Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Highway Fatalities in Kentucky Drop Again in 2018
Feb 20 2019 // Officials say traffic fatalities on Kentucky highways are down for the second year in a row. The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety that says preliminary figures show there were 722 highway fatalities in 2018, down from 782...
Kentucky Governor Voices Support for Medical Marijuana as Legislature Weighs Bill
Feb 15 2019 // Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin spoke about his support for legalizing medical marijuana in highly personal terms on Tuesday, telling a community forum that his teenage nephew died after fighting “a very hard battle with...
Horse Trainer Suit Alleges Vets Altered X-Ray Dates of Horses at Kentucky Auction
Feb 12 2019 // A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses veterinarians of falsifying the dates on X-rays of horse sold at public auction at the Keeneland racetrack. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the lawsuit was brought Tom Swearingen, a...
Man Killed in Workplace Accident at Kentucky Toyota Manufacturing Plant
Feb 7 2019 // Kentucky authorities say a man has been killed in a workplace accident at the Toyota manufacturing plant in Georgetown. Scott County Coroner John Goble told news outlets that the man worked for Ryder and was trying to...
Kentucky Medical Malpractice Review Panels Ruled Unconstitutional
Feb 4 2019 // The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down Kentucky’s Medical Review Panels Act in December, which was enacted by the General Assembly in 2017, returning the process of reviewing medical malpractice claims back to the...
Families File Civil Suit Against Parents of Kentucky School Shooting Suspect
Jan 29 2019 // The families of victims of a Kentucky school shooting have filed separate civil lawsuits blaming the suspect’s parents for failing to secure a handgun used in the attack. The lawsuits say the mother and stepfather of...
Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Enters Kentucky Commercial Auto Market
Jan 29 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (PPCI) has entered the Kentucky commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance products for distressed and substandard risks. PPCI offers the capacity...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, Distracted Driving
Jan 29 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Lawsuit Filed Against School District Over Fatal Shooting at Kentucky High School
Jan 24 2019 // The estate of a girl killed and three other students wounded in a shooting at a Kentucky high school have filed suit against the school district and school officials, the teenage suspect and his mother and stepfather. The...
Kentucky Distillery Employee Dies After Falling from Facility Walkway
Jan 17 2019 // Authorities say a distillery employee in Kentucky died after falling from a suspended walkway at the facility. The Daviess County coroner’s office said Tuesday that an autopsy revealed 44-year-old Dennis Layman of...
Kentucky High Court Finds Medical Malpractice Review Panels Unconstitutional
Jan 16 2019 // The Kentucky Supreme Court struck down last month Kentucky’s Medical Review Panels Act, which was enacted by the General Assembly in 2017, returning the process of reviewing medical malpractice claims back to the...
Kentucky Coal-Mining Deaths at Record Low in 2018
Jan 14 2019 // The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says coal-mining related deaths have reached a record low in Kentucky where a single miner died last year. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the agency said Jan. 8 that...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, and Distracted Driving
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Kentucky Gov Appoints Collins to State Workers’ Comp Funding Commission
Jan 2 2019 // Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Brenda Collins as a member of the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission. Collins, of Alvaton, is a benefits distributor for Constellium-UACJ. She will represent...
6 Barges Sink, Spill Coal in Ohio River After Barge Hits Kentucky Bridge
Dec 31 2018 // The Coast Guard says a section of the Ohio River in Kentucky has re-opened after a tugboat and coal barge accident forced its closing. Coast Guard officials say a towing vessel was pushing 15 loaded coal barges when it hit...
Professor Fired for Publicly Criticizing Kentucky Governor Settles Suit for $620K
Dec 12 2018 // The University of Kentucky has settled a lawsuit filed by a former public health dentist who said he was fired from the school for publicly criticizing Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan to overhaul the state’s...
Kentucky Pension Plan Case Raises New Worries for Asset Managers
Dec 3 2018 // KKR & Co., Blackstone Group LP and their founders must face a lawsuit alleging they failed to deliver hedge fund returns as advertised, a judge in Kentucky ruled Friday in a decision that may present new legal...
Feds Sue Kentucky Restaurants Over Failure to Pay Workers $130K in Overtime
Dec 3 2018 // The federal Department of Labor is suing the owners of two Kentucky brunch restaurants it says failed to pay workers more than $130,000 in overtime. The Courier Journal reported Wednesday that the department says the...
Kentucky Woman Sues Texas Roadhouse Chain Over Breastfeeding
Nov 28 2018 // A Kentucky woman who says a Texas Roadhouse employee told her to cover up while she was breastfeeding is suing the restaurant chain for emotional distress. Sadie Durbin is quoted by news outlets as saying the employee...
Kentucky Woman Gets 5 Years, Ordered to Pay $1.6M for Crop Insurance Fraud
Nov 16 2018 // A Kentucky woman was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $1.6 million in restitution for crop insurance fraud. The U.S. attorney’s office in Lexington said 63-year-old Debra Muse of the Wallingford...
