Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky County Completes Cleanup of Arsenic Contamination in Soil
Oct 12 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection says the state has finished cleaning up large amounts of arsenic in Ohio County. The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports that the agency spent the summer removing...
Mold Shuts Down Kentucky State University Dorm
Oct 11 2016 // Kentucky State University is temporarily closing a residence hall after mold was found. The Frankfort school says in a news release that university officials were told last week that mold had been discovered in some rooms...
Auditor Says Kentucky Misused State Insurance Tax Funds
Oct 3 2016 // The Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund is supposed to be spent on training for police officers. But state lawmakers have raided its coffers for other purposes so often it forced officials to increase a tax on...
Kentucky Residents Sue Over Arsenic Found Near Montgomery Co. Homes
Sep 23 2016 // Some residents are suing a wood treatment company that once operated a site in rural Montgomery County where the state detected higher-than-normal arsenic levels. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Mary and John Sparks,...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease by 5 Percent
Sep 19 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the annual workers’ compensation rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) with a rate decrease of five percent on average. It is...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease 5 % on Oct. 1
Sep 9 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the annual workers’ compensation loss costs filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) with a rate decrease of five percent on average. It...
ARH Hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, Hit by Computer Virus
Aug 31 2016 // Federal authorities are investigating after a computer virus infected all electronic services of the Appalachian Regional Healthcare system in Kentucky and West Virginia. The system is dealing with technical complications,...
Obama Signs Kentucky Disaster Declaration for July Storm Damage
Aug 29 2016 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for parts of Kentucky affected by storms in early July. The White House said in a news release Friday that the declaration covers damage from storms, tornadoes,...
Former Students Sue Kentucky Catholic School Over Sexual, Racial Harassment
Aug 22 2016 // Three former students of a Catholic high school in Lexington, Ky., have sued the school, accusing administrators of failing to discipline those allegedly responsible for acts of sexual harassment and racial...
Kentucky Man Awarded $21M for ‘Unnecessary’ Heart Procedures by Hospital
Aug 18 2016 // A jury has determined that a hospital in London, Kentucky, and its parent company should pay $21.2 million to a Corbin man who received unnecessary heart procedures. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the jury ruled...
Kentucky Company Faces $320K Fine Over Worker Death
Aug 9 2016 // Federal regulators are proposing fines of more than $320,000 for safety violations for a Louisville, Ky., company whose employee died in a fatal fall in Illinois. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has...
2 Kentucky Farmers Plead Guilty to $1.1M in Crop Insurance Fraud
Aug 8 2016 // Two south-central Kentucky farmers have pleaded guilty to crop insurance fraud. The U.S. attorney’s office says 53-year-old David Manion and 48-year-old Henry Manion of Allen County admitted making false statements...
Kentucky Launches School Bus Safety Campaign Targeting Motorists
Aug 5 2016 // As a new school year approaches, billboards are going up in Kentucky to remind motorists to watch out for stopped school buses. The state Department of Education says about 45 billboards will warn of the danger of passing...
Kentucky Man Arrested for Theft of 10 Vehicles
Aug 2 2016 // An eastern Kentucky man accused of stealing 10 vehicles in a crime spree spanning less than two weeks has been arrested. Clay County Sheriff Kevin Johnson tells the Lexington Herald-Leader that the series of crimes...
Regulators Say Kentucky Mine Operator Negligence Caused Fatal Accident
Jul 25 2016 // Federal regulators have concluded that a Harlan County coal mine operator’s negligence resulted in a miner’s death earlier this year. A report issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration found that Lone...
National Weather Service Confirms 3 Tornadoes in Kentucky, West Virginia
Jul 7 2016 // Three tornadoes have been confirmed in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia from recent storms, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. After sending a team Tuesday to survey damage reports from Monday’s...
Police Searching for 2 Kentucky Men Accused of Stealing, Pawning Guitars
Jun 29 2016 // Police are looking for two Lexington, Ky., men charged with stealing guitars from music stores. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports arrest warrants have been issued for 37-year-old Jeremiah Hager and 35-year-old Jerason L....
Judge Dismisses Distillery’s Trademark Case Against University of Kentucky
Jun 27 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed an Appalachian distillery’s lawsuit in a trademark dispute with the University of Kentucky, but the moonshine maker vowed to fight on. The case pits the state’s flagship university...
University of Kentucky Developing Concussion Protocol for Jockeys
Jun 16 2016 // The University of Kentucky is developing the first ever concussion protocol for jockeys. The university announced a three-year study on Monday in partnership with the Jockeys’ Guild and several thoroughbred...
Kentucky Gov Ignores Court Order, Reorganizes Workers’ Comp Commission
Jun 14 2016 // Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin scrapped most current members of a powerful commission and replaced them with his own appointees for a second time, in spite of a judge’s order that temporarily blocked the...
