Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs Going Down Again in Kentucky
Sep 9 2013 // Workers’ compensation loss costs used by insurers in figuring rates to charge employers are going down for the eighth straight year. The loss cost figures show an average reduction of 7.9 percent for the 590...
Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Probes Humana’s Letters on Obamacare
Sep 9 2013 // Officials with the Tennessee Department of Insurance say they are investigating after getting complaints about letters sent by Humana Inc. to policyholders about their options under the Affordable Care Act. The...
Kentucky Supreme Court Reinstates $42M Verdict Against Fen-Phen Lawyers
Sep 3 2013 // A group of 431 people sickened by the diet drug fen-phen should be allowed to collect a $42 million judgment from their former attorneys who pilfered a massive settlement with the drug’s maker, the Kentucky Supreme...
Kentucky Tailgaters Being Watched by Alcohol Enforcers
Aug 30 2013 // Workers in one state office plan to go to as many tailgating events this fall as possible as college football season gets started, but they aren’t going for fun. Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division...
Former Kentucky Lawmaker Nunn Liable for $23M in Ex-Fiance Slaying
Aug 21 2013 // A judge in Lexington ruled that former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn is liable for nearly $24 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of his slain ex-fiancee. Fayette Circuit Judge James Ishmael...
Kentucky Turning to Telemedicine As Way to Handle Doctor Shortage
Aug 14 2013 // The expanding number of doctors offering appointments through videoconferencing, called telemedicine, is expected to see a sharp increase in Kentucky. Telemedicine is seen as a way to help deal with doctor shortages,...
Kentucky Cities Coming to Terms with Golf Carts on Public Roads
Aug 13 2013 // Kentucky cities are regulating how and where people can ride golf carts on public streets as the low-power vehicles become more popular as a way to beat high gas prices. Lewisport in Hancock County is weighing an ordinance...
Kentucky’s Harbor Insurance Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Aug 6 2013 // Harbor Insurance Agency has become Keystone Insurers Group’s newest franchise partner in Kentucky. The announcement was made jointly by Harbor President Tim Murphy and Keystone’s Kentucky Vice President Nancy...
Christian Health Program Medi-Share Back in Business in Kentucky
Jul 29 2013 // A Christian health program is back in operation in Kentucky, paying medical bills for churchgoers who pledge not to smoke, drink or engage in sex outside of marriage. Christian Care Ministry President Tony Meggs said...
Ex-Bengals Cheerleader Testifies in Kentucky Libel Case
Jul 11 2013 // Posts on a gossip website that a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader is suing for defamation were so devastating that she once considered suicide and wants to keep other people from being hurt the same way, she testified...
Ex-Bengals Cheerleader Libel Suit Retrial Underway in Kentucky
Jul 10 2013 // A former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader who is suing a gossip website for alleged defamation wiped tears from her eyes Monday as she testified that she was mocked and humiliated by website posts that she says were false...
Kentucky to Study Laws Meant to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
Jun 26 2013 // Kentucky officials will start a yearlong study next month to determine the effects of controversial new laws designed to curb prescription pill abuse. The Courier-Journal reported that the Cabinet for Health and Family...
New Kentucky Law Reopens Door for Christians-Only Medical Coverage
Jun 25 2013 // Kentuckians will again be able to sign up for a Christians-only medical program under a batch of new laws that take effect Tuesday. Lawmakers passed the law allowing Medi-Share, a Florida-based cost-sharing ministry, to...
Lawsuit Filed Against Charter Bus Company Over Kentucky Crash
Jun 24 2013 // The parents of two students who were among those injured when a bus crashed on a Kentucky interstate as the group returned from a college campus visit have sued the charter bus operator, claiming the vehicle was not...
Kentucky Coal Mine Discrimination Claim Nearing ‘Amicable’ Settlement
Jun 17 2013 // A lawsuit against a western Kentucky coal mine accused of discriminating against black job applicants appears to be nearing a settlement. River View Coal, a subsidiary of Tulsa, Okla.-based Alliance Resource Partners, was...
Mines Associated with Kentucky Lawmaker Cited for Safety Violations
Jun 11 2013 // An influential eastern Kentucky legislator owns the permits on Pike County coal mines that have repeatedly been cited by the state for safety and environmental violations. Rep. Keith Hall’s Beech Creek Coal Co. and...
Drug Maker to Pay $4M Oxycontin Settlement in Kentucky County Claim: Report
Jun 10 2013 // An eastern Kentucky official has announced a settlement in a lawsuit over the drug OxyContin. The Appalachian News-Express cited a statement from Pike Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford in reporting that drug maker Purdue...
Clinton to Honor Kentucky Tornado-Ravaged Town’s Rebuilding Effort
Jun 10 2013 // A rebuilding effort in an eastern Kentucky town devastated last year by tornadoes is getting some national recognition. WYMT-TV reported that former President Bill Clinton’s Clinton Global Initiative will recognize...
Fomer Lawmaker Nunn Apologizes to Family for Killing
Jun 4 2013 // A former Kentucky lawmaker serving life in prison apologized publicly for the first time Friday to the family of his former fiance, whom he pleaded guilty to shooting and killing in Lexington four years ago. During a...
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp
May 17 2013 // Prev Next Drug Overdose Death Rates Drug overdose death rates in the U.S. more than tripled since 1990. In 2008, more than 36,000 people died from drug overdoses, and most of the deaths were caused by prescription drugs....
