HUNTINGTON — COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Lawrence County.

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Ohio has planted a memorial grove of native trees to remember people who died of COVID-19, and governors and state lawmakers nationwide are considering their own ways to mark the toll of the virus.

CHARLESTON — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, July 31, after the Biden administration extended the original date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only too…

CHARLESTON — West Virginia will begin offering some fully vaccinated people free tests to measure antibody levels against the coronavirus, a move to study whether some elderly and immunocompromised individuals should receive a third booster shot.

NEW YORK — Masks, which had started to disappear from store shelves, may be front and center again.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — State employees will be required to wear masks indoors starting Thursday regardless of their vaccination status, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — State employees will be required to wear masks indoors starting Thursday regardless of their vaccination status, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department for Public Health is offering a COVID-19 Testing Program for schools to assist with safe in-person learning for the upcoming academic year, Commissioner Steven Stack announced Monday.

Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta variant despite evidence they do, according to a new poll that underscores the challenges facing public health officials amid soaring infe…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Democratic governor on Thursday invoked a warning from a top Trump administration health official in urging people resisting the COVID-19 vaccine to get the shots as the delta variant causes a spike in coronavirus cases.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell implored unvaccinated Americans on Tuesday to take the COVID-19 shot, issuing a stark and grave warning of a repeat of last year’s shutdowns if people refuse to protect themselves from the coronavirus.

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, angrily confronted Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday in testimony on Capitol Hill, rejecting Paul’s insinuation that the U.S. helped fund research at a Chinese lab that could have sparked the COVID-19 outbreak.

CHARLESTON — With the nation experiencing a new surge of delta variant-driven cases, West Virginia COVID-19 czar Dr. Clay Marsh advised Friday that children younger than 12, the medically vulnerable and the unvaccinated wear masks in crowded indoor settings.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Timothy Jackson is the latest million-dollar winner in West Virginia’s vaccination sweepstakes.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Public schools and colleges in Ohio would be prohibited from requiring individuals to receive vaccines not granted full approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, under a bill targeting coronavirus vaccinations signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Mike DeWine.

NEW YORK — Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio will announce a second coronavirus vaccine incentive program within the next few days in a new attempt to boost the state’s vaccination rate, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday.

The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings.

NEW YORK — Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — After eight weeks of declining cases statewide, coronavirus cases and the positivity rate increased last week in Kentucky, the state's public health commissioner, Steven Stack, announced Thursday at a virtual news briefing.

Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.

TAYLORSVILLE, Ky. — John Rogers waited months after becoming eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. It was only after talking with friends that the 66-year-old retiree from rural Spencer County, Kentucky, was persuaded to get the shot.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice handed out the third $1 million prize for residents who have received coronavirus vaccines.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia has crossed the threshold of 1 million residents receiving at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Patricia Short, a Lexington area woman, still can’t believe she won the $1 million prize in Kentucky’s first “Shot at a Million Vaccine” Incentive Drawing. Joined by other winners of the lottery at a news briefing in Kentucky’s capitol Friday, she encouraged Kentuckians to g…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Almost all coronavirus cases reported in Kentucky during the past four weeks have been in unvaccinated residents, the state’s public health commissioner, Dr. Steven Stack, announced Thursday. Roughly 99% of those hospitalized were also unvaccinated.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The pandemic made Jake Gregg’s senior year of high school very different than anticipated. He got by enough to graduate, but now the 19-year-old Ohioan wants a redo.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio, the state that launched the national movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost vaccination rates, concluded its program Wednesday — still unable to crack the 50% vaccination threshold.

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University is joining the coronavirus vaccine giveaway sweepstakes, offering an incentive program for students and employees who have verified they’ve received their COVID-19 shots.

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and look forward to summer.