FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - Kentucky has now eclipsed the 10,000 mark in the number of cases of the coronavirus, according to the state's top public health official.

EDDYVILLE, Ky. (KT) - Tiny New Bethel Baptist Church is reaching hundreds each week with the good news of the gospel through Facebook Live only weeks after establishing an online presence.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) --  Gov. Andy Beshear held a press conference on Monday to discuss the violence in the city of Louisville these past few days in the wake of the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, a black EMT worker who was shot to death at her home in March by police. 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd's family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd's neck for several minutes and ignored his cries of distress, the family's attorneys said Monday.

Some Kentucky school superintendents say they wouldn't be able to reopen 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.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health authorities have received reports of nearly 26,000 nursing home residents dying from COVID-19, according to materials prepared for the nation's governors. That number is partial and likely to go higher.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) --  Temperatures are forecast to rise this week, so Kentucky State Police are  sending a plea to parents and caregivers with "Keeping Kids Cool," a statewide initiative to provide awareness about leaving children in hot cars.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday derided many governors as "weak" and demanded tougher crackdowns on burning and stealing among some demonstrations in the aftermath of another night of violent protests in dozens of American cities.