Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Ex-Lawmaker Nunn Pleads Guilty in Insurance Worker Murder
Jun 29 2011 // An attorney for Steve Nunn says the former state lawmaker has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-fiance and has received a sentence of life without parole. Nunn entered the plea Tuesday morning in Fayette Circuit Court in...
Kentucky’s Churchill Downs Assessing Tornado Damage
Jun 24 2011 // A possible tornado damaged several horse barns at Churchill Downs, prompting track officials to temporarily halt races Thursday at the famed Kentucky Derby horse track. Some horses have been moved to private farms,...
3 Men Rescued from Collapsed Kentucky Mine
Jun 22 2011 // Three men who spent more than half a day trapped underground in a flooded southeastern Kentucky coal mine waded out and were on their way home after just a quick hospital evaluation. Relief was on the faces of Pernell...
Kentucky County Halts Program for Uninsured Drivers
Jun 14 2011 // Judges in Kentucky’s Jefferson County have stopped a program giving drivers without insurance a way to avoid a hefty fine because court officials say it nearly impossible to monitor the growing number of...
Keystone Insurers Adds 22nd Kentucky Agency
May 23 2011 // Linville Insurance Agency Inc. of Berea has become Keystone Insurers Group’s newest franchise partner in Kentucky. This brings the total number of Keystone’s franchises in the state to 22. The agency has...
Kentucky Streamlines Agent Licensing for Veterans
May 16 2011 // Members of the armed services will find it easier to keep or obtain an insurance agent’s license under a new law approved by Kentucky lawmakers. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has signed into law HB 301 that...
Kentucky Suburb to Charge Insurers Fee for Fire Service
May 13 2011 // A suburban fire department in Louisville, Ky. will begin charging a fee to battle most blazes later this summer. Lyndon will charge a homeowner’s or business’ insurance company as part of a new...
Kentucky to Streamline Agents’ Licenses for Veterans
May 4 2011 // Members of the armed services and their sponsors will find it easier to keep or obtain an agent’s license under a new law approved by Kentucky lawmakers. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has signed into law HB 301...
Kentucky Forest Fire Season Ends
May 3 2011 // The spring forest fire season in Kentucky has officially come to an end. The state Division of Forestry says fire hazard season ended April 30, but they urge Kentucky residents to use caution. The statement says although...
Orange Triangles Pit Safety Against Religion in Kentucky
Apr 4 2011 // An argument over whether a state law requiring bright orange safety triangles to be displayed on certain slow-moving vehicles violates religious freedom came before the Kentucky Court of Appeals. A lawyer for nine Amish...
Court Allows ‘Fat Slob’ Arrest Lawsuit Against Kentucky City
Mar 31 2011 // Calling a police officer a “fat slob” is not an offense that can usually get someone charged, a federal appeals court ruled recently, allowing a lawsuit over the arrest to go forward. Kenneth Kennedy’s...
Conway to Manage Kentucky for Wells Fargo Insurance
Mar 30 2011 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc. has named Patrick Conway as managing director of its insurance operations in Kentucky. Working with local offices and bank partners, Conway will manage distribution of the...
More Than 200 Kentucky Dams Rated High Hazard
Mar 29 2011 // More than 200 of Kentucky’s 1,000 dams in Kentucky are considered high hazards, which threaten property, people and animals if breached. Marilyn Thomas, environmental engineer consultant for the Dam Safety Branch of...
Designated Driver Services Steering Drinkers to Safety
Mar 21 2011 // The evolution of the cab has come. Those who enjoy a night of drinking can now hire a company to give them rides home in their own car instead of in one of the yellow checkered variety. Leaders of BeMyDD, or Be My...
Kentucky to Penalize Lawyers Who Solicit Auto Accident Victims
Mar 16 2011 // Nearing the close of its regular legislative session, Kentucky lawmakers enacted bills designed to crack down on fraudulent auto personal insurance claims and bring the state in line with new federal tax requirements for...
Kentucky Condo Owners Await Ruling Over Shoddy Construction
Mar 15 2011 // A group of condominium owners in northern Kentucky is hoping a judge’s ruling will give them an opportunity to collect several million dollars from a defunct construction company they say did shoddy work on their...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Panel Hit Over Adviser
Mar 7 2011 // An audit has found the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission paid about $510,000 to a private financial adviser when the law requires it to use state-employed advisers. State auditor Crit Luallen said the...
Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Panel Criticized Over Outside Adviser
Feb 22 2011 // An audit has found the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Funding Commission paid about $510,000 to a private financial adviser when the law requires it to use state-employed advisers. Auditor Crit Luallen said the...
Brown & Brown Names 4 Regional Vice Presidents
Feb 7 2011 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has named regional vice presidents in Washington, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. Eric E. Anderson, Anthony M. Grippa, Thomas Keith Huval and Richard A. Knudson,...
Kentucky’s Neace Lukens Acquires Ohio’s Lent Agency
Jan 26 2011 // Neace Lukens, a Louisville, Kentucky based brokerage firm, recently acquired the Lent Agency, a Dayton, Ohio insurance agency. The merger will add 12 Lent Agency employees, including four producers, to the Neace Lukens...
