Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky DOI Hosts Virtual Session on Local Government Premium Taxes
May 12 2023 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance will hold a virtual meeting Monday to discuss changes to local government premium taxes due to take effect later this year. Kentucky law allows cities and counties to set taxes or fees...
Churchill Downs Investigates 4 Horse Deaths Ahead of Kentucky Derby
May 5 2023 // The death of four horses at Churchill Downs over a span of five days has overshadowed preparations for the Kentucky Derby. Two horses trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. collapsed on the track and died over the past week. Two...
McDonald’s Kentucky Franchises Fined for Working 10-year-olds at Restaurants
May 5 2023 // Two 10-year-olds are among 300 children who worked at McDonald’s restaurants illegally, a Labor Department investigation of franchisees in Kentucky found. Agency investigators found the 10-year-olds received little...
Federal Housing Aid to Help Rebuild From Kentucky Storms
Apr 28 2023 // An infusion of federal funding will help build hundreds of homes in Kentucky communities devastated by tornadoes and floods in 2021, Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday. Four counties hardest hit by the storms – Graves,...
Tornadoes Damage Homes, Kills One Person in Louisville, Kentucky
Apr 10 2023 // The National Weather Service said Thursday it was surveying damage from three EF-1 tornadoes that touched down in Kentucky. According to preliminary information, tornadoes hit the Pleasure Ridge Park and Newburg sections...
Crews in Kentucky Work to Recover Loose Methanol, Other Barges on Ohio River
Mar 30 2023 // Crews were working Wednesday to remove three remaining barges that got loose on the Ohio River, including one carrying methanol. A total of 10 barges got loose early Tuesday on the river near Louisville, the Kentucky...
Kentucky Governor Signs Bill: Guaranty Fund Won’t Pay Claims from Self-Insurers
Mar 23 2023 // Kentucky’s governor this week signed into law a bill that seeks to make one thing perfectly clear: The Kentucky Insurance Guaranty Association will not pay claims from defunct self-insurers that are not members of...
Kentucky University Agrees to $14M Settlement in Wrestler’s Death
Mar 20 2023 // A Kentucky university has agreed to a settlement of more than $14 million over the death of a student wrestler hours after practice, the school announced. The settlement over the death of junior Grant Brace, 20, of...
Kentucky Bill Would Boost Disclosure of Teachers’ Misconduct
Mar 6 2023 // A Kentucky House committee advanced a bill Tuesday to bolster disclosure requirements meant to reveal past misconduct allegations when teachers seek jobs in other school districts. Republican Rep. James Tipton said his...
Kentucky Man Dies in WV Coal Mine, First U.S. Mining Fatality This Year
Mar 1 2023 // A coal miner has died in an incident in a southern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. William Mapes, 73, of Freeburn, Kentucky, died Sunday, Justice said Sunday in a news release. Mapes had 53 years of mining...
Kentucky Senate Votes to Provide Teachers with Liability Insurance for Lawsuits
Feb 27 2023 // The Kentucky Senate voted Friday to provide teachers with liability insurance coverage as a cushion against financial losses when forced to defend themselves against work-related lawsuits. The bill would require Kentucky...
Kentucky Bill Advances, Would Give Lawmakers More Control of Relief Funds
Feb 17 2023 // Kentucky lawmakers took an initial step Wednesday toward giving themselves oversight of relief funds like the ones the governor created to help people recover from tornadoes and flooding. The measure, which sailed through...
Kentucky Governor Says Storm Relief Fund ‘Open Book’ for Review
Feb 13 2023 // Donations that poured into a tornado relief fund started by Kentucky’s Democratic governor have been spent or pledged, but Republicans are pushing for greater legislative oversight after reports surfaced that some...
Kentucky Tornado Relief Payments Come Under Scrutiny
Feb 3 2023 // Some people unaffected by tornadoes that ravaged Kentucky in late 2021 were mistakenly sent payments from a relief fund funneling private donations into the region, the state treasurer’s office said Wednesday. State...
Kentucky Contractors Workers’ Comp Insurance Fund Moves Into New Headquarters
Jan 27 2023 // One of the largest providers of workers’ compensation insurance in Kentucky has a new home. Or, rather, a home – its first physical headquarters. The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’...
Kentucky Officials Secure 2nd High-Ground Site for Flood Victim Relocation
Jan 26 2023 // State officials have secured another eastern Kentucky site with higher ground to build new homes for flooding victims. The 50-acre site is just a few miles from downtown Hazard, and the first-phase plan includes 150 new...
Kentucky Supreme Court Clears Cincinnati Insurance of $4.6M Verdict in Bad-Faith Suit
Dec 21 2022 // Cincinnati Insurance Co. dodged a $4.6 million judgment last week when the Kentucky Supreme Court found that a trial judge should have preempted a jury and granted a directed verdict in a bad-faith claim. If the injured...
Safety Agency Confirms Another Air Bag Death, This one in Kentucky
Dec 14 2022 // A U.S. auto safety regulator on Friday said it had confirmed a new crash death from a faulty air bag in a Honda car, as it urged owners to get recall repairs completed. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
One Year Later: Kentucky Agency, Community Recovering from Powerful Tornado
Dec 9 2022 // A year ago Saturday, one of the most powerful tornadoes to hit the United States ripped through western Kentucky with 190-mph winds, destroying multiple homes, businesses, a candle factory, churches, a county courthouse...
Officials Mark $2.5 Million for Kentucky River Flood Mitigation Study
Dec 8 2022 // After massive flooding inundated parts of eastern Kentucky in 2021 and again this year, state officials are looking for ways to mitigate the damage from future floods that are sure to come. Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat,...
