Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Two Farmers Indicted in Kentucky Crop Insurance Fraud
Nov 16 2022 // Two Kentucky farmers and a relative have been indicted for falsifying crop damage and exaggerating the size of their fields in order to reap crop insurance benefits. A federal grand jury last week charged Randall Taulbee...
New Response Truck to Assist at Kentucky Natural Disasters
Nov 15 2022 // The Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police has a new response truck to deploy teams to natural disasters. The truck, trailer and equipment will allow meal preparation for first responders at the scene and ensure adequate...
Kentucky Army Base Fighting Fire that Started in Training Area
Oct 27 2022 // Fort Campbell staff are using controlled burn techniques to manage a fire that started in a training area last week, base officials said. The fire started near Trigg County, Kentucky, during routine training. Clinton...
Good ‘Energy’ Powers Winning Kentucky Agency
Oct 17 2022 // From launching in a basement to pulling in more than $135 million in written premiums, Energy Insurance Agency’s rise during the past four decades has been marked by big growth and a deep commitment to employees and...
Former Kentucky Lawmaker Sentenced to Prison in Fraud Case
Oct 5 2022 // Former Kentucky lawmaker Robert Goforth was sentenced Monday to two years and one month in federal prison for health care fraud and money laundering. Goforth, who resigned from the Kentucky House in 2021, also faces two...
Hub Acquires Kentucky’s Peel & Holland
Oct 5 2022 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced that it has acquired the assets of each of Peel & Holland Holdings, Inc., Peel & Holland, Inc., Riddle Insurance, LLC,...
Kentucky Governor Plans to Call Special Session on Flood Relief
Aug 17 2022 // Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday he hopes to call a special session of the state legislature in the next few weeks to work on flood relief. “Everybody is committed to it,” Beshear said at a Monday news...
Kentucky Governor Says FEMA Denying Too Many Requests for Assistance
Aug 16 2022 // Gov. Andy Beshear complained Thursday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is denying too many requests for assistance in flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky, and urged those getting turned down to take their cases...
Assistance Also Available for Renters in Flooded Eastern Kentucky
Aug 11 2022 // Federal assistance is available not just for homeowners, but also for renters whose homes and property were damaged by recent floods in eastern Kentucky. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said individual assistance...
FEMA Adds Floyd, Pike Counties for Kentucky Flood Assistance
Aug 5 2022 // Federal emergency officials have expanded the number of flood-stricken counties in eastern Kentucky that are eligible for individual assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency added Floyd and Pike counties to the...
Groups Providing Support for Eastern Kentucky Flood Victims
Aug 4 2022 // Multiple organizations are providing support to flood victims in eastern Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear has established the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund. Beshear says tax-deductible donations first will go toward...
Kentucky Braces for Heat After 4,300 Homes Damaged and 37 Killed in Floods
Aug 3 2022 // The rain that unleashed massive floods in Appalachian mountain communities diminished on Tuesday, leaving survivors to face a new threat: baking in the heat as they try to recover. “It’s going to get really,...
Kentucky Agents Report Few Properties Have Flood Insurance in Widespread Devastation
Aug 1 2022 // Insurance agents in flooded parts of Kentucky reported Monday that their towns had been inundated with river water and mud – but few residents have flood insurance. “From what I know, almost no one has flood...
Record Floods in Kentucky Take 15 Lives, Hundreds of Homes
Jul 29 2022 // Record flooding in parts of Appalachia have left at least 15 dead, hundreds of homes destroyed and entire communities wiped out. Search and rescue teams backed by the National Guard searched Friday for missing people in...
Kentucky Whistleblower Awarded $2 Million After Retaliation Over Agency’s Child Cases
Jul 20 2022 // A jury has found in favor of a state social worker who filed a whistleblower lawsuit claiming he was mistreated by supervisors after reporting problems with dozens of child abuse cases. Jurors in Boone County Circuit Court...
Ford Donates Sale of Trees at Kentucky Battery Plant to Volunteer Fire Department
Jun 13 2022 // Ford Motor Co. has awarded a volunteer fire department more than $40,000 raised from the sale of timber harvested at the future site of twin electric vehicle battery plants in Kentucky. The donation to the Glendale...
Two of Central Kentucky’s Oldest Agencies Merge
May 20 2022 // Two of the oldest insurance agencies in Central Kentucky have merged. Rightmyer Insurance Agency in Danville, founded in the 1930s, has joined forces with Sam Dexter Insurance Agency, which began in 1954, according to a...
Kentucky Coal Mine Cited for Tree Fall That Killed Worker in January
May 18 2022 // The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has cited the owners of an eastern Kentucky surface mine where a worker was killed in January by a falling tree, according to a published report. Nally & Hamilton...
Kentucky Becomes 21st State to Adopt Model Cyber Security Law for Insurers
May 2 2022 // Kentucky has become the 21st state to adopt a data security law that will require insurers and larger agencies to beef up measures designed to help prevent cyber attacks and data breaches. Gov. Andy Beshear in April signed...
Kentucky Tornado Survivors Rebuilding With Help of Others
Apr 25 2022 // Sundays at the Bullock home in rural Kentucky were once filled with lasting memories: big family dinners, cornhole, basketball and karaoke. Those gatherings ended the night of Dec. 10, when a massive tornado obliterated...
