Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Crop Insurance Agent Accused of Defrauding Taxpayers
Oct 13 2017 // A crop insurance agent in Kentucky is facing federal charges alleging she defrauded taxpayers of $169,000 by helping farmers inflate tobacco crop losses and collect insurance money and then helping them sell their burley...
R-T Specialty Opens Office in Louisville, Kentucky
Oct 4 2017 // R-T Specialty, LLC (a subsidiary of Ryan Specialty Group, LLC) has opened a new office in Louisville, Ky. This office is led by Brian Houghlin and Chris Beckmann. Houghlin has 30 years of experience in the management...
Kentucky Jury Awards $21.7M to Families of 3 Killed in Medical Chopper Crash
Oct 2 2017 // A Kentucky jury has awarded $21.7 million to the families of three people who died in a June 2013 medical helicopter crash. A jury in Clay County decided the award Thursday after a three-week trial and five hours of...
Kentucky AG Hires 4 Law Firms To Investigate Opioid Industry
Sep 25 2017 // Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general says he has hired four law firms to investigate and potentially sue several makers and marketers of opioid-based painkillers that have spurred a wave addiction across...
Judge Dismisses Challenge to Kentucky Medical Marijuana Ban
Sep 22 2017 // Kentucky’s ban on medical marijuana has survived an initial test in court, with a judge ruling Wednesday that the state has a good reason to “curtail citizens’ possession of a narcotic, hallucinogenic...
Small Earthquake in Illinois Felt in 3 States
Sep 20 2017 // The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a small earthquake in southeastern Illinois was felt across parts of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. The USGS says the preliminary 3.8-magnitude earthquake occurred at 6:47 a.m....
Kentucky Woman’s Death Attributed to Legionnaires’ Outbreak at Graceland Hotel
Sep 15 2017 // A Kentucky woman was sickened by Legionnaires’ disease after staying at a hotel near the Tennessee home of famed singer Elvis Presley and later died, and an autopsy says the pneumonia caused her death. The Commercial...
4 Volunteer Firefighters in Kentucky Face Arson Charges
Sep 6 2017 // A fire chief and three other volunteer firefighters are facing arson charges in Kentucky. Kentucky State Police said in a news release Friday that the arson charges stem from a fire in an empty building in Crofton on Aug....
Remnants of Harvey Spawn Tornadoes, Floods Across Deep South
Sep 5 2017 // Wayne Doss surveys the damage to his cousin Danny Doss’ mobile home, which was completely destroyed by a tornado in Pickens County, Ala., after a tornado struck Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The tornado damaged several...
2 Kentucky Counties to Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Epidemic
Aug 31 2017 // Officials in two Kentucky counties have voted to hire attorneys to file lawsuits against wholesale drug distributors to help pay for the costs of combating the opioid epidemic. The Kentucky Enquirer reports Boone and...
Louisville Sues Drug Distributors Over Kentucky Opioid Epidemic
Aug 23 2017 // Officials in Kentucky’s largest city have filed suit in federal court against opioid distributors, accusing them of contributing to the drug epidemic in the state. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced the lawsuit...
Semi-Truck Crashes Prompt Review of Kentucky Interstate
Aug 21 2017 // A series of accidents involving semi-trucks on the interstate has prompted a review from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The Courier-Journal reports the agency will review ramps and roadways following accidents in...
Fatalities Rising as Coal Mine Production Increases
Aug 8 2017 // Ray Hatfield Jr. was six months into his latest coal job when he was crushed to death in a Kentucky mine. Hatfield, a 23-year industry veteran, was cleaning a conveyor belt that shuttled coal to the surface of the...
Top Kentucky Hotel Says Data Breach Could Have Included Guest Info
Aug 4 2017 // A four-star Kentucky hotel has discovered a data breach threatening guests’ credit card information. News outlets report The Galt House hotel in Louisville said last month that an internal investigation found malware...
1 Person Killed by Weekend Flooding in West Virginia, Kentucky
Jul 27 2017 // Heavy rains that pounded parts of West Virginia and Kentucky last weekend left one person dead and two people missing, authorities said Monday. In West Virginia, Ohio County Emergency Management Agency Director Lou Vargo...
Safety Lapses Blamed for Death of Kentucky Coal Miner
Jul 21 2017 // Federal regulators say an accident that killed a coal miner in Pike County happened because a conveyor belt didn’t have adequate safety guards. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the U.S. Mine Safety and Health...
Kentucky Attorney Accused of Stealing $550K in Insurance Settlements from Clients
Jul 20 2017 // A Kentucky attorney is facing charges in federal court that he defrauded clients out of their insurance settlements for $550,000. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Louisville says James Grant King allegedly committed...
Kentucky Fines Car Plastic Maker Montaplast $21K Over 2 Worker Deaths
Jul 13 2017 // A Kentucky county’s largest private employer has been fined $21,000 following the deaths of two employees in unrelated accidents last October. The State Journal obtained files through an open-records request that...
Kentucky Reduces Number of Coal Mine Safety Inspections to Cut Costs
Jul 11 2017 // Kathy Bartlett watched helplessly this spring as Kentucky lawmakers cut back on mine safety inspections and replaced them with coaching sessions on miners’ safety habits. She knows more than most what’s at...
Kentucky Pharmacist Gets 30 Years for Illegally Selling Pain Pills
Jul 6 2017 // A Kentucky pharmacist convicted of illegally distributing hundreds of thousands of prescription pain pills has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. The U.S. attorney’s office in Lexington said in a news...
