Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Coal Company Sues Worker Who Filed Safety Complaints
Feb 1 2013 // The federal agency that oversees mine safety claims a western Kentucky coal company broke the law by filing a lawsuit against a former worker who complained about unsafe working conditions. Using a federal law designed to...
Kentucky AG Conway Touts Progress in Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse
Jan 17 2013 // Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from across the nation this week. Conway briefed the National Governor’s Association...
Closing of Kentucky Trust to Leave 174 School Districts In Need of Insurance
Jan 16 2013 // The financially troubled Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust will disband, forcing school districts to search for new providers of workers compensation, property and liability insurance policies. The closure means...
Kentucky Case Seeks to Hold Oxycontin Makers Accountable
Jan 15 2013 // Oxycontin has become so pervasive in eastern Kentucky the drug was dubbed “Heroin of the Hills.” Now, after years of struggling to combat the abuse of the narcotic, Kentucky officials are getting a chance to...
Kentucky Self-Insured Contractors Fund to Pay $16.5M Dividend
Jan 9 2013 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’ Fund said it will return $16.5 million in dividends to its members in March. This disbursement is the largest in workers’ compensation fund’s...
Kentucky Highway Death Toll Up from 2011
Jan 2 2013 // Kentucky’s highway death toll in 2012 was running slightly ahead of last year’s pace and the state’s top transportation official this week promised continued efforts in the next year to promote safe...
Kentucky Miner Who Reported Safety Violations Faces Discipline
Dec 20 2012 // The Office of Mine Safety and Licensing is asking that an eastern Kentucky miner who reported safety violations be put on probation because he worked in unsafe conditions. Mackie Bailey faces a hearing in February with the...
Supreme Court Denies Appeal of Kentucky Fen-Phen Lawyer
Dec 4 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear an appeal by a Kentucky lawyer accused of cheating clients out of millions of dollars paid in a settlement over the diet drug combination fen-phen. The high court, without...
Kentucky Testing Dam for Possible Earthquake Damage
Nov 28 2012 // Officials in eastern Kentucky are conducting tests on a dam to see if a recent 4.3 magnitude earthquake centered near Blackey enlarged the flow of a small stream at the bottom of the structure. Inspectors from the Kentucky...
Residents Near Kentucky Train Derailment Sue
Nov 27 2012 // Residents affected by a train derailment and fire that evacuated a small town near Louisville, Kentucky have filed a lawsuit against the railroad and cleanup contractors. The lawsuit is the first to be brought against...
Kentucky Mine Officials Face Prison
Nov 19 2012 // Plea agreements say two supervisors at an eastern Kentucky mine where a coal miner was killed last year knowingly violated federal safety laws. Accoording to the documents, Jefferson Davis and Joseph Miniard are planning...
Kentucky’s Nunn Found Liable for Wrongful Death in Insurance Examiner Killing
Nov 15 2012 // A former Kentucky lawmaker serving life in prison for killing his one-time fiancee has been found liable in a wrongful death civil lawsuit filed by the victim’s mother. The decision by Fayette Circuit Judge James...
Kentucky Earthquake Not Due to Mining: Geologist
Nov 14 2012 // Geologists say the 4.3 magnitude earthquake that shook eastern Kentucky last weekend was too deep to be induced by the region’s underground mining activity. The epicenter was about 10 miles west of Whitesburg, in the...
State Elections Wrapup: Some Partisan Realignment; 5 Incumbent Insurance Chiefs Win
Nov 8 2012 // Neil Alldredge has been searching for the unifying “theme” in the results of Nov. 6 state elections around the country but he says it has not been easy to identify one. As senior vice president for state and...
University to Study Safety Practices at Kentucky Horse Farms
Nov 6 2012 // A University of Kentucky professor has received a $1.4 million grant to conduct a multiyear study of health and safety practices of the Thoroughbred industry, which employs more than 10,000 people across Kentucky. Jennifer...
Kentucky Court Upholds Safety Law for Amish
Nov 5 2012 // The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld a state law requiring an Amish sect to post orange safety triangles on their buggies, although the ruling is irrelevant because lawmakers changed the law earlier this year. The high...
Kentucky Judge Grants Christians-Only Medi-Share Reprieve Until January
Nov 2 2012 // A Christians-only health insurance plan will be allowed to continue coverage for Kentucky members until Jan. 1. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate made that decision on Wednesday. It means some 800 Kentuckians...
Kentucky Cease Order for Christians-Only Health Plan Goes Into Effect
Nov 1 2012 // Members of a Christians-only health insurance plan will lose their coverage on Thursday under a judge’s order to cease operations. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate found that Medi-Share doesn’t...
Kentucky Urges Residents to Replace Medi-Share
Oct 22 2012 // Members of a Christians-only health insurance plan that has been ordered to cease operations in Kentucky should get different policies immediately, the state Department of Insurance advised. The move follows Franklin...
Kentucky Court: No WC Benefits for Unemployed Volunteer Firefighter
Oct 10 2012 // A Kentucky appellate court recently ruled that an injured volunteer firefighter is not eligible for permanent disability benefits because he had no “regular employment” — thus no average weekly wages with...
