Latest Kentucky Headlines
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Nearly 9K Whiskey Barrels Damaged in Kentucky Bourbon Warehouse Collapse
Jun 26 2018 // Thousands of whiskey barrels crashed into a massive heap Friday when a large section of a decades-old storage warehouse collapsed at a distillery in the heart of Kentucky bourbon country. The damaged warehouse at the...
Kentucky AG Files Opioid Lawsuit Against Walgreens
Jun 18 2018 // Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general has filed a sixth lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company for deceptive marketing of opioid-based painkillers. Andy Beshear announced on Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit...
Zip Lines Required to Register in Kentucky by July 1
Jun 7 2018 // Operators of zip lines, climbing walls and similar devices must register them with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and make sure they comply with state law by July 1. A new law was passed in 2016 directing the...
Roller Coaster in Kentucky Closed After Cars Collide
Jun 5 2018 // Officials at a Kentucky amusement park say a roller coaster will remain closed until an investigation is complete into the collision of two of its cars. News outlets quote Kentucky Kingdom officials as saying one car on...
Authorities: Blast at Kentucky UPS Facility Started by Propane Torch
Jun 4 2018 // Authorities say a propane torch set off the blast that damaged a UPS freight hub in Kentucky’s second-largest city and sent multiple people to the hospital. Lexington fire investigator Maj. Robert King tells news...
Coal Industry Tax Cut Threatens Miners’ Benefits Fund as Black Lung Cases Surge
Jun 1 2018 // As a young man, Barry Shrewsbury dug coal in the West Virginia mines and spent his time off hunting and fishing in the rolling hills. Now, at 62, he struggles to breathe and accomplish basic tasks such as shopping and...
2 Workers Hurt in Explosion at Kentucky UPS Facility
May 31 2018 // Two United Parcel Service Inc employees were injured in an explosion on Wednesday that caused significant damage to one of the package delivery company’s freight facilities in Lexington, Kentucky, a UPS spokesman...
Jury Awards $67M to Kentucky Miners Over Defective 3M Masks
Apr 30 2018 // Two former coal miners in Kentucky who claimed defective dust masks led to their debilitating black-lung disease were awarded $67.5 million in damages in their civil lawsuit. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that a...
Humphry Joins The Iroquois Group in Kentucky
Apr 26 2018 // Mike Humphry has joined The Iroquois Group’s Mid-Atlantic team as a regional manager for southern Ohio and Kentucky. Humphry’s insurance career, which began in 1980, has included experience in both the...
Kentucky Gov Requests Disaster Declaration for 35 Counties
Apr 16 2018 // Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has asked President Donald Trump to issue a disaster declaration for 35 counties affected by flooding. The Daily Independent cites a Wednesday release from Bevin’s office that says the late...
Kentucky to Revamp Workers’ Comp System
Apr 16 2018 // Kentucky will make the biggest changes to its workers’ compensation system in decades. The legislation – backed by business groups but opposed by organized labor groups – was passed by both the Kentucky...
Kentucky to Move Ahead With Overhaul of Workers’ Comp System
Apr 9 2018 // Kentucky is officially moving forward on making the biggest changes to the workers’ compensation system in decades. The legislation – backed by business groups but opposed by organized labor groups – was passed...
A.M. Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Kentucky Growers Insurance Co.
Apr 6 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) of Kentucky Growers Insurance Company (KGIC) of Lexington, KY....
Revamp of Kentucky Workers’ Comp System Gets OK From State Senate
Mar 26 2018 // Kentucky lawmakers are closing in on making the biggest changes to the workers’ compensation system in decades after the Senate passed the measure on Thursday. The legislation – backed by business groups but...
Kentucky Governor Requests Disaster Declaration for Flooding
Mar 15 2018 // Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is requesting a presidential disaster declaration for 22 eastern Kentucky counties where damage occurred during severe flooding last month. Bevin’s office said in a news release Monday that...
Study: Black Lung Cases Among Appalachian Coal Miners On the Rise
Mar 5 2018 // A new research letter published in a medical journal details hundreds of cases of black lung disease in the Central Appalachian coalfields. Three clinics in southwestern Virginia identified 416 coal miners with the disease...
Ali Center in Kentucky Closed for Several Days Due to Major Flooding
Mar 1 2018 // The Muhammad Ali Center is downtown Louisville will remain closed to visitors until March 6 due to extreme flooding. The center says rising water levels in the parking garage forced a shutdown of electric power to the...
Tornadoes, Flooding From Severe Storms Cause Damage, Deaths in Appalachia
Feb 27 2018 // The death toll rose to at least five on Sunday after severe thunderstorms swept through the central U.S., spawning a tornado that flattened homes, gale force winds and widespread flooding from the Upper Midwest to...
Kentucky Sues Cardinal Health Over State Opioid Epidemic
Feb 21 2018 // Kentucky’s attorney general on Monday filed a lawsuit against drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc , accusing it of contributing to the opioid epidemic by failing to halt or report suspiciously large or frequent...
Safeco to Take Up Mapfre’s Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana Business
Feb 20 2018 // MAPFRE Insurance, which last year decided to exit five states and focus on 11, is turning over its personal lines business in three of the five states it is leaving to Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual unit. MAPFRE has...
