Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Car-Swallowing Sinkhole Fixed but Not Forgotten at Kentucky Corvette Museum
Aug 20 2015 // The car-swallowing hole has been fixed but not forgotten at the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. Yellow tape now marks the boundaries of the cavity that became a sensation and put the museum on the map. And instead of...
Kentucky’s Revised Accident Victim Anti-Solicitation Law Under Fire, Again
Aug 17 2015 // A Kentucky law revision limiting the solicitation of accident victims within 30 days of a crash has gone into effect but is already being challenged in the state by multiple chiropractic groups that say the law is...
Whistleblower Lawsuit Accuses Kentucky 911 Dispatchers of Abuse, Sleeping on Job
Aug 7 2015 // Two Boone County, Kentucky, emergency dispatch workers have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the county, accusing a supervisor and co-worker of using abusive language to minority callers and sleeping on duty. The...
200 Kentucky DUI Cases in Jeopardy After Suspension of Breathalyzer Operator
Aug 3 2015 // More than 200 drunken-driving cases could be in jeopardy after officials said a former breath test operator for Louisville’s corrections department was suspended after allegations that she lied on a report and in...
Study: Kentucky Prescription Drug Law Successfully Curbing Abuse
Jul 30 2015 // Prescriptions for painkillers and doctor-shopping by pill seekers have decreased since Kentucky passed legislation targeting prescription drug abuse, according to a University of Kentucky study. The law passed during a...
Multi-State Cargo Theft Ring Busted in Indiana; 8 Charged
Jul 29 2015 // Eight individuals have been charged in a 23-count indictment in an organized scheme to steal tens of millions of dollars in merchandise from shipments of cargo moving through the state of Indiana and elsewhere, United...
12 Injured in Kentucky Amusement Park Ride Accident
Jul 29 2015 // Authorities say at least 12 people were injured when a swing ride at an amusement park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, tipped over. The Daily News reports emergency officials were dispatched to Beech Bend Amusement Park around...
Kentucky Governor Declares State of Emergency From Severe Flooding
Jul 16 2015 // Floodwaters that rushed through eastern Kentucky left one dead and seven unaccounted for as search teams combed the hilly Appalachian terrain Tuesday, with the threat of more floods bearing down on rescue...
Couples Sue Kentucky Clerk Denying Gay-Marriage Licenses
Jul 6 2015 // Four Kentucky couples are suing a clerk who is refusing to issue gay-marriage licenses – or any marriage licenses at all – following the U.S. Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a legal right to...
New Booster Seat Requirements Take Effect in Kentucky
Jun 29 2015 // Kentucky’s new booster seat law is going into effect, and officials are reminding motorists to make sure young passengers meet the new requirements. The old law required children younger than 7 years and 40 to 50...
Kentucky Sewer District Approves $1M for Flood Buyouts
Jun 26 2015 // The Louisville, Ky., Metropolitan Sewer District board has approved $1 million of a proposed $3 million settlement in an effort to buy out a group of repeated flood victims, while Metro Council leadership and Mayor Greg...
West Virginia Looks to Tackle Highest Drug Overdose Rate in Nation
Jun 19 2015 // West Virginia has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the U.S., according to a report released this week, further spotlighting Appalachia’s festering drug abuse problem that is also fueling a rise in hepatitis C...
Thousands of Kentucky Festival Fans Want Refunds After Music Acts are No-Shows
Jun 18 2015 // Thousands of people are demanding refunds after the Midwest Urban Expo and Music Fest at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky., did not deliver acts as promised. WAVE-TV reports organizers of the June 13 event promised to...
Family of Man Killed at Kentucky ‘Racing Experience’ Speedway Files Lawsuit
Jun 12 2015 // The family of a 30-year-old amateur driver killed in a crash at Kentucky Speedway last year filed a lawsuit, alleging that the racecar’s steering wheel broke off in his hands as he roared around the track at more...
Growth Business: Helping Insurers Recoup Personal Injury Medical Costs
Jun 11 2015 // George Rawlings grabs a stack of computer printouts and stretches them six feet across his office, admiring data from police reports of Florida auto accidents: the names of those hurt and the severity of their...
Migrant Workers File Lawsuits Against Kentucky Tobacco Farms
Jun 1 2015 // Lawsuits filed against five Kentucky tobacco farms claim they exploited migrant workers by paying substandard wages, providing squalid housing and threatening some with jail or deportation if they complained. The...
Business Moves
Jun 1 2015 // Confie Seguros Confie Seguros, based in Huntington Beach, Calif., has acquired three new insurance brokerages in Buffalo, N.Y. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Confie acquired three agencies all providing auto...
Rental Company Sues Kentucky County for Unpaid Bills from 2012 Tornado Recovery
May 28 2015 // An eastern Kentucky county ravaged by a 2012 tornado is being sued for nearly $1 million by a Lexington company that provided rented trailers, generators, all-terrain vehicles and other equipment after the deadly twister...
Prosecutors Say Ex-Security Guard Helped Thieves in Kentucky Bourbon Theft Ring
May 21 2015 // The alleged head of a bourbon theft ring recruited a security guard and paid her $800 to look the other way as thieves spirited away thousands of dollars’ worth of whiskey from a Kentucky distillery, prosecutors said...
Man Files Lawsuit Claiming Cancer Institute in Kentucky Lost Piece of His Brain
May 20 2015 // A man has filed a lawsuit against Norton Healthcare in Kentucky, claiming employees lost a piece of his brain after surgery. The Courier-Journal reports 72-year-old Fred Habermel underwent surgery at Norton Cancer...
