We're standing by for @kyoag Daniel Cameron's news conference regarding today's grand jury findings. Watch this thread for more. The briefing is also streaming live on Cameron's facebook page: facebook.com/kyoag/videos/6… Cameron says he just spoke with Tamika Palmer, #BreonnaTaylor's mother, to share the grand jury's findings with her.

We're in the zoom meeting with Judge Annie O'Connell, waiting for the Grand Jury's findings. O'Connell says if there are any indictments, the case will be assigned to a courtroom immediately. Hankison indicted on 3 counts of wanton endangerment 1st degree

Mayor Greg Fischer's media briefing is about to begin on his Facebook page. You can follow this this thread. #Louisville #BreonnaTaylor facebook.com/MayorGregFisch… Fischer: I do not know what the decision from the AG will be. What's important is for the facts to come out re what happened the night of Breonna Taylor. Whatever happens, urges everyone to have a "peaceful lawful response."

It feels like Louisville is holding its breath today. But it's 4 o'clock & that means it's time to turn our attention to Frankfort, for a briefing from @GovAndyBeshear. Listen on 89.3FM, watch on the governor's facebook/youtube, or follow along with this thread for highlights. Fast 4 at 4:
1. Vote please
2. Get your flu shot please
3. Visit KHEAA.com to see if you apply for college financial aid please
4. September is National Recovery Month! 22 million people in USA are in recovery from substance use disorder. recoverymonth.gov

Good afternoon, y'all. We're standing by for @GovAndyBeshear's coronavirus briefing, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Follow this thread, or listen to wfpl.org/stream to see what happens. Today's Fast Four:
1. Get your flu shot
2. Vote (you have to register by Oct. 5 at 4 p.m.)/fill out census
3. $4.7 million in Delta Regional Authority grants for western Kentucky
4. Wear your mask

Hello and welcome to today's briefing with @GovAndyBeshear. @LtGovColeman delivers the Fast 4 at 4:
1. $14.9m in CARES Act Reembursements to 22 western KY governments
2. Team KY Fund applications needed from Owensboro, Louisville & Big Sandy. teamkyfund.ky.gov (Fast 4 at 4 continued:)
3. Social media slides of social distanced school classes & sports teams, a virtual field trip & school hand sanitizer stations.
4. KY School Boards Association donates 80,000 cloth masks to public school students in KY.

Today is #GiveForGoodLouisville. When you make your annual donation or give an extra gift today, you’ll help us earn thousands of bonus dollars from Give for Good Louisville.

Here are some recent stories that your financial support has made possible: (1/) Not only have we covered racial justice protests, but we're holding police accountable when their accounts contradict those of our own reporters. wfpl.org/lmpd-offers-ch… (2/)

Time for a 4 o'clock briefing from @GovAndyBeshear. You can listen on 89.3FM, watch on the governor's social media pages, or follow this thread for some takeaways. Today's Fast 4 at 4:
1. $2.7m in CARES Act reimbursements to 18 local governments in Eastern KY
2. It's Direct Support Professionals Week (DSPs support people with disabilities)
3. Vote! Visit civilrightsrestoration.ky.gov for possible restoration of lost voting rights
4. Wear a mask

Follow this thread from reporter @jacobhryan , who is at today's Metro Council committee meeting. The group is investigating @louisvillemayor 's actions in response to protests in the wake of Breonna Taylor's death.

https://twitter.com/jacobhryan/status/1306305540864323584

Here are some highlights from today's testimony via @jacobhryan (thread):

https://twitter.com/jacobhryan/status/1306307983106809857?s=20

Governor Beshear is holding his 4pm briefing. He starts out by saying KY's positivity rate is now below 4%. Follow this thread for more. Governor Beshear's Fast 4 at 4:
1. More than $7 million in CARES Act reimbursements for 20 local governments in central KY
2. $38.1m in BUILD Transportation grants (bridge & highway improvements)
3. Wear a mask, please
4. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Standing by for a 2pm press conference where Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, city officials & lawyers for the family of #BreonnaTaylor are expected to announce a settlement in the civil case. We will update this thread with more. Here's background: wfpl.org/louisville-to-… Mayor Fischer has begun the announcement with a reminder that #BreonnaTaylor was a person, not just a symbol. He says while we wait for AG Daniel Cameron's decision on whether criminal charges will be filed, the city will move ahead with policy changes.

Happy (?) Monday! Gov. Andy Beshear is beginning his regular coronavirus address in Frankfort, and we'll bring you the highlights here. Today's "Fast Four:"

1. More CARES Act funding ($3.8 mill) for 12 local governments in Northern Kentucky
2. There's a healthy PPE stockpile in the state health dept. warehouse.
3. Vote! You can request an absentee ballot until Oct. 6.
4. Wear a mask.

Governor Andy Beshear has announced 805 new cases of coronavirus in Kentucky, and 22 additional deaths. 122 of the new cases are among children. We're standing by for the governor's address at 5:30 and will update this thread with some takeaways from his remarks. Beshear says tonight he's giving a speech he didn't expect to make: State of the Pandemic. He says it's a painful address to make. 22 deaths today make it the deadliest day in KY since the pandemic started. here.

Time for @GovAndyBeshear's briefing. He begins with a milestone: More than 1,000 Kentuckians have now lost their lives to the coronavirus. Governor Beshear says there will be a wreath hanging ceremony in the Capitol rotunda tomorrow morning at 10, to honor those who have been lost. It will be streamed online. All state flags will fly at half mast for the next week.

We're standing by for a 4pm briefing with @GovAndyBeshear. You can hear that on the radio at 89.3, watch it on the governor's Youtube or Facebook page, or follow along with us right here on this thread. Beshear says because labs were closed for an extra day over the holiday weekend, we should be ready to have very large numbers of cases and deaths over the next few days to a week.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer just announced LMPD Interim Chief Robert Schroeder will retire on Oct 1. He'll be replaced by Yvette Gentry, who will become the first Black woman to lead LMPD. wfpl.org/lmpd-interim-c… Schroeder became interim chief on June 1 when Fischer fired then-chief Steve Conrad. Schroeder was subpoenaed last month by the Metro Council’s government oversight committee as part of its investigation into the #BreonnaTaylor shooting & protest response.

We're standing by for a 4 o'clock briefing with @GovAndyBeshear on coronavirus in KY. Hear it live on 89.3, watch on the governor's social media pages, or follow along with us here on this thread, for the highlights. In what he's calling the Fast 4 at 4:
1. Infrastructure (some news about clean water and economic development projects in KY)
2. Roads (3.8mi of new road called the Tompkinsville Bypass)
3. Vote (do it)
4. Airports (9 KY airports getting $94mil in grants including SDF, LEX & CVG)

Good afternoon! Standing by for @GovAndyBeshear coronavirus media briefing. Follow along on this thread, or listen live at wfpl.org/stream. Fast Four:
1. Five state parks have received Best in Kentucky awards.
2. Vote.
3. Making infrastructure improvements in eastern Ky. Breathitt, Knott, Perry and Wayne counties, along with Hindman received grants.
4. More announcements coming soon.

Good afternoon, y'all. We're standing by for @GovAndyBeshear and his coronavirus media briefing to start at 4 p.m. Follow this thread for the news, or listen live on our stream: wfpl.org/stream Time for the Fast Four:
1. Today is Nat'l Poll Worker Recruitment Day. 3,100 Kentuckians have signed up to volunteer at the polls. You can sign up at elect.ky.gov

Happy (?) Monday, friends. We're standing by for a briefing with @GovAndyBeshear. Last week, there were just over 4,500 new cases of coronavirus in Kentucky -- a record high. wfpl.org/with-4503-new-… Governor Beshear starts by acknowledging today is International Overdose Awareness Day. Beshear talks about helping someone who had taken a toxic amount of opioids and gotten behind the wheel. The driver was resuscitated with Narcan. He says there are many stories of hope in KY.

It's 4 o'clock again, and we're standing by for a briefing from @GovAndyBeshear about coronavirus in Kentucky, and anything else that might come up today. Listen on 89.3FM or catch the highlights here on this thread. Gov. Beshear has been doing something called the "Fast 4 at 4" this week at the tops of his briefings. Today's items are jobs, infrastructure, testing and voting.