Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Says It’s Better Prepared to Handle Disaster
Feb 7 2012 // It’s been three years since an ice storm paralyzed the western Kentucky region and emergency service coordinators say they’re better prepared in the event of another major disaster. Kentucky Transportation...
Kentucky’s Churchill Downs, Jockeys Reach Insurance Pact
Feb 6 2012 // Churchill Downs Inc. and the Jockeys’ Guild have reached an agreement to subsidize riders’ health insurance, life insurance and disability benefits for members of the Guild who ride in the United States. Terms...
Kentucky Bill Would Allow Safety Tape for Amish Buggies
Jan 26 2012 // The Amish in Kentucky would not have to display reflective safety triangles on their horse-drawn buggies if a proposal by a state legislator becomes law. Rep. Johnny Bell, a Glasgow Democrat, has sponsored a bill to allow...
Kentucky’s Churchill Downs, Jockeys’ Guild Reach Insurance Agreement
Jan 25 2012 // Churchill Downs Inc. and the Jockeys’ Guild have reached an agreement to subsidize riders’ health insurance, life insurance and disability benefits for members of the Guild who ride in the United States. Terms...
Lawyer Hits Jailing of Amish Men in Kentucky Over Buggies
Jan 23 2012 // A judge who dealt jail sentences to Amish men who refused to pay traffic fines in a dispute over the use of reflective safety triangles on their buggies handed down an unnecessary punishment, a lawyer for the men says,...
People
Jan 23 2012 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. President Scott Wallace announced that he will step down as president and CEO of the corporation effective April 6. Wallace, who has served more than six years as the CEO of the Florida...
Business Moves
Jan 23 2012 // Ascension, Falcone Williams Ascension Insurance is expanding in North Carolina with its third agency acquisition in the state in the past three years. Ascension’s most recent acquisition is Falcone Williams...
5 Amish Children Escape Injury in Kentucky Buggy Accident
Jan 18 2012 // An Amish teen has been cited for not displaying a safety triangle after a sport utility vehicle hit a buggy carrying five children. There were no injuries reported, but the crash dragged the horse-drawn buggy several feet...
Amish Men Not Backing Down in Kentucky Fight Over Buggy Safety
Jan 13 2012 // On Jacob Gingerich’s farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an orange safety triangle on their black horse-drawn buggy as a violation of the...
Kentucky National Names McMullen as President
Jan 9 2012 // Kentucky National Insurance has appointed David McMullen as its new president. McMullen comes to the company with 15 years of experience, most recently as the director of insurance for AAA Allied Group, Inc. In that...
Neace Lukens Acquires Kentucky’s Berryman Agency
Jan 9 2012 // Louisville-based insurance agency Neace Lukens is expanding its presence in Kentucky by buying the Berryman Insurance Agency. The Hartford, Kentucky-based Berryman Agency was founded in 1937 and its current owners date...
Kentucky Fire Marshal Seeks Help With Arson Cases
Jan 9 2012 // Because of an alarming increase in suspected arson fires in Kentucky, State Fire Marshal William Swope is asking citizens to provide information to help solve the crimes. Since December, arson has been suspected in nearly...
Insurance Agent Rowland Gets Kentucky GOP Nomination
Jan 9 2012 // Tompkinsville independent insurance agent Bart Rowland will be the Republican nominee for a Kentucky House seat left vacant when former Rep. James Comer was elected state agriculture commissioner. Rowland was nominated...
Kentucky Fire Department to Collect Subscriber Fee
Dec 29 2011 // A volunteer fire department in southeastern Kentucky says it will begin collecting fees from subscribers next week. Bell County Assistant Fire Chief David Miracle said the fee is voluntary and that no one would be denied...
Kentucky College, Former President Settle Claim Over Firing
Dec 1 2011 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a former community college president against the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Under terms of the settlement, former Owensboro Community &...
Whistleblower Laws, Lucrative for Some States, Stall in Others
Nov 28 2011 // For many states, a law intended to root out corruption also has been good for the bottom line. Over the last decade, more than 20 states have passed a version of the federal anti-corruption law known as the False Claims...
Kentucky Amish Teen Killed When SUV Strikes Buggy
Nov 22 2011 // An Amish teenager was killed when the horse-drawn buggy he was driving was struck from behind by a sport-utility vehicle in south-central Kentucky. State Police said the buggy did not display a slow-moving sign or...
Kentucky Contractors Self-Insurance Fund Pays out Millions in Dividends
Nov 21 2011 // General contractors in Kentucky who purchase their workers’ compensation insurance through an industry-run risk pool are slated to see millions in policyholder dividends. The Kentucky Associated General Contractors...
Kentucky County Settles Employees’ Political Retaliation Claim
Nov 14 2011 // Kentucky’s Pulaski County Attorney and six former employees have settled a lawsuit alleging they were fired for supporting someone else for the job in the 2010 elections. Prestonsburg attorney Ned Pillersdorf, who...
Kentucky Reports Year’s 7th Miner Death
Nov 9 2011 // A foreman has been killed at an underground mine in eastern Kentucky, the third mine-related fatality in the state in 10 days. State officials said in a statement that due to the recent deaths, analysts from the Office of...
