Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feds Declare Ky. a Natural Disaster Area Because of Drought
Oct 4 2007 // Kentucky farmers struggling to cope with a prolonged drought can seek emergency loans to help offset crop losses after state officials received word Tuesday of a federal disaster declaration due to the dry...
Allstate Insurance Co. Civil Trial Begins in Kentucky
Oct 2 2007 // A civil trial regarding Allstate Insurance Co.’s procedures for handling claims began in Fayette County Circuit Court this week. Geneva Hager, of Richmond, Ky., filed a $1.425 billion civil lawsuit claiming the...
Kentucky Gov. Receives National Highway Safety Award
Sep 28 2007 // Gov. Ernie Fletcher has won a national award for historic highway safety measures that have resulted in a decrease in traffic fatalities in Kentucky. Fletcher received the 2007 Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement...
Ky. Gov. Breaks Ground on New Highway, Enhances Safety
Sep 27 2007 // Gov. Ernie Fletcher joined state and local officials in Williamsburg, Ky., to break ground on the I-75/KY 92 interchange project – a long-awaited improvement that will mean greater safety and less traffic congestion...
Ky. Gov. Proposes Compromise for Medical Malpractice Cases
Sep 25 2007 // In a blunt assessment to fellow doctors, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Monday that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases are bleak because of resistance from some state lawmakers....
Kentucky’s Workers’ Compensation Rates Drop
Sep 19 2007 // A filing most Kentucky insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows another decrease in loss costs for 2007, according to Gov. Ernie Fletcher. The state Office of Insurance...
Gov. Fletcher Requests Federal Help for Ky. Farmers
Aug 31 2007 // Crop loss across Kentucky prompted by the third driest May through August in the past 113 years forced Gov. Ernie Fletcher to request U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster assistance for farmers across the...
Feds Release Final Report on Ky. Plane Crash that Killed 49
Aug 30 2007 // Federal investigators released their final report Tuesday on last summer’s deadly crash of a Comair flight in Kentucky, finding that the pilots were primarily responsible but making safety recommendations that extend...
Ratings Recap: Sompo (U.S.); Clarendon, Kentucky National
Aug 30 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to New York-based Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America (SJA)....
Ky. Comair Crash Survivor Sues Designer of Runway Lights
Aug 29 2007 // The sole survivor from the airliner that crashed after taking off from the wrong runway at Lexington, Ky.’s Blue Grass Airport, killing 49 people, is suing the company that designed the runway and taxiway...
Former Ky. Insurance Executive Director Leaves Medicaid Post
Aug 23 2007 // The head of Kentucky’s Medicaid program is stepping down at the end of the month after a little more than a year on the job. Kentucky Medicaid Commissioner Glenn Jennings, 56, will be replaced by Shawn Crouch after...
Runaway Truck Crashes into Kentucky Air National Guard Building
Aug 21 2007 // A runaway cement truck slammed into a Kentucky Air National Guard building that was unoccupied at the time, authorities said. The truck came to a stop inside the building in South Louisville about 5:30 a.m. on Aug 16,...
Flaming Ky.-Ill. Railroad Bridge Requires Creativity to Put Out
Aug 21 2007 // A fire on a railroad track crossing the Ohio River left Kentucky and Illinois firefighters with a conundrum. They were surrounded by water, but it wasn’t close enough to the flaming crossties on the Canadian National...
Comair Names Federal Government, Ky. Airport in Lawsuits
Aug 16 2007 // Comair has named the federal government, Blue Grass Airport and an airport administrator in federal lawsuits filed against the airline by families of victims of last year’s fatal crash in Kentucky. Comair spokeswoman...
Official Blames Safety Flaws in U.S. Aviation System for Comair Crash
Aug 15 2007 // A lead investigator of last summer’s deadly Comair plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people says the accident exposed “latent failures” across the nation’s aviation system. In an eight-page...
Ky. Appeals Court Orders Resentencing for Former Kelco Executive
Aug 10 2007 // A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the resentencing of a former Kentucky executive convicted in an insurance fraud case but upheld a 10-year sentence for the company’s CEO. The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of...
Rising Motorcycle Deaths Spur Kentucky Safety Campaign
Aug 8 2007 // A spike in motorcycle fatalities this summer has prompted the Kentucky State Police to mount a campaign focusing on safety. Patrick McCabe had his third motorcycle accident this past May, a crash in which he fractured...
Ky. Coal Miner Who Spoke Out About Safety Claiming Discrimination
Aug 7 2007 // An eastern Kentucky coal miner claims he has been targeted by a Virginia company because he spoke out against unsafe working conditions at one of the company’s mines. Charles Howard, of Roxana, filed a complaint with...
Kentucky Regulator Wins First Professional Designation
Aug 7 2007 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has awarded its first professional designation to Kathy Horsley of the Kentucky Office of Insurance. Horsley earned the Associate Professional of Insurance Regulation...
Subsidiary of Fla.’s Brown & Brown Acquires Kentucky Firm
Aug 2 2007 // A subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc., acquired the assets of Weilage Benefit Specialists Inc., of Louisville, Ky., according to Brown & Brown Regional Executive Vice President J. Scott Penny. Weilage...
