Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cargo Train Derails in Kentucky, Nearby Houses Evacuated
Jun 26 2007 // A train carrying hazardous materials through Kentucky derailed in an industrial park, but none of the materials leaked, authorities said. The derailment at the Bluegrass Industrial Park in Louisville caused nearby homes to...
6 Flags, Cedar Fair Shut Down 9 Thrill Rides after Accident in Ky.
Jun 25 2007 // Six Flags and Cedar Fair shut down eight more thrill rides around North America on Friday after a teenage girl’s feet were sliced off during a ride in Kentucky. State inspectors were at the Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom...
Kentucky Business Owner Under Fraud Investigation
Jun 21 2007 // Northern Kentucky residents are being alerted that an Erlanger business owner is under investigation for selling bogus auto insurance policies, according to Kentucky’s Insurance Commissioner. The Kentucky Office of...
Study: Kentucky Airport Never Enacted Staffing Plan After Crash
Jun 4 2007 // A Kentucky airport where a plane took off from the wrong runway and crashed last year had put together a plan to help it comply with federal guidelines on staffing in air control towers but never enacted it, a staffing...
Unitrin Direct Enters Kentucky Auto Market
Jun 1 2007 // Unitrin Direct has been approved to sell auto insurance in Kentucky, making it the 23rd state where it does business. Unitrin Direct said it is offering discounts for Kentucky residents, including up to a $75 break for...
Feds Sue Kentucky Coal Company Over Unpaid Fines
May 29 2007 // The nation’s chief mine safety agency has gone to court to try to compel a Kentucky coal company to pay fines, the fifth such lawsuit in a little more than a year, federal officials announced. The federal Mine Safety...
Judge Approves Class Action Deal Against Kentucky Chemical Firm
May 29 2007 // A federal judge has approved a class-action settlement between a chemical company and the residents of a southwestern Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood. Under the settlement approved by U.S. District Court Judge John...
Vacant Kentucky Tobacco Warehouse Burns
May 25 2007 // A nearly century-old tobacco warehouse in Maysville, Ky., burned Tuesday night, creating a dramatic display that forced some evacuations and drew firefighters from a half-dozen fire departments. The 200,000-square-foot...
Lexington, Ky. Airport Named as Third-Party Defendant
May 25 2007 // In Kentucky, Comair has filed a third-party complaint against Blue Grass Airport, where one of the airline’s planes crashed last year, killing 49 people. The complaint was filed in a lawsuit that was brought by the...
Kentucky Coal Boss Agrees to Post Bond for Future Safety Fines
May 24 2007 // An eastern Kentucky coal operator sued by the federal government for failing to pay penalties over health and safety violations has agreed to post a bond to ensure payment of future fines. Stanley Osborne, head of Misty...
Widows, Survivor of Explosion Sue Ky. Mine Owner, Pa. Company
May 23 2007 // A mine supervisor and a coal company put production over safety prior to an underground explosion last year that killed five miners, relatives and the sole survivor alleged Monday in a lawsuit. The lawsuit cited numerous...
Ky. Chicken Processing Plant Resumes Operations
May 23 2007 // Operations have resumed at a chicken processing plant in western Kentucky where work was suspended last week after an inspection. The U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection raised an unspecified concern at Perdue...
Kentucky Chicken Plant Shut Down After Inspection
May 21 2007 // Work was suspended after an inspection at a western Kentucky chicken processing facility that prepared chicken served to Queen Elizabeth II recently, officials said. The suspension happened last week after a U.S....
Ky. Air Controllers, Rocket Club Clashing over Launches
May 18 2007 // A local model rocket club had permission to launch rockets into airspace near Lexington, Ky.’s Blue Grass Airport, but future launches could be in doubt over safety concerns. Air traffic around the airport had to be...
Federal Officials Fine Ky. Mine Operator for Safety Violations
May 15 2007 // A southeastern Kentucky coal mine operator was fined $761,000 by federal regulators for safety violations found during a recent inspection. Stillhouse Mining LLC, an operator in Harlan County, was fined for four...
Mountaintop Mining Becomes Issue in Kentucky Governor’s Race
May 10 2007 // Removing Kentucky mountaintops in search of coal is a noisy, jarring process. Warning sirens blare, followed by massive explosions that shake the earth and propel broken rocks skyward. Bulldozers rumble across parched...
Ky. Gov. Declares State of Emergency Following Severe Weather
Apr 30 2007 // Kentucky storms that caused flooding, mudslides, power outages, damages to public and private property and road closures prompted Gov. Ernie Fletcher to declare a state of emergency. The severe weather which spread across...
Feds Review Locating Homeland Security Facility in Kentucky
Apr 30 2007 // A Kentucky-Tennessee consortium advanced efforts to attract the proposed federal National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to Pulaski County, Ky., meeting with a delegation of U. S. Department of Homeland Security and U. S....
Westfield Insurance Recognized for Political Involvement in Kentucky
Apr 17 2007 // Westfield Insurance and its employees have been recognized for their political and community involvement by the commonwealth of Kentucky and by the Showalter Group, winning an award for innovative grassroots...
Kentucky Enhances Safety for Social Workers
Apr 6 2007 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher said he will sign a bill aimed at improving safety conditions for social workers that was passed in reaction to the slaying of a social worker in western Kentucky, his administration said. The...
