Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Supreme Court Denies Appeal of Kentucky Fen-Phen Lawyer
Dec 4 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear an appeal by a Kentucky lawyer accused of cheating clients out of millions of dollars paid in a settlement over the diet drug combination fen-phen. The high court, without...
Kentucky Testing Dam for Possible Earthquake Damage
Nov 28 2012 // Officials in eastern Kentucky are conducting tests on a dam to see if a recent 4.3 magnitude earthquake centered near Blackey enlarged the flow of a small stream at the bottom of the structure. Inspectors from the Kentucky...
Residents Near Kentucky Train Derailment Sue
Nov 27 2012 // Residents affected by a train derailment and fire that evacuated a small town near Louisville, Kentucky have filed a lawsuit against the railroad and cleanup contractors. The lawsuit is the first to be brought against...
Kentucky Mine Officials Face Prison
Nov 19 2012 // Plea agreements say two supervisors at an eastern Kentucky mine where a coal miner was killed last year knowingly violated federal safety laws. Accoording to the documents, Jefferson Davis and Joseph Miniard are planning...
Kentucky’s Nunn Found Liable for Wrongful Death in Insurance Examiner Killing
Nov 15 2012 // A former Kentucky lawmaker serving life in prison for killing his one-time fiancee has been found liable in a wrongful death civil lawsuit filed by the victim’s mother. The decision by Fayette Circuit Judge James...
Kentucky Earthquake Not Due to Mining: Geologist
Nov 14 2012 // Geologists say the 4.3 magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Kentucky last weekend was too deep to be induced by the region’s underground mining activity. The epicenter was about 10 miles west of Whitesburg, in the...
State Elections Wrapup: Some Partisan Realignment; 5 Incumbent Insurance Chiefs Win
Nov 8 2012 // Neil Alldredge has been searching for the unifying “theme” in the results of Nov. 6 state elections around the country but he says it has not been easy to identify one. As senior vice president for state and...
University to Study Safety Practices at Kentucky Horse Farms
Nov 6 2012 // A University of Kentucky professor has received a $1.4 million grant to conduct a multiyear study of health and safety practices of the Thoroughbred industry, which employs more than 10,000 people across Kentucky. Jennifer...
Kentucky Court Upholds Safety Law for Amish
Nov 5 2012 // The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld a state law requiring an Amish sect to post orange safety triangles on their buggies, although the ruling is irrelevant because lawmakers changed the law earlier this year. The high...
Kentucky Judge Grants Christians-Only Medi-Share Reprieve Until January
Nov 2 2012 // A Christians-only health insurance plan will be allowed to continue coverage for Kentucky members until Jan. 1. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate made that decision on Wednesday. It means some 800 Kentuckians...
Kentucky Cease Order for Christians-Only Health Plan Goes Into Effect
Nov 1 2012 // Members of a Christians-only health insurance plan will lose their coverage on Thursday under a judge’s order to cease operations. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate found that Medi-Share doesn’t...
Kentucky Urges Residents to Replace Medi-Share
Oct 22 2012 // Members of a Christians-only health insurance plan that has been ordered to cease operations in Kentucky should get different policies immediately, the state Department of Insurance advised. The move follows Franklin...
Kentucky Court: No WC Benefits for Unemployed Volunteer Firefighter
Oct 10 2012 // A Kentucky appellate court recently ruled that an injured volunteer firefighter is not eligible for permanent disability benefits because he had no “regular employment” — thus no average weekly wages with...
Kentucky Recommends Anthem Health Plan as Benchmark for Insurers
Oct 5 2012 // Kentucky has recommended that the Anthem Preferred Provider Organization serve as the benchmark plan for insurers in Kentucky under federal health care reforms. Anthem’s offerings would be the minimum level of...
Judge Shuts Down Christian Health Ministry Medi-Share in Kentucky
Oct 4 2012 // A Christians-only health care ministry must cease operations in Kentucky unless it can get regulatory approval from the state Department of Insurance, a judge ruled this week. The ruling by Franklin County Circuit Judge...
Kentucky’s New Mandatory Drug Tests Can Be Costly
Oct 2 2012 // Under a new law designed to curb prescription pill abuse, patients with long-term conditions requiring controlled substances have to submit to urine drug tests that aren’t always covered by insurance...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Costs Fall
Sep 10 2012 // Workers’ compensation loss costs in Kentucky are down for the seventh consecutive year. The loss cost figures show an average reduction of 7.9 percent for the 590 industrial classes used in Kentucky. These classes...
Group Cleaning Kentucky Superfund Site Sues Past Users
Sep 6 2012 // Companies, municipalities and universities in Kentucky that contributed to what was once one of the largest hazardous waste facilities in the United States should have to pay for its cleanup, the group managing what is now...
How Tornado Has Changed a Kentucky Town
Sep 6 2012 // Eddie and Sherri Granger’s new life running an antique store in West Liberty, Ky., collapsed in a heap of debris when a tornado demolished their nearly century-old building while tearing through this eastern Kentucky...
Kentucky Bill Would Allow Christian Ministry’s Medi-Share Plan
Sep 3 2012 // A Christians-only health care ministry that’s battling in court for the right to continue operating in Kentucky could get a reprieve from the Legislature. Sen. Tom Buford, chairman of the Senate Banking and Insurance...
