Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Marina Damaged by Large Fire
May 22 2019 // A large fire has damaged a Lake Cumberland marina in southern Kentucky. News outlets report the fire at Conley Bottom Resort in Monticello started around 2 a.m. Monday. Firefighters say no one was injured. Marina co-owner...
More States Could Settle Opioid Suits in Wake of West Virginia’s McKesson Deal
May 6 2019 // McKesson Corp.’s settlement of an opioid lawsuit with West Virginia — the state with the highest U.S. rate of drug-overdose deaths — may encourage other states to seek quick cash to cope with the rising...
Audit Criticizes Spending Practices of Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Execs
Apr 23 2019 // The governing board of Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance has recommended that its chief executive take a pay cut and lose his long-term job contract in favor of year-to-year probation. The Lexington Herald-Leader...
States Treat Electric Scooters as Bikes Even as Injuries Appear to Rise
Apr 1 2019 // Kentucky state Rep. Ken Upchurch says he doubts he will ever see an electric scooter in his rural district on the state’s southern border, but he was happy to help when a lobbyist for Bird Rides Inc. asked him to...
Kentucky Investigating Drug Overcharges by Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Mar 25 2019 // Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear said on Thursday he had launched an investigation into allegations that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) had overcharged state health insurance programs for drugs and discriminated...
Mine Worker Advocates Worried Coal Firm’s Tax Cut Jeopardizes Black Lung Fund
Mar 22 2019 // The Trump administration and coal industry allies are insisting that a federal black lung trust fund will continue to pay benefits to sick miners despite a drastic cut in funding. But the expected shortfalls will be...
Kentucky Court Overturns $21M Judgement in Helicopter Crash Case
Mar 20 2019 // The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a $21.7 million judgment against a helicopter company regarding a crash that killed three people. Three people died in June 2013 when an air ambulance crashed as it was...
More Tornadoes Hit Southeast, Cause Damage in Kentucky, Alabama
Mar 18 2019 // The National Weather Service has confirmed at least six tornados hit Alabama on Thursday. The National Weather Service in Birmingham on Saturday posted ongoing damage survey reports. The number of confirmed tornados could...
CNN Hit With $275M Defamation Suit by Kentucky Student
Mar 13 2019 // A Kentucky teenager sued CNN on Tuesday for defamation, saying the cable network falsely conveyed to viewers that he was the “face of an unruly hate mob” confronting a Native American activist at the Lincoln...
Kentucky Gov., Attorney General Opioid Lawsuit Battle Goes to State Supreme Court
Mar 12 2019 // A feud between Kentucky’s top two elected officials – and potential adversaries in this year’s governor’s race – spilled over into the state Supreme Court on Thursday as lawyers argued about who...
Landslides in Cincinnati Area Likely to Become More Common
Mar 11 2019 // When Tom Gerrein left for Mass on Easter Sunday in 2010, he had a flat backyard. When he returned home, he did not. Tom and his wife, Kathy, walked behind their house in Bellevue, Kentucky, and there it was. A landslide...
Kentucky Senate Advances First-Time DUI Offender Ignition Interlock Bill
Mar 11 2019 // Prospects for a bill supported by bourbon producers and Mothers Against Drunk Driving improved Wednesday when Kentucky lawmakers reversed course to advance the proposal aimed at increasing the use of a device that blocks a...
120K Gallons of Whiskey Spilled, 2 Injured at Kentucky Distillery
Mar 8 2019 // Roughly 120,000 gallons (454,000 liters) of would-be bourbon have spilled at a Kentucky distillery. News outlets report two people were injured in the fermented mash spill Tuesday at the Barton 1792 Distillery in...
Football Field-Sized Sinkhole Discovered at Kentucky Zoo
Mar 8 2019 // A Kentucky zoo has closed while engineers study a newly discovered sinkhole nearly as large as a football field. Louisville Zoo spokeswoman Kyle Shepherd told news outlets the sinkhole was found Wednesday in an undeveloped...
California Track Cancels Racing After 21 Horses Die in 2 Months
Mar 7 2019 // Santa Anita racetrack in California has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months. Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, which owns...
Kentucky Governor Declares State of Emergency After Storms
Feb 28 2019 // Heavy rainfall and extensive flooding have prompted Kentucky’s Republican governor to declare a state of emergency. Gov. Matt Bevin issued the executive order on Monday. The governor’s office says the order...
Several Days of Heavy Rains Soak Southeast, Cause Flooding, Road Closures
Feb 25 2019 // Homes, highways, parks and bridges throughout the South were flooded or put out of commission Saturday, as the toll of days of drenching rains swelled waterways and pooled over saturated lands amid a threat of severe...
Kentucky Bourbon Industry Expresses Support for Proposed Ignition Interlock Bill
Feb 22 2019 // Kentucky’s bourbon industry teamed with leaders of Mothers Against Drunk Driving on Wednesday to promote legislation aimed at reducing drunken driving by increasing the use of a device that block vehicles from...
High School Student at Lincoln Memorial Protest Sues Washington Post
Feb 20 2019 // A high school student from Covington, Kentucky, sued the Washington Post for defamation on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper falsely accused him of racist acts and instigating a confrontation with a Native American activist...
Highway Fatalities in Kentucky Drop Again in 2018
Feb 20 2019 // Officials say traffic fatalities on Kentucky highways are down for the second year in a row. The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety that says preliminary figures show there were 722 highway fatalities in 2018, down from 782...
