Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Bill to Trim State OSHA Agency Powers Now on the Governor’s Desk
Mar 18 2025 // The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, a non-profit advocacy group, is sounding the alarm about a Kentucky bill that was passed swiftly this month and is now on the governor’s desk. If signed into...
At Least 8 Killed in Kentucky With Heavy Flooding, Winds in Region
Feb 18 2025 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — At least nine people have died in the most recent round of harsh weather to pummel the U.S., including eight people in Kentucky who died as creeks swelled from heavy rain and water covered...
Tornadoes Kill 2, Injure 3 in East Tennessee, With Flooding in WV, Kentucky
Feb 10 2025 // WARTBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Two tornadoes moved through eastern Tennessee, leaving a mother and daughter dead and injuring three other people, officials said Friday. A mother and daughter from the same household were killed...
Jack Daniel’s Parent Firm to Cut Workforce, Close Barrel Plant in Kentucky
Jan 16 2025 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it’s reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing its hometown barrel-making plant in Louisville. The cost-cutting moves come as...
Kentucky AG Settles Opioid Suit vs. The Kroger Co. for $110 Million
Jan 13 2025 // Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state’s attorney general said Thursday. The state will use...
Kentucky Supreme Court Overturns Escape Clause Meaning, Affirms Roof Collapse
Dec 23 2024 // Two Kentucky Supreme Court rulings handed down last week emphasize how important it can be to have clearly worded insurance policies, including exclusions and excess and escape clauses, particularly in high-dollar...
Toyota to Add $922M Paint Facility at Large Kentucky Complex
Dec 17 2024 // GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Toyota plans to build a new paint facility as part of a $922 million investment at its factory complex in Georgetown, Kentucky, making it the second big addition announced this year at the...
Worker Rescued From Rubble After Construction Accident in Kentucky
Nov 18 2024 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Firefighters in Kentucky’s largest city rescued a construction worker on a demolition team who fell into a void Thursday and became trapped in rubble, requiring a tedious, hours-long...
Head of Kentucky Plant Says Company Will Cover Damages After Blast
Nov 18 2024 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The president of a Kentucky plant that exploded earlier this week said the company is accountable for the accident and will pay damages to residents affected by the blast. “First and...
Kentucky Factory Neighbors Cite Years of Odors Before Deadly Explosion
Nov 15 2024 // For years, neighbors who lived near a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, complained amongst themselves and to local officials about a variety of strange smells coming from the plant, which produces colorings for food and...
Kentucky Sheriff Charged With Shooting of Judge Inside Courthouse
Sep 20 2024 // A Kentucky judge is dead and the county sheriff is in jail, charged with shooting the judge multiple times Thursday inside the courthouse. Local and national News outlets reported that Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines...
PCF Brokerage Buys Part of Kentucky Health Solutions in 14th Acquisition This Year
Aug 30 2024 // PCF Insurance Services, a large U.S. brokerage handling commercial and personal lines, life and health, workers’ compensation and employee benefits, has acquired the insurance business of Kentucky Health...
Kentucky DOI Gets New Vendor on Prelicensing, CE Services
Jun 27 2024 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has a new vendor on continuing education and prelicensing services: PSI Services. Prometric, the previous vendor, is no longer accepting education course and instructor reviews, the DOI...
Kentucky Governor Unveils Plan to Boost Rental Housing Amid Shortage
Jun 5 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said this week that a rental housing shortage has gnawed at him since the recovery began from a terrifying tornado outbreak that hit western parts of the state in late...
Tennessee, Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Sentenced for Second Crop Insurance Fraud
May 31 2024 // A Kentucky tobacco farmer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to crop insurance fraud, eight years after he was convicted of similar crimes. David Manion, 61, who resides in...
Kentucky Families Struggling After Being Hit Second Time by Tornadoes
May 30 2024 // BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson’s life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend — on the same lot in Kentucky where another storm left him homeless in...
Latest Texas Storms Bring Damaging Winds, Baseball-Sized Hail
May 30 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and about 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe...
Kentucky, Alabama Towns Dealing with Tornado Damage, Florida Feeling Record Heat
May 29 2024 // The latest community left with shattered homes and no power was the tiny Kentucky town of Charleston, which took a direct hit Sunday night from a tornado that the governor said appeared to be on the ground for 40 miles (64...
Tornado, Winds Again Pound Kentucky, Leaving 5 Deaths, Heavy Damage
May 28 2024 // The same weather system that spawned deadly tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas also killed five people in western Kentucky and left hundreds of properties damaged. Local news reports said that people died in Mercer...
Storms Leave 15 Dead, Hundreds Injured in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
May 28 2024 // VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop...
