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Beginning Monday, April 13, the recycling center in Lexington will shut down and residential collection of recyclables will be suspended for several weeks.

UK HealthCare has announced they are going ahead with plans to turn Nutter Field (University of Kentucky Football's practice field) into a make shift hospital for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases.

On March 30, Mayor Linda Gorton appointed Mark Swanson, a professor at the University of Kentucky, as the new District 3 Councilmember.

Effective March 27, restrictions have been put in place to help the public with social distancing at public parks throughout Lexington.

UK HealthCare is offering drive-thru testing for coronavirus for their frontline employees and patient care providers.

We apologize for the short notice, but effective tomorrow, we can longer offer meal delivery to bus stops throughout our community.

UK HealthCare implements a no visitation policy in hospitals and clinics in response to the Coronavirus, starting at midnight on March 23, 2020. The policy will remain until hospital officials feel the threat of transmission has decreased significantly.

Effective Tuesday, March 24, Baptist Health is suspending visitation at all of its hospitals, and allowing only essential caregivers to accompany patients for medical appointments or tests. There will be limited exceptions.

Fayette Mall will temporarily close during COVID-19 beginning March 22 and will remain closed until further notice.

As of March 18, LPA (Lexington Parking Authority) will not charge LEXPARK on-street meters until April 10 and LPA will re-evaluate if it needs to last further.