorial and Baptist Health sped up the merger date back in May.
