Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Now There Is Business Income Insurance for Vendors Booted Off Amazon
Mar 23 2017 // Like many people who make their living selling stuff on Amazon.com Inc., Rob Griffin is terrified of getting kicked off the site. Two years ago the Atlanta resident was suspended for selling a banned health supplement and...
Kentucky Set to Create Medical Malpractice Claim Review Panels
Mar 20 2017 // A bill revising Kentucky’s medical malpractice system by creating panels of medical providers to review claims of error or neglect before cases go to court was passed earlier this month by state lawmakers. The...
Kentucky Lawmakers Approve Reducing State Coal Mine Inspections
Mar 16 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers have agreed to loosen inspection requirements for underground coal mines. The Kentucky Senate gave final approval to House Bill 384 on Tuesday. It would give the Department of Natural Resources...
Kentucky Passes Bill to End Shock Probation in Fatal DUI Crashes
Mar 15 2017 // A bill aimed at eliminating the option of shock probation for people convicted in fatal drunken driving crashes has cleared the Kentucky General Assembly. The Senate voted 33-4 March 8 for final passage of the bill, House...
Western Kentucky Suffers Damage from 2 Tornadoes
Mar 14 2017 // The National Weather Service says two tornadoes apparently hit far western Kentucky, where transportation officials say roads will reopen overnight. Meteorologist Jim Packett in Paducah says officials surveyed damage in...
Bill Would Allow Use of Golf Carts to Deliver Packages in Kentucky
Mar 10 2017 // Golf carts could become part of package-delivery fleets if a bill advancing in the Kentucky General Assembly becomes law. The measure won passage in the state House on a 61-36 vote after a long debate Wednesday. The...
Kentucky Lawmakers Finish Work on Medical Review Panel Bill
Mar 8 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers wrapped up work Friday on revising the medical malpractice system by creating panels of medical providers to review claims of error or neglect before cases go to court. The legislation, long a priority...
Current, Ex-Kentucky Governors Battle Over Health Law Legacy
Mar 8 2017 // As Republicans in Congress prepare to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law, Kentucky’s current governor and his predecessor are wrestling over the law’s legacy – and...
12 Children Hospitalized in Kentucky Church Bus Crash
Feb 27 2017 // Authorities say 12 children were taken to the hospital after a church bus crashed in southern Kentucky. Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that the crash happened about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on a road near...
Miss Kentucky USA Runner-Up Pleads Not Guilty to Arson Charge
Feb 23 2017 // Miss Kentucky USA runner-up has pleaded not guilty to an arson charge, accused of setting her roommate’s bed on fire at an apartment complex near the University of Louisville. WAVE-TV reports 22-year-old Christen...
Overdose Calls Rise in Louisville, Kentucky, 151 Received in 4-Day Span
Feb 21 2017 // Emergency crews in Louisville, Ky., have seen a rise in the number of calls related to drug overdoses. The Courier-Journal reports Metro EMS says it fielded 151 overdose calls in four days, starting at midnight on Feb....
Repair Work to Begin on Prized Corvette Damaged by Kentucky Sinkhole
Feb 16 2017 // A Kentucky museum says a prized Corvette still covered in dirt and debris from its 2014 fall into a sinkhole has been moved from display to undergo repairs. The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green says restoration...
Fire Destroys Building of Award-Winning Country Ham Company in Kentucky
Feb 10 2017 // A blaze that tore through an award-winning country ham business in western Kentucky burned much of the 100,000-square-foot facility to the ground. Media reported that fire crews were called to Harper’s Country Hams...
Drunk Driver Crashes Into Kentucky Food Truck Crowd Killing 2, Injuring 7
Feb 1 2017 // Two pedestrians were killed and seven others injured after police say a drunken driver whose blood-alcohol content was five times the legal limit lost control of his vehicle and plowed into a crowd standing near a food...
Construction Worker Dies After Falling from University of Kentucky Roof
Jan 17 2017 // Authorities say a construction worker died after falling from the roof of a building at the University of Kentucky. Media reports say 47-year-old Michael Persichitti died after falling about 30 feet Friday at the site of...
Southeast Regulation Report Card: North Carolina Flunks; Florida, South Carolina Dispute Grades
Jan 9 2017 // North Carolina ranks the worst of all 50 states when it comes to insurance regulation, according to a 2016 insurance regulation report card by an insurance industry think tank. The R Street Institute’s 2016 Insurance...
Investigators Conclude Crushed Kentucky Miner Not Wearing Safety Device
Dec 30 2016 // Federal investigators have concluded that a worker crushed to death by a machine at a Kentucky coal mine earlier this year wasn’t wearing an emergency shut-off device, and that his managers had not provided a way to...
Southeast Regulation Report Card: North Carolina Flunks; Florida, South Carolina Dispute Grades
Dec 22 2016 // North Carolina ranks the worst of all 50 states when it comes to insurance regulation, according to a 2016 insurance regulation report card by an insurance industry think tank. The R Street Institute’s 2016 Insurance...
Kentucky Business Owner Gets Jail Time for Environmental Violations
Dec 22 2016 // A western Kentucky business owner will serve 90 days in jail for committing environmental violations during the demolition of the former Goodyear Tire plant in Madisonville. A release from the U.S. Attorney’s office...
Record Number of Miners Being Diagnosed with Black Lung Disease
Dec 21 2016 // New data show many more coal miners across Appalachia suffering from the most serious form of black lung disease than federal regulators previously reported. National Public Radio reported Friday that its investigation...
