Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Courthouse Bonding Decision Will Not Cost Kentucky
Apr 7 2009 // A new requirement that construction managers on 35 state courthouse projects insure the entire value of their work will not increase the state’s costs, an attorney investigating the projects said. But attorney...
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Mar 17 2009 // National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (“NCIC”) specializes in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors. NCIC writes the...
Workers Charge Kentucky Mine Safety Law ‘Under Attack’
Mar 6 2009 // Critics are complaining that three measures pending in the Kentucky legislature could undo key provisions of the state’s mine safety law. One would sharply reduce inspections performed by the Kentucky Office of Mine...
Kentucky Lawmaker’s Mine Cited For Safety Violation
Mar 4 2009 // A Kentucky lawmaker pushing to reduce the number of medics required at small mines owns a mine that was cited last year for not having the personnel on duty. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that state inspectors last...
Kentucky’s Damages From January Ice Storm Top $185 Million
Feb 27 2009 // Kentucky and federal officials say damage estimates from the January ice storm will likely top $185 million. Kentucky’s Emergency Management director, Brig. Gen. John W. Heltzel, says the damages were primarily...
Kentucky Considers Forcing Drunk Drivers to Install Ignition Devices
Feb 24 2009 // People caught driving drunk in Kentucky just once could be forced to install breath-alcohol monitoring devices in their cars, as the state’s lawmakers consider joining other states, including Alaska, in toughening...
Kentucky Ice Storm Death Toll at 35; Early Losses at $130 Million
Feb 22 2009 // Kentucky officials say the Jan. 27 storm that blanketed the region with ice and snow took 35 lives. About 769,000 customers lost power at its peak, and almost 50,000 were still without power two weeks later. More than 100...
Kentucky Ice Storm Death Toll at 35; Early Losses at $130 Million
Feb 13 2009 // Kentucky officials say the Jan. 27 storm that blanketed the region with ice and snow has taken 35 lives. About 769,000 customers lost power at its peak, and almost 50,000 are still without power. The state has received a...
FEMA Director Visits Kentucky Area Still Recovering From Ice Storm
Feb 6 2009 // When O’Neill Lawrence returned from a supply run to his western Kentucky farm in Leitchfield, Kentucky, on Wednesday, he met FEMA’s top official at his gate. One of thousands without electricity more than a...
Kentucky Governor to Seek Major Disaster Aid Due to Ice Storm
Feb 4 2009 // Gov. Steve Beshear says he will ask President Barack Obama to declare a major disaster in Kentucky, which will open the state to immediate federal financial assistance in the wake of last week’s devastating ice...
FEMA Under Scrutiny for Ice Storm Response in Kentucky
Feb 4 2009 // In the first real test of the Obama administration’s ability to respond to a disaster, Kentucky officials are giving the federal government good marks for its response to a deadly ice storm. Yet more than 300,000...
Kentucky Reeling from Ice Storm; Slow FEMA Response Hit
Feb 2 2009 // In some parts of rural Kentucky, they’re getting water the old-fashioned way — with pails from a creek. There’s not room for one more sleeping bag on the shelter floor. The creative are flushing their...
Kentucky Miner’s Widow Seeks $37 Million in Damages
Feb 2 2009 // The widow of an eastern Kentucky coal miner who died on the job last year has sued one of the nation’s largest coal companies for more than $37 million in damages. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that an attorney...
Kentucky Experiences Minor Quake
Jan 30 2009 // In the midst of a winter storm that has left hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians without electricity, a minor earthquake has hit in southeastern Kentucky. The University of Kentucky’s Kentucky Geological Survey Web...
Salmonella Outbreak Exposes Gaps in Peanut Product Inspection Process
Jan 30 2009 // Food regulators didn’t consider salmonella a threat to most peanut products before they traced an outbreak to a peanut butter plant in Georgia two years ago. Officials in the nation’s top peanut-producing state...
ACE Makes High Net Worth Policy Available in Kentucky, Ohio
Jan 29 2009 // ACE Private Risk Services has expanded the availability of its ACE Platinum Portfolio policy to Kentucky and Ohio. Launched in May 2008 and sold through independent agents and brokers, the new product is designed to meet...
Kentucky Schools to Discuss Athlete Safety Following Player’s Death
Jan 28 2009 // A medical committee that makes recommendations to Kentucky high school athletics officials meets Thursday to discuss athlete safety. The discussion follows the death of Pleasure Ridge Park High School football player Max...
Kentucky Bank Sues Merrill Lynch for $40 Million Over Investment Losses
Jan 12 2009 // Kentucky’s largest state-chartered bank has sued Merrill Lynch for $40 million over failed securities bought through the investment firm. Pikeville-based Community Trust Bank filed the suit in federal court on New...
Kentucky Police Use Computer Program to Track Stolen Property
Dec 30 2008 // A computer program is helping western Kentucky police track down stolen property that’s been sold to pawn shops. Paducah’s five pawn shops submit records of transactions, including serial numbers of items...
Kentucky Man, Already in Prison, Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Dec 16 2008 // A Kentucky man already in prison on federal charges related to unlawful harboring and employment of illegal aliens has pleaded guilty to an insurance fraud charge after lying to his workers’ compensation carrier...
