Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Governor Declares State of Emergency From Severe Flooding
Jul 16 2015 // Floodwaters that rushed through eastern Kentucky left one dead and seven unaccounted for as search teams combed the hilly Appalachian terrain Tuesday, with the threat of more floods bearing down on rescue...
Couples Sue Kentucky Clerk Denying Gay-Marriage Licenses
Jul 6 2015 // Four Kentucky couples are suing a clerk who is refusing to issue gay-marriage licenses – or any marriage licenses at all – following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a legal right to...
New Booster Seat Requirements Take Effect in Kentucky
Jun 29 2015 // Kentucky’s new booster seat law is going into effect, and officials are reminding motorists to make sure young passengers meet the new requirements. The old law required children younger than 7 years and 40 to 50...
Kentucky Sewer District Approves $1M for Flood Buyouts
Jun 26 2015 // The Louisville, Ky., Metropolitan Sewer District board has approved $1 million of a proposed $3 million settlement in an effort to buy out a group of repeated flood victims, while Metro Council leadership and Mayor Greg...
West Virginia Looks to Tackle Highest Drug Overdose Rate in Nation
Jun 19 2015 // West Virginia has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the U.S., according to a report released this week, further spotlighting Appalachia’s festering drug abuse problem that is also fueling a rise in hepatitis C...
Thousands of Kentucky Festival Fans Want Refunds After Music Acts are No-Shows
Jun 18 2015 // Thousands of people are demanding refunds after the Midwest Urban Expo and Music Fest at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky., did not deliver acts as promised. WAVE-TV reports organizers of the June 13 event promised to...
Family of Man Killed at Kentucky ‘Racing Experience’ Speedway Files Lawsuit
Jun 12 2015 // The family of a 30-year-old amateur driver killed in a crash at Kentucky Speedway last year filed a lawsuit, alleging that the racecar’s steering wheel broke off in his hands as he roared around the track at more...
Growth Business: Helping Insurers Recoup Personal Injury Medical Costs
Jun 11 2015 // George Rawlings grabs a stack of computer printouts and stretches them six feet across his office, admiring data from police reports of Florida auto accidents: the names of those hurt and the severity of their...
Migrant Workers File Lawsuits Against Kentucky Tobacco Farms
Jun 1 2015 // Lawsuits filed against five Kentucky tobacco farms claim they exploited migrant workers by paying substandard wages, providing squalid housing and threatening some with jail or deportation if they complained. The...
Business Moves
Jun 1 2015 // Confie Seguros Confie Seguros, based in Huntington Beach, Calif., has acquired three new insurance brokerages in Buffalo, N.Y. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Confie acquired three agencies all providing auto...
Rental Company Sues Kentucky County for Unpaid Bills from 2012 Tornado Recovery
May 28 2015 // An eastern Kentucky county ravaged by a 2012 tornado is being sued for nearly $1 million by a Lexington company that provided rented trailers, generators, all-terrain vehicles and other equipment after the deadly twister...
Prosecutors Say Ex-Security Guard Helped Thieves in Kentucky Bourbon Theft Ring
May 21 2015 // The alleged head of a bourbon theft ring recruited a security guard and paid her $800 to look the other way as thieves spirited away thousands of dollars’ worth of whiskey from a Kentucky distillery, prosecutors said...
Man Files Lawsuit Claiming Cancer Institute in Kentucky Lost Piece of His Brain
May 20 2015 // A man has filed a lawsuit against Norton Healthcare in Kentucky, claiming employees lost a piece of his brain after surgery. The Courier-Journal reports 72-year-old Fred Habermel underwent surgery at Norton Cancer...
Kentucky City Settles with Paramedic Fired for Criticizing Mayor on Facebook
May 15 2015 // The city of Somerset, Ky., has settled with a paramedic who filed suit claiming she was fired from her job for criticizing the mayor in a Facebook post. Crystal Norton was reinstated to her job and received nearly $26,000...
Richmond Insurance Agency of Kentucky joins Keystone Insurers Group
May 13 2015 // Keystone Insurers Group is continuing its expansion in Kentucky with the addition of a new franchise partner in Maysville. Richmond Insurance Agency of Kentucky is the 25th independent insurance agency in the state to join...
Arrests Made in Kentucky Bourbon Theft Ring
May 11 2015 // Two people have pleaded guilty in connection with a central Kentucky bourbon theft ring. Franklin County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Zach Becker told The State Journal that Michael Shaun Ballard and Ronnie Lee...
Louisville Ordinance Prevents Kentucky Homeowners from Repairing Flooded Homes
May 7 2015 // Gerald and Nancy Barton are in a fix. After an April 3 storm flooded their Louisville, Ky., home, they had to tear out the floorboards and the bottom half of the wallboards. But they can’t get the permits they need...
Sheriff: Multiple Suspects May be Behind Stolen Kentucky Bourbon
Apr 17 2015 // Whoever stole five heavy barrels of Wild Turkey bourbon from a Kentucky warehouse may have taken a lot more liquor than previously thought and the case could result in multiple indictments, according to the sheriff...
Fire at Kentucky Water Treatment Plant Leads to Sewage Spill in Ohio River
Apr 13 2015 // More than 100 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled into the Ohio River in southern Louisville, Ky., after a fire disabled a water treatment plant last week. Metropolitan Sewer District spokesman Steve Tedder told...
Kentucky Resident Files Lawsuit Over GE Fire at Appliance Park
Apr 9 2015 // A lawsuit has been filed against General Electric over a fire at its Appliance Park last week. The Courier-Journal says the lawsuit was filed Monday in Jefferson County Circuit Court by a resident who lives near the...
