Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Top Kentucky Hotel Says Data Breach Could Have Included Guest Info
Aug 4 2017 // A four-star Kentucky hotel has discovered a data breach threatening guests’ credit card information. News outlets report The Galt House hotel in Louisville said last month that an internal investigation found malware...
1 Person Killed by Weekend Flooding in West Virginia, Kentucky
Jul 27 2017 // Heavy rains that pounded parts of West Virginia and Kentucky last weekend left one person dead and two people missing, authorities said Monday. In West Virginia, Ohio County Emergency Management Agency Director Lou Vargo...
Safety Lapses Blamed for Death of Kentucky Coal Miner
Jul 21 2017 // Federal regulators say an accident that killed a coal miner in Pike County happened because a conveyor belt didn’t have adequate safety guards. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the U.S. Mine Safety and Health...
Kentucky Attorney Accused of Stealing $550K in Insurance Settlements from Clients
Jul 20 2017 // A Kentucky attorney is facing charges in federal court that he defrauded clients out of their insurance settlements for $550,000. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Louisville says James Grant King allegedly committed...
Kentucky Fines Car Plastic Maker Montaplast $21K Over 2 Worker Deaths
Jul 13 2017 // A Kentucky county’s largest private employer has been fined $21,000 following the deaths of two employees in unrelated accidents last October. The State Journal obtained files through an open-records request that...
Kentucky Reduces Number of Coal Mine Safety Inspections to Cut Costs
Jul 11 2017 // Kathy Bartlett watched helplessly this spring as Kentucky lawmakers cut back on mine safety inspections and replaced them with coaching sessions on miners’ safety habits. She knows more than most what’s at...
Kentucky Pharmacist Gets 30 Years for Illegally Selling Pain Pills
Jul 6 2017 // A Kentucky pharmacist convicted of illegally distributing hundreds of thousands of prescription pain pills has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. The U.S. attorney’s office in Lexington said in a news...
Former Kentucky Teacher Receives $500K Settlement in Retaliation Lawsuit
Jun 27 2017 // A former teacher and volleyball coach is receiving a $500,000 settlement in a lawsuit against a Kentucky school district where she said she became the victim of a retaliation campaign for advocating for equal treatment of...
Kentucky Supreme Court Finds No Bad Faith as a Matter of Law in Auto Lawsuit
Jun 21 2017 // The Kentucky Supreme Court in Hollaway v. Direct General Ins. Co. Mississippi Inc., 497 S.W. 3d 733 (Ky. 2016), recently affirmed summary judgment that was granted in favor of the insurance company, finding that the...
Kentucky Food Distributor Recalls More Than 22K Pounds of Beef
Jun 8 2017 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Kentucky-based food distributor has issued a recall on more than 22,000 pounds of ground beef and other beef products due to possible E. coli bacteria contamination. USDA’s...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Kentucky Nursing Home in Arbitration Case
Jun 5 2017 // The United States Supreme Court says a Kentucky nursing home can require the families of two former residents to pursue claims against the home outside of court. The justices ruled 7-1 last month that the home could...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Kentucky Nursing Home in Arbitration Case
May 17 2017 // The United States Supreme Court says a Kentucky nursing home can require the families of two former residents to pursue claims against the home outside of court. The justice ruled 7-1 on Monday that the home could enforce...
Atkins Appointed Kentucky Insurance Commish
May 15 2017 // Nancy G. Atkins has been appointed Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (KYDOI), in the wake of Brian Maynard’s decision in April to vacate the post. Maynard stepped down as commissioner of KYDOI...
Atkins Takes Over as Kentucky Insurance Commissioner as Maynard Steps Down
May 3 2017 // Nancy G. Atkins has been appointed Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (KYDOI), in the wake of Brian Maynard’s decision to vacate the post. Maynard stepped down as commissioner of KYDOI effective...
Coal Mining Company Proposes Turning Kentucky Mine Into Solar Farm
Apr 21 2017 // A former strip mine would be converted into a solar farm under a proposal announced Tuesday by an Appalachian coal company that says it wants to place hundreds of thousands of panels in the Kentucky mountains. The Berkeley...
Kentucky Bill Reducing Black Lung Claim Assessments Headed to Governor
Apr 17 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers passed legislation aimed at reducing the beleaguered coal industry’s costs to cover claims by workers suffering from black lung disease. The plan, presented by Republican Senate President Robert...
Kentucky Food Facility Suspended by FDA After E. Coli Outbreak Link
Apr 6 2017 // The Food and Drug Administration has suspended a Kentucky facility after it was linked to an E. coli outbreak involving a peanut butter substitute. The Kentucky Enquirer reports the FDA suspended the facility March 28...
Kentucky Parents Sue Samurai Sword Maker Over Son’s Injury
Apr 4 2017 // The parents of a Kentucky teenager say the steel blade of a samurai sword broke off its handle and flew in the air as he played with friends, piercing the boy’s forehead and leaving him in a coma for weeks. In a...
Falling Rock Kills Kentucky Coal Miner; State’s Second Mining Death of 2017
Apr 4 2017 // A miner killed by falling rock at a Kentucky coal mine early Thursday is the state’s second mining fatality this year, matching the total from all of 2016, authorities said. Joseph W. Partin died when a 15-foot-tall...
Kentucky Bill Reducing Black Lung Claim Assessments Headed to Governor
Apr 2 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers completed quick work Thursday evening on a proposal championed by the Senate’s top leader to reduce the beleaguered coal industry’s costs to cover claims by workers suffering from black lung...
