Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky AG Files 8th Opioid Lawsuit Against Pharmaceutical Company
Oct 31 2018 // Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has sued a pharmaceutical company, accusing it of contributing to the state’s opioid epidemic. Beshear says he has sued Pennsylvania-based Teva for marketing its products to...
1 Dead, 2 Injured in Kentucky House Explosion
Oct 30 2018 // Police say an explosion at a Kentucky home has killed one person and injured two others. State Trooper Scotty Sharp says in a news release the explosion occurred Saturday in McDaniels. The statement says a preliminary...
People
Oct 15 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has tapped Josh Close as client services coordinator in the firm’s Birmingham, Ala.-based national energy construction practice, reporting to EPIC Principal Brian Tanner. Close...
Brown & Brown of Kentucky Acquires FNI Management Group
Oct 11 2018 // Brown & Brown of Kentucky, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of FNI Management Group, according to an announcement by Scott Penny, chief acquisitions officer of...
Business Moves
Oct 1 2018 // Marsh & McLennan, JLT Marsh & McLennan Inc. agreed to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about $5.7 billion to expand its global offering of reinsurance and consulting services. New York-based Marsh said the purchase...
Kentucky, West Virginia Offer Discounted Lodging Rates for Florence Evacuees
Sep 12 2018 // Kentucky and West Virginia are offering discounted rates on lodging at their state parks for people seeking shelter from Hurricane Florence. The Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet said the discounted nightly rate...
Weekend Flooding from Tropical Storm Gordon Kills 1 in Kentucky
Sep 12 2018 // One person has been reported killed and one remains missing after weekend flooding spawned by the remnants of last week’s Tropical Storm Gordon. Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley tells the...
Brown & Brown of Kentucky Acquires Massachusetts’ F&I Resources
Sep 5 2018 // Brown & Brown of Kentucky Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of F&I Resources, a Westborough, Mass.-based company specializing in helping automotive dealers...
Western Kentucky University to Develop Statewide Drought Warning System
Sep 3 2018 // Western Kentucky University is developing a statewide drought warning system with the help of a $200,000 federal grant. The Bowling Green Daily News reports the Kentucky Climate Center at Western Kentucky University...
Western Kentucky University Developing Drought Warning System for State
Aug 28 2018 // Western Kentucky University is developing a statewide drought warning system with the help of a $200,000 federal grant. The Bowling Green Daily News reports the Kentucky Climate Center at Western Kentucky University...
Kentucky Fines Justice Companies Additional $3M Over Coal Mine Clean-Ups
Aug 24 2018 // West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s family coal companies are breaching their environmental responsibilities, according to Kentucky regulators, who are seeking millions in additional fines for surface mining areas...
Kentucky Distillery Sues Bob Dylan Whiskey Company Over Trademark
Aug 23 2018 // Heaven Hill Distillery of Kentucky is taking Bob Dylan’s whiskey company to court, claiming trademark infringement involving its logo. Heaven’s Door Spirits is co-owned by the musician and debuted this...
SECURA Insurance Adds Switzer as Market Manager in Kentucky
Aug 17 2018 // Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance has added Lisa Switzer as market manager for Kentucky. Lisa Switzer Switzer brings 28 years of experience in the insurance industry to her new role with a diverse mix of commercial,...
Opioids Blamed for 11.5% Spike in Kentucky Overdose Deaths Last Year
Aug 15 2018 // Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky are increasing despite a drop in opioid prescriptions and heroin use. A new report from the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy says 1,565 people died from drug overdoses in 2017....
Clean Up Still Underway at Kentucky Bourbon Warehouse
Aug 13 2018 // The collapse of a Kentucky distillery’s warehouse last month has crews still cleaning up and trying to salvage roughly 18,000 barrels of aging bourbon. News outlets reported Wednesday the Barton 1792 Distillery in...
Kentucky Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Med Mal Review Panels
Aug 10 2018 // After Ezra Claycomb was born with severe brain damage and cerebral palsy, his mother considered filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. But in 2017, Kentucky’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a law requiring...
Kentucky Medical Malpractice Panel Backlogged by Hundreds of Claims
Aug 9 2018 // A Kentucky panel established to review medical malpractice claims before lawsuits can be filed is severely backlogged. The Courier Journal obtained records through the Kentucky Open Records act that show only 11 percent of...
Kentucky City Settles Police Shooting Lawsuit for $1.8M
Aug 8 2018 // Louisville officials have settled a lawsuit over a 2017 police shooting for $1.8 million. The Louisville Courier Journal reports the city’s chief financial officer, Daniel Frockt, announced that the lawsuit filed by...
350 People Sickened by Norovirus at Kentucky Mall Food Court
Jul 30 2018 // The food court illness that sickened 350 people in Kentucky has been identified as norovirus. Citing a Lexington-Fayette County Health Department release, the Lexington Herald-Leader reports that test results from those...
2 Tornadoes Knock Out Power for 20K People in Kentucky
Jul 24 2018 // The National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes during severe storms in Kentucky that toppled trees and power lines. The weather service in Louisville says storms on Friday produced an EF-1 tornado in Hart County...
