Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report: Eastern Kentucky Sees Spike in Severe Black-Lung Cases
Dec 21 2016 // A spike in serious black-lung cases in eastern Kentucky indicates that a disease lawmakers hoped to eradicate decades ago continues to afflict miners. Citing a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health report...
Kentucky Lawmaker to Lead National Conference of Insurance Legislators
Nov 29 2016 // A Kentucky lawmaker is the new president of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators. Rep. Steve Riggs of Louisville began his yearlong tenure this month during the group’s annual meeting. He has previously...
Kentucky Judge Allows Bevin to Appoint Workers’ Comp Judges
Nov 28 2016 // A Kentucky judge has cleared the way for Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to appoint six administrative law judges to help ease a backlog of workers’ compensation cases. The ruling by Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip...
Kentucky Levies Nearly $8.2M in Fines Against Businesses for Waste Disposal
Nov 18 2016 // Kentucky state health regulators said Monday they will seek millions of dollars in civil penalties against companies accused of bringing radioactive drilling waste into Kentucky to dump in Appalachian landfills. Penalties...
Search is on For Suspects Behind Southeast Wildfires, 2 Arrested in Kentucky
Nov 14 2016 // A wannabe weatherman was jailed for arson after admitting he started a wildfire to draw attention to his selfie videos on Facebook, his town’s police chief said Friday. Meanwhile, a Georgia sheriff appealed for help...
Kentucky Reports 800% Increase in Court-Ordered Insurance Restitution Payments
Nov 8 2016 // The Fraud Division of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) announced that it has increased the amount of court-ordered restitution payments this year by more than 800 percent. The increase—from $369,762 in 2015 to...
Auditor: Kentucky Misused Funds from State Insurance Tax
Nov 7 2016 // The Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund is supposed to be spent on training for police officers. But state lawmakers have raided its coffers for other purposes so often it forced officials to increase a tax on...
Kentucky Doctor Found Guilty of Performing Unnecessary Heart Procedures
Nov 1 2016 // A federal jury has convicted a Kentucky doctor accused of performing unnecessary heart procedures on dozens of patients. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement that jurors returned a guilty verdict Thursday...
Car Theft, Break-Ins Top List of Most Common Crimes in Kentucky City
Oct 31 2016 // Lexington, Ky., officials say property thefts, especially those involving vehicles, are among the most frequently committed crimes in Kentucky’s second-largest city. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports more than 260...
Painting Stolen Off the Wall from Muhammad Ali Center in Kentucky
Oct 26 2016 // Artwork showing Muhammad Ali in a classic pose, in white trunks and red boxing gloves, was stolen from an exhibit while it was open to the public at the Muhammad Ali Center. Surveillance cameras recorded the brazen theft,...
Kentucky Labor Cabinet To Release Report of Unpaid Wages Returned to Workers
Oct 13 2016 // The Kentucky Labor Cabinet will release a monthly report on the amount of unpaid wages it collects and returns employees each month. A release from the cabinet says officials recouped $205,972.61 in wages in September. The...
Kentucky County Completes Cleanup of Arsenic Contamination in Soil
Oct 12 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection says the state has finished cleaning up large amounts of arsenic in Ohio County. The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reports that the agency spent the summer removing...
Mold Shuts Down Kentucky State University Dorm
Oct 11 2016 // Kentucky State University is temporarily closing a residence hall after mold was found. The Frankfort school says in a news release that university officials were told last week that mold had been discovered in some rooms...
Auditor Says Kentucky Misused State Insurance Tax Funds
Oct 3 2016 // The Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund is supposed to be spent on training for police officers. But state lawmakers have raided its coffers for other purposes so often it forced officials to increase a tax on...
Kentucky Residents Sue Over Arsenic Found Near Montgomery Co. Homes
Sep 23 2016 // Some residents are suing a wood treatment company that once operated a site in rural Montgomery County where the state detected higher-than-normal arsenic levels. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Mary and John Sparks,...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease by 5 Percent
Sep 19 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the annual workers’ compensation rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) with a rate decrease of five percent on average. It is...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease 5 % on Oct. 1
Sep 9 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the annual workers’ compensation loss costs filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) with a rate decrease of five percent on average. It...
ARH Hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, Hit by Computer Virus
Aug 31 2016 // Federal authorities are investigating after a computer virus infected all electronic services of the Appalachian Regional Healthcare system in Kentucky and West Virginia. The system is dealing with technical complications,...
Obama Signs Kentucky Disaster Declaration for July Storm Damage
Aug 29 2016 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for parts of Kentucky affected by storms in early July. The White House said in a news release Friday that the declaration covers damage from storms, tornadoes,...
Former Students Sue Kentucky Catholic School Over Sexual, Racial Harassment
Aug 22 2016 // Three former students of a Catholic high school in Lexington, Ky., have sued the school, accusing administrators of failing to discipline those allegedly responsible for acts of sexual harassment and racial...
