Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Director Visits Kentucky Area Still Recovering From Ice Storm
Feb 6 2009 // When O’Neill Lawrence returned from a supply run to his western Kentucky farm in Leitchfield, Kentucky, on Wednesday, he met FEMA’s top official at his gate. One of thousands without electricity more than a...
Kentucky Governor to Seek Major Disaster Aid Due to Ice Storm
Feb 4 2009 // Gov. Steve Beshear says he will ask President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster in Kentucky, which will open the state to immediate federal financial assistance in the wake of last week’s devastating ice...
FEMA Under Scrutiny for Ice Storm Response in Kentucky
Feb 4 2009 // In the first real test of the Obama administration’s ability to respond to a disaster, Kentucky officials are giving the federal government good marks for its response to a deadly ice storm. Yet more than 300,000...
Kentucky Reeling from Ice Storm; Slow FEMA Response Hit
Feb 2 2009 // In some parts of rural Kentucky, they’re getting water the old-fashioned way — with pails from a creek. There’s not room for one more sleeping bag on the shelter floor. The creative are flushing their...
Kentucky Miner’s Widow Seeks $37 Million in Damages
Feb 2 2009 // The widow of an eastern Kentucky coal miner who died on the job last year has sued one of the nation’s largest coal companies for more than $37 million in damages. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that an attorney...
Kentucky Experiences Minor Quake
Jan 30 2009 // In the midst of a winter storm that has left hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians without electricity, a minor earthquake has hit in southeastern Kentucky. The University of Kentucky’s Kentucky Geological Survey Web...
Salmonella Outbreak Exposes Gaps in Peanut Product Inspection Process
Jan 30 2009 // Food regulators didn’t consider salmonella a threat to most peanut products before they traced an outbreak to a peanut butter plant in Georgia two years ago. Officials in the nation’s top peanut-producing state...
ACE Makes High Net Worth Policy Available in Kentucky, Ohio
Jan 29 2009 // ACE Private Risk Services has expanded the availability of its ACE Platinum Portfolio policy to Kentucky and Ohio. Launched in May 2008 and sold through independent agents and brokers, the new product is designed to meet...
Kentucky Schools to Discuss Athlete Safety Following Player’s Death
Jan 28 2009 // A medical committee that makes recommendations to Kentucky high school athletics officials meets Thursday to discuss athlete safety. The discussion follows the death of Pleasure Ridge Park High School football player Max...
Kentucky Bank Sues Merrill Lynch for $40 Million Over Investment Losses
Jan 12 2009 // Kentucky’s largest state-chartered bank has sued Merrill Lynch for $40 million over failed securities bought through the investment firm. Pikeville-based Community Trust Bank filed the suit in federal court on New...
Kentucky Police Use Computer Program to Track Stolen Property
Dec 30 2008 // A computer program is helping western Kentucky police track down stolen property that’s been sold to pawn shops. Paducah’s five pawn shops submit records of transactions, including serial numbers of items...
Kentucky Man, Already in Prison, Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Dec 16 2008 // A Kentucky man already in prison on federal charges related to unlawful harboring and employment of illegal aliens has pleaded guilty to an insurance fraud charge after lying to his workers’ compensation carrier...
Kentucky County’s Insurer Pays $2.1 Million to Settle Crash Suit
Dec 8 2008 // Garrard County’s insurance company has paid $2.1 million to the estate of a central Kentucky man killed in a fiery car crash involving a former a county employee. The Advocate-Messenger reports the lawsuit was filed...
Business Moves
Nov 30 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher The HR Group International insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired The HR Group, LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The HR Group...
Madrid Zone Earthquake Study a Wake-Up Call for Tennessee, Other States
Nov 30 2008 // A new federal study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone predicts Tennessee would see the highest level of damage if there is a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The study notes that the total economic impact of a series of NMSZ...
Business Moves
Nov 30 2008 // Brown & Brown, Conner Strong Florida- based Brown & Brown Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the small business insurance unit of Conner Strong Companies, Inc., which is headquartered in Cherry Hill, New Jersey....
Court Lets Kentucky Sex Abuse Case Against Vatican Proceed
Nov 26 2008 // A lawsuit against the Vatican alleging top church officials should have warned the public or authorities of known or suspected sexual abuse of children by priests here can go ahead, a federal appeals court in Kentucky...
Six Flags Amusement Park Settles Kentucky Teenager’s Accident Case
Nov 24 2008 // An amusement park said it has reached a settlement with the family of a Louisville teenager whose feet were severed when a thrill ride malfunctioned last year. Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom said the settlement would provide...
Kentucky’s HopFed Bank Gets Preliminary Approval for Bailout Funds
Nov 21 2008 // Kentucky’s HopFed Bancorp, Inc., holding company for Heritage Bank and Fall & Fall Insurance, reports it has been preliminarily approved to participate in the U.S. Department of Treasury Capital Purchase Program...
Kentucky Revs Up Insurance for Low-Speed Electric Vehicles
Nov 16 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed legislation directing the state’s transportation department to develop standards to authorize the operation of low speed electric vehicles on Kentucky highways. Sharon P....
