Best Read Kentucky Headlines
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#1 New Battery Recycling Plant Deepens Kentucky’s Ties to Electric Vehicles
Sep 28 2023 // A recycling facility will be built in Kentucky to shred electric vehicle batteries in a $65 million venture between American and South Korean companies that will supply material for a separate battery-related operation in...
#2 Whiskey Fungus, Liability, Tax Breaks Killing the Buzz for Residents Near Distilleries
Jul 10 2023 // For decades, the whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have been beloved in their communities. The distilleries where the liquor is manufactured and barrelhouses where it is aged have complemented the rural...
#3 Tech Firm Behind Kentucky School Bus Route Snafu Had Problems in Ohio
Aug 17 2023 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The company behind a disastrous change to a Kentucky city`s school bus routes that resulted in more than a week of canceled classes had similar problems in two cities in neighboring Ohio last...
#4 When Extreme Weather Hits, Smaller Farms Often Pay the Price
Nov 21 2023 // Justin Ralph estimates he`s made about 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle this year. They`re accustomed to using their four semi-trucks to take the harvest from a total of about...
#5 Kentucky Governor’s Storm Relief Efforts Could Trim GOP Leaning in Rural Areas
Aug 11 2023 // Gina Thorn`s life was uprooted when a monstrous tornado tore through her Kentucky hometown of Mayfield, but her family stuck it out and now they`re homeowners for the first time. Thorn says Gov. Andy Beshear deserves...
#6 Churchill Downs Extends Baffert Suspension Through 2024
Jul 6 2023 // Churchill Downs is extending Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s suspension through 2024, keeping the two-time Triple Crown winner from entering horses in the Kentucky Derby and other races for an additional...
#7 2nd Worker Trapped in Collapsed Kentucky Coal Structure Has Died
Nov 6 2023 // The second of two workers trapped under a coal mine preparation plant that collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky has died, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday. “This is a heartbreaking situation,” the...
#8 Residents Cleaning up After Deadly Tennessee Storms
Dec 12 2023 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents of central Tennessee communities slammed by deadly tornadoes this weekend described tragic and terrifying scenes in which one mobile home landed on top of another, roofs were ripped...
#9 Kentucky Supreme Court: Docs Must Bill for Injured Workers Within 45 Days
Aug 29 2023 // Medical providers who treat injured workers in Kentucky must bill the employer/insurer within 45 days, even before a workers’ compensation claim has been filed and before an employer’s liability has been...
#10 Kentucky Tobacco Crop Insurance Fraud Ring Results in Two More Guilty Pleas
Jun 5 2023 // A Kentucky farmer and his sister-in-law have pleaded guilty to a multi-year scheme to defraud the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. and companies the FCIC reinsures. ARMTech Insurance Services, now part of AgriSompo North...
#11 Kentucky Official Pleads Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud
Jun 30 2023 // A central Kentucky farmer who is also a county official has changed his plea, admitting to charges of crop insurance fraud. Randall Taulbee, a Bourbon County magistrate, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to...
#12 Six Killed, Businesses Destroyed as Severe Storms Hit Central Tennessee
Dec 11 2023 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes and businesses were damaged in multiple cities. Three people,...
#13 Kentucky AG Accused of Seeking Donations from Company His Office is Investigating
Jun 27 2023 // Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron directly solicited donations for his gubernatorial campaign from executives with a Kentucky drug treatment organization that his office began investigating last year, according to...
#14 Failed Wheel Bearing Caused Kentucky Derailment But Didn’t Trigger Alarms
Nov 29 2023 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment that sparked a chemical fire and forced residents of a small town in Kentucky out of their homes for just over a day, including most of...
#15 Mayfield, Kentucky, Hit by Floods 18 Months After Devastating Tornado
Jul 20 2023 // Parts of Kentucky cannot seem to catch a break from extreme weather events. Some 18 months after a powerful tornado ripped up much of downtown Mayfield, in southwestern Kentucky, heavily damaging businesses, homes,...
#16 Churchill Downs to Improve Track, Vet Resources After Recent Horse Deaths
Aug 2 2023 // Churchill Downs will implement safety measures for its September meet including new track surface maintenance equipment and additional monitoring and equine care following 12 horse deaths before and after the Kentucky...
#17 Kentucky Clarifies Matching Law While Florida Insurers Get Limits on Replacement
Oct 24 2023 // Matching requirements for roofs and interior furnishings have been a tough issue in the property insurance industry for years. Recent developments show how insurers and regulators in different Southeast states are managing...
#18 Harford Mutual Completes Merger With Workers’ Compensation Writer ClearPath
Aug 16 2023 // Maryland-based commercial property/casualty insurer Harford Mutual Insurance Group announced that it has received final approval from the Maryland Insurance Administration of its merger with ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co.,...
#19 Severe Weather Spawns Tornado, Damage and One Death in South, Midwest
Apr 4 2024 // Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi,...
#20 Maine, Louisiana, Kentucky Most Injury-Prone States, Group Says
Nov 28 2023 // Maine, Louisiana and Kentucky were the most injury-prone states in 2018, while Hawaii, Maryland and Nevada have the lowest injury rates, according to data analyzed by a group of New York pain physicians. Maine saw 596...
