Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Woman to Repay $69,414 in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 7 2008 // A Marion, Ky., woman must repay $69,414 after receiving and cashing disability benefit checks for almost four years after the insured’s death, according to Kentucky Office of Insurance. According to Lyon Circuit...
Feds Open Center in Southern Ky. to Help Tornado Victims
Feb 29 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency opened a center in southern Kentucky about a mile from where a winter storms tore apart homes and killed four people earlier this month. FEMA workers are at a Mobile Disaster...
Vandals Cause $13,000 Damage at Schoool in Louisville, Ky.
Feb 27 2008 // Vandals caused about $13,000 in damage to a Louisville, Ky., school and closed classes while crews cleaned up the mess. Louisville police say students at DeSales High School stayed home Monday after vandals sprayed fire...
Kentucky Woman Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Case
Feb 26 2008 // A Floyd County, Ky., woman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor insurance fraud charge after lying about her husband’s employment history during a workers’ compensation hearing, according to the Kentucky Office of...
9 Kentucky Counties Receive Federal Disaster Relief
Feb 25 2008 // President Bush has issued a major disaster declaration for parts of Kentucky hit by severe storms earlier this month. The White House said that the declaration covers nine counties. Some of the areas were struck by deadly...
Aviation Officials Say Kentucky Ruling Could Jeopardize Safety Reporting
Feb 22 2008 // A judge’s controversial ruling in a Kentucky plane crash liability case has sparked concern across the aviation industry about the long-term survival of a popular program that allows air travel workers to privately...
Kentucky Office of Workers’ Claims Receives New Director
Feb 20 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear appointed Dwight T. Lovan as Executive Director of the Office of Workers’ Claims. Lovan, 57, previously worked as an attorney for Jones, Walters, Turner & Shelton in Owensboro,...
Kentucky Insurance Teams Visiting Areas Hit by Storms
Feb 12 2008 // On Monday, members of the Kentucky Office of Insurance Emergency Response Team began visiting areas hardest hit by the recent severe weather. KOI representatives will be available in storm-damaged communities in and around...
Kentucky: Families of Bardstown Fire Victims Suing Cigarette Maker
Feb 4 2008 // Relatives of 10 people killed in a house fire in Bardstown, Ky., last year have filed a lawsuit that names a cigarette company and a furniture maker. The suit alleges the two companies, Altria Group and Jackson Furniture...
Ky. Measure Would Ease Safety Requirements for Some Surface Mines
Jan 25 2008 // Kentucky’s smallest coal companies would get a reprieve from a year-old mine safety law under legislation pending in the General Assembly. The measure would relieve companies that employ fewer than 10 miners from...
Ky. Towns Plans to Bill Out-of-Town Drivers Blamed for Traffic Accidents
Jan 25 2008 // The self-proclaimed “Friendship City” has decided it’s tired of being a doormat for motorists from neighboring communities. When police in this Cincinnati suburb respond to an accident in which an...
Fire, Explosions Reported at Louisville, Ky. Chemical Plant
Jan 17 2008 // A Kentucky chemical plant was evacuated Tuesday following a fire and a series of explosions, but no injuries were reported, the company said. The blaze was reported about 10 a.m. EST at the BASF Corp. plant, which makes...
Kentucky Woman Charged with Insurance Fraud
Jan 17 2008 // An Irvine, Ky., woman is facing six felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly filing false statements related to her long-term disability benefits. Treva Caton, 60, began receiving disability benefits in 1984...
Tornado in Ky. Brings $500,000 in Damage
Jan 15 2008 // Weather officials have confirmed a tornado touched down and caused damage last week in south central Kentucky. A storm survey team with the National Weather Service rated the tornado an EF-1, with maximum wind speeds of...
Kentucky County Loses Second Courthouse to Arson
Jan 13 2008 // A fire that nearly destroyed a western Kentucky courthouse was an arson, the second time this county’s courthouse was set ablaze on purpose, according to officials. The fire at the Carlisle County Courthouse started...
Kentucky Reports First Mining Death of 2008
Jan 10 2008 // Kentucky is reporting the nation’s first mine death of 2008. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says an eastern Kentucky coal truck driver died Tuesday at Blue Ridge surface mine in Perry County. The mine...
Kentucky Insurance Agent Arrested on Fraud Charges
Jan 8 2008 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance Fraud Division arrested a Somerset, Ky., insurance agent last month following an indictment on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud and four felony counts of possession of a forged...
Ky. Insurance Officer Elected to National Insurance Filing Board
Jan 8 2008 // Tracy J. Bertram, a Campbellsville, Ky., native and director of the Kentucky Office of Insurance Property and Casualty Division, has been elected to the board of directors for the national System for Electronic Rate and...
3rd Fire in 4 Years at Kentucky Horse Barn, Arson not Suspected
Jan 7 2008 // A fire at a barn in western Kentucky killed six horses, though rescuers were able to save 19 from the blaze. The fire at the former Riverside Downs in Henderson was extinguished by Friday evening. State police are...
Police Update: Fire that Gutted Kentucky Courthouse was Arson
Jan 7 2008 // Officials in western Kentucky now say arson is to blame for the fire last week that nearly destroyed the Carlisle County Courthouse. The investigation is still under way. The fire started early on the morning of Dec. 26....
