Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky-Based Humana to Lay Off More Than 800 Employees
Oct 31 2019 // A health insurance provider says it’s laying off more than 800 people. The Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana announced Monday it’d be cutting 2% of its workforce by the end of the year, with some employees...
Kentucky Officials Warn of Growing Number of Vaping-Related Illnesses
Oct 18 2019 // The Kentucky Department for Public Health said last week it is monitoring a growing number of cases of illness related to e-cigarette use or vaping. The commissioner for the Department for Public Health, Dr. Angela...
Kentucky Launches ‘Buckle Up Phone Down’ Highway Safety Campaign
Oct 10 2019 // Highway safety officials in Kentucky have launched a campaign aimed at preventing traffic crashes by encouraging motorists to buckle up and put down their phones. The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety launched the...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Garrett-Stotz Co. of Kentucky
Oct 9 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Louisville, Kentucky-based Garrett-Stotz Co. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1931, Garrett-Stotz Company is a full-service commercial and personal lines...
Kentucky Zoo Pouring Thousands into Solving Sinkhole Issue
Oct 4 2019 // A Kentucky zoo has spent thousands on a sinkhole about as wide as a football field, but still hasn’t settled on a long-term plan for the problem. Louisville Zoo Director John Walczak tells the Courier Journal the zoo...
Report: Kentucky Coal Miner Crushed by 2,000-Pound Rock
Oct 1 2019 // A federal report says failure to control parts of a Kentucky coal mine led to the death of a miner crushed by a 2,000-pound piece of rock and coal. A U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration report says 48-year-old Felix...
Favorable Results Bring FCCI Insurance Dividends for Indiana/Kentucky Contractors
Sep 18 2019 // FCCI Insurance Group reported it has awarded a dividend based on favorable results for its Contractors Select program with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana/Kentucky. The program is designed to reward...
Kentucky Orders Coal, Construction Firms to Comply With Worker Wage Bond Law
Sep 12 2019 // The Kentucky Labor Cabinet has sent letters to coal and construction companies that might be in violation of a state law that requires a bond to cover employee wages. The Herald-Leader reports that over the last few weeks,...
Kentucky Coal Miner Dies in Accident
Sep 10 2019 // A coal miner has died from injuries suffered in an accident at a western Kentucky mine. A statement from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet says 39-year-old Jeremy Elder of Providence died Thursday from critical...
Kentucky to Receive Nearly $31.5M in Federal Funds to Combat Opioid Abuse
Sep 10 2019 // Kentucky will receive a big infusion of federal funds to reinforce efforts to combat the state’s addiction woes from the opioid epidemic. The assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comes a...
Kentucky Hospitals Sue Opioid Makers
Sep 9 2019 // A group of Kentucky hospitals is suing dozens of opioid makers and distributors saying the companies misrepresented the benefits and dangers of the painkiller. The complaint filed in Warren County Circuit Court in...
Kentucky-Based ClearPath Mutual Appoints Fallahay, Korsan as VPs
Sep 5 2019 // The Board of Directors of ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has appointed Kevin Fallahay as the company’s vice president of Claims, and Robert Korsan as the vice president of Underwriting. Fallahay previously held the...
Report: Gas Pipeline That Caused Explosion in Kentucky Has History of Deadly Accidents
Aug 26 2019 // A natural gas pipeline in Kentucky that exploded this month and killed one person has a history of deadly accidents. The Courier Journal reports six people in Kentucky and nine people in total have died in gas explosions...
Authorities Investigate String of Arson Fires in Kentucky Neighborhood
Aug 23 2019 // A string of fires in a western Kentucky neighborhood has left authorities wondering if they’re all related. News outlets report four fires in the past week have occurred in the Pleasant Ridge area and three of the...
At Least 17 Injured in Kentucky Crash Between Truck and Greyhound Bus
Aug 19 2019 // A fire department in Kentucky says a collision between a commercial truck and a Greyhound bus has left at least 17 people injured. WKYT-TV reports Greyhound bus 1104 traveling from Atlanta to Cincinnati when it crashed...
Kentucky Jury Rejects Talc Powder Asbestos Claims Against J&J, Colgate
Aug 6 2019 // Johnson & Johnson and Colgate-Palmolive Co. persuaded a Kentucky jury to reject claims that asbestos in the companies’ talc-based products was responsible for a woman’s death. Jurors in a Louisville state...
Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Pleads Guilty in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 5 2019 // A tobacco farmer in Kentucky has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false claims on crop insurance policies. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Keith A. Foley submitted the plea July 22 and admitted to fraud totaling...
ISMIE Mutual to Offer Medical PL Coverage to Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association
Aug 5 2019 // ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. has formed an affinity program partnership with the Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association (KOMA). Through the program, KOMA members will receive access to ISMIE’s risk management...
Gas Line Explosion in Kentucky Neighborhood Kills 1, Ignites Homes
Aug 1 2019 // A gas line explosion shortly after midnight on Thursday in a residential community in rural Kentucky sent up a ball of flame that could be seen for miles, killing one person and setting several houses on fire, a local...
Kentucky Teen’s $250M Defamation Suit Against Washington Post Dismissed
Jul 31 2019 // A federal judge has thrown out a Kentucky teen’s lawsuit accusing the Washington Post of falsely labeling him a racist following an encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial. Nicholas Sandmann, a...
