Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
$2.1 Million Settlement Reached in Kentucky Military Malpractice Claim
Aug 10 2011 // An Army soldier who filed a lawsuit over the treatment of his wife’s cancer at a military hospital at Fort Campbell, Ky., has reached a settlement with the federal government for $2.15 million. U.S. District Court...
Kentucky County Receiving Flood Assistance
Aug 8 2011 // A northern Kentucky county hard hit by spring flooding is receiving nearly $630,000 in federal money to fix damaged roads, parks and buildings. Kathleen Murray, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, says seven...
One Year Later, Hard Times for Kentucky Flood Victims
Jul 26 2011 // Along a newly paved road at Harless Creek in Kentucky’s Pike County, dozens of new vehicles and a handful of new modular homes point to progress since severe flooding hit the area a year ago. At Raccoon Creek,...
Kentucky Strip Mall Fire Deemed Arson
Jul 20 2011 // A fire chief says a blaze that destroyed a strip mall in central Kentucky was arson. Meade County Fire Chief Larry Naser said investigators have ruled out electrical and mechanical causes and spontaneous combustion. Naser...
Kentucky Murder Plea
Jul 18 2011 // An attorney for Steve Nunn said the former state lawmaker has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-fiance and has received a sentence of life without parole. Nunn entered the plea in Fayette Circuit Court in Lexington,...
Kentucky Police Say Texting While Driving Law Tough to Enforce
Jul 7 2011 // Kentucky police agencies say the commonwealth’s texting-while-driving statute is well intended, but difficult to enforce. The law took effect a year ago, but officers issued only verbal warnings for the first six...
Amish Men Appeal Safety Lights Conviction to Kentucky High Court
Jul 5 2011 // Nine Amish men from western Kentucky have asked the state Supreme Court to overturn their convictions for failing to display bright safety triangles on their horse-drawn buggies. The men’s lawyers filed the appeal...
Kentucky Ex-Lawmaker Nunn Pleads Guilty in Insurance Worker Murder
Jun 29 2011 // An attorney for Steve Nunn says the former state lawmaker has pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-fiance and has received a sentence of life without parole. Nunn entered the plea Tuesday morning in Fayette Circuit Court in...
Kentucky’s Churchill Downs Assessing Tornado Damage
Jun 24 2011 // A possible tornado damaged several horse barns at Churchill Downs, prompting track officials to temporarily halt races Thursday at the famed Kentucky Derby horse track. Some horses have been moved to private farms,...
3 Men Rescued from Collapsed Kentucky Mine
Jun 22 2011 // Three men who spent more than half a day trapped underground in a flooded southeastern Kentucky coal mine waded out and were on their way home after just a quick hospital evaluation. Relief was on the faces of Pernell...
Kentucky County Halts Program for Uninsured Drivers
Jun 14 2011 // Judges in Kentucky’s Jefferson County have stopped a program giving drivers without insurance a way to avoid a hefty fine because court officials say it nearly impossible to monitor the growing number of...
Keystone Insurers Adds 22nd Kentucky Agency
May 23 2011 // Linville Insurance Agency Inc. of Berea has become Keystone Insurers Group’s newest franchise partner in Kentucky. This brings the total number of Keystone’s franchises in the state to 22. The agency has...
Kentucky Streamlines Agent Licensing for Veterans
May 16 2011 // Members of the armed services will find it easier to keep or obtain an insurance agent’s license under a new law approved by Kentucky lawmakers. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has signed into law HB 301 that...
Kentucky Suburb to Charge Insurers Fee for Fire Service
May 13 2011 // A suburban fire department in Louisville, Ky. will begin charging a fee to battle most blazes later this summer. Lyndon will charge a homeowner’s or business’ insurance company as part of a new...
Kentucky to Streamline Agents’ Licenses for Veterans
May 4 2011 // Members of the armed services and their sponsors will find it easier to keep or obtain an agent’s license under a new law approved by Kentucky lawmakers. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has signed into law HB 301...
Kentucky Forest Fire Season Ends
May 3 2011 // The spring forest fire season in Kentucky has officially come to an end. The state Division of Forestry says fire hazard season ended April 30, but they urge Kentucky residents to use caution. The statement says although...
Orange Triangles Pit Safety Against Religion in Kentucky
Apr 4 2011 // An argument over whether a state law requiring bright orange safety triangles to be displayed on certain slow-moving vehicles violates religious freedom came before the Kentucky Court of Appeals. A lawyer for nine Amish...
Court Allows ‘Fat Slob’ Arrest Lawsuit Against Kentucky City
Mar 31 2011 // Calling a police officer a “fat slob” is not an offense that can usually get someone charged, a federal appeals court ruled recently, allowing a lawsuit over the arrest to go forward. Kenneth Kennedy’s...
Conway to Manage Kentucky for Wells Fargo Insurance
Mar 30 2011 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services USA Inc. has named Patrick Conway as managing director of its insurance operations in Kentucky. Working with local offices and bank partners, Conway will manage distribution of the...
More Than 200 Kentucky Dams Rated High Hazard
Mar 29 2011 // More than 200 of Kentucky’s 1,000 dams in Kentucky are considered high hazards, which threaten property, people and animals if breached. Marilyn Thomas, environmental engineer consultant for the Dam Safety Branch of...
