Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Part That Broke on UPS Plane in Kentucky Failed 4 Times on Other Planes Years Ago
Jan 16 2026 // Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to a UPS plane crash that killed 15 last year but at that point the plane manufacturer didn’t believe it threatened safety, the National...
Derailed Train in Kentucky Causes Chemical Leak and Sparks a Fire
Jan 2 2026 // A derailed CSX train leaked a flammable chemical and sparked a fire in a rural part of southern Kentucky on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue a shelter-in-place order that was later lifted for nearby residents. No...
Last of 7 Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraudsters Sentenced to Prison Time
Dec 31 2025 // A wide net cast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FBI has landed its final catch—prison time for the last of six Kentucky farmers and a warehouse manager found guilty of a long-running tobacco crop-insurance...
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man in Fatal Shooting at Kentucky State University
Dec 30 2025 // A grand jury has declined to indict the father of two Kentucky State University students who was charged with murder in an on-campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another. In a social media post...
Auto Insurers Must Soon Submit Info to New Kentucky Insurance Verification System
Dec 17 2025 // Kentucky’s Transportation Cabinet and Department of Insurance have launched a new vehicle insurance verification system, and auto insurers have until Jan. 15 to start getting on board. The new Kentucky Insurance...
Kentucky Scrapyard Workers Describe UPS Plane Crash That Destroyed Their Business
Nov 18 2025 // Supervisor Adam Bowman was loading metal onto a truck at a scrapyard just south of the Louisville, Kentucky, airport when he heard what he first thought was a transformer explosion and quickly realized was more...
Engine Detached From UPS Plane Before Fatal Kentucky Crash
Nov 6 2025 // The left engine came off a doomed United Parcel Service Inc. freighter moments before it crashed in a fireball near the company’s global hub in Kentucky, killing at least 12 people. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg...
7 Dead After UPS Plane Crashes on Takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky
Nov 5 2025 // A United Parcel Service Inc. freighter jet crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff on Tuesday from Louisville, Kentucky, killing three crew members and at least four people on the ground. Video circulating on social...
Kentucky Supreme Court Weighs in on Three Workers’ Comp Cases
Oct 28 2025 // State Supreme Court reviews of workers’ compensation cases are rare, but in Kentucky last week, the state high court handed down no fewer than three opinions – all of which emphasize long-established case law. The...
Kentucky AG Suit Says Roblox Fails to Protect Children on Gaming Platform
Oct 9 2025 // Kentucky’s attorney general claimed Tuesday that the online gaming platform Roblox has become a “playground for predators” as he announced a lawsuit accusing the company of lax child safety measures. The...
Kentucky Distillery Bounces Back From Flood That Halted Bourbon Production
Sep 25 2025 // The long history of bourbon production at Buffalo Trace Distillery has been connected to the Kentucky River — summed up as a blessing and curse by a plaque on the grounds. In the 1800s, long before the Buffalo Trace name...
Grange Policy Not Ambiguous in Death of Family Killed in 2019 Kentucky Crash
Sep 19 2025 // A trial court said the insurance policy was ambiguous, allowing a commercial umbrella policy to supplement coverage in the deaths of five people killed by a drunken driver in 2019. But the Kentucky Supreme Court this week...
Disputed Ballots Could Swing Union Vote Outcome at EV Battery Plant in Kentucky
Sep 2 2025 // An election to determine whether workers unionize an electric vehicle battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky was in limbo due to a few dozen disputed ballots that could swing the outcome. The United Auto Workers claimed...
Beshear Bans Designer Xanax Drug in Kentucky as AGs Urge Emergency Action
Aug 20 2025 // Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of “designer Xanax,” responding to a request from his state’s attorney general who is leading a broader effort to combat the highly...
Ford Puts a Charge in EV Production with $2B Overhaul of Kentucky Plant
Aug 13 2025 // Ford Motor Co. will invest nearly $2 billion retooling a Kentucky factory to produce electric vehicles that it says will be more affordable, more profitable to build and will outcompete rival models. The automaker’s...
Ky. Tobacco Warehouse Manager Pleads Guilty in Insurance Fraud, to Pay Restitution
Jul 25 2025 // A Kentucky tobacco warehouse manager at the center of a long-running crop insurance fraud scheme has agreed to pay millions in restitution for his role in enabling the fraud. Thomas Kirkpatrick, of Danville, pleaded guilty...
Kentucky DOI Posts Rules on Wind-Mitigation Grant Program
Jul 24 2025 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has posted new rules on the Strengthen Kentucky Homes wind-mitigation grant program, in keeping with statutes approved in 2024. The regulations spell out eligibility requirements for...
4 Eastern Kentucky Communities Receive $14.4 Million for Flood Mitigation
Jul 14 2025 // Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced more than $14.4 million to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in four communities across the eastern part of the state that were hit by historic floods in 2022. The cities of...
Kentucky Auto Insurers Must Use Blue Book or J.D. Power on Vehicle Values, DOI Says
Jul 8 2025 // Auto insurers in Kentucky now have some official guidance and liability protection when determining the value of wrecked vehicles. In keeping with Senate Bill 136, approved on an emergency basis by state lawmakers this...
GE Moves Washing Machine Production from China to Kentucky with $490M Invest
Jun 27 2025 // GE Appliances announced a nearly half-billion-dollar project Thursday that it says will create 800 new jobs and shift production of clothes washers from China to its massive manufacturing complex in Kentucky. The $490...
