Two Amish men in western Kentucky have been ordered to pay fines and could face jail time for refusing to post reflective triangles on their horse-drawn carriages. Levi Hostetler and Joe Stutzman were found guilty in short trials in Graves …
A possible tornado damaged several horse barns at Churchill Downs, prompting track officials to temporarily halt races Thursday at the famed Kentucky Derby horse track. Some horses have been moved to private farms, Keeneland racetrack in Lexington and to different …
An astronomy professor who sued the University of Kentucky after claiming he lost out on a top job because of his Christian beliefs reached a settlement Tuesday with the school. The university agreed to pay $125,000 to Martin Gaskell in …
An astronomer argues that his Christian faith and his peers’ belief that he is an evolution skeptic kept him from getting a prestigious job as the director of a new student observatory at the University of Kentucky. Martin Gaskell quickly …
State mine safety workers are meeting face-to-face with coal miners at the job site to urge them to be vigilant about potential underground collapses, which have killed four miners in Kentucky this year. Mine Safety and Licensing Director Johnny Greene …
The Vatican is asking a federal judge to reject an attempt to question Pope Benedict XVI under oath in a Kentucky sex abuse lawsuit on the grounds that there has been no evidence of a link to church officials in …
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 week after a crippling ice storm, …
A California horse owner’s donation to a struggling fund for permanently disabled jockeys will keep it solvent for another month, the head of the Jockeys’ Guild said. Owner Michael Bello has pledged $58,000 to the fund, which gives $1,000 monthly …
Federal agents will spend the rest of the week near Brooks, Kentucky investigating what caused a train carrying hazardous chemicals to derail and catch fire, forcing nearby residents to evacuate their homes. The chemical fires continued to burn early Wednesday …
Flooding in Kentucky brought on by heavy rains over the weekend that caused at least eight deaths continued to subside, though some residents remained shut out of their homes due to high water as late as Sunday. At least six …
