The Kentucky governor said he has asked legal experts to determine whether new evidence warrants reopening an investigation into one of the deadliest fires in U.S. history, a nightclub blaze that killed 165 people more than 30 years ago. Survivors …
The federal agency responsible for mine safety has hired more than 300 inspectors over the past two years to scour underground coal operations for unsafe working conditions. The Mine Safety and Health Administration is beefing up its inspections after a …
The federal agency responsible for mine safety has hired more than 300 inspectors over the past two years to scour the nation’s underground coal operations for unsafe working conditions. The Mine Safety and Health Administration is beefing up its work …
Most high schoolers will soon be barred from operating thrill rides in Kentucky after a grisly accident last year severed the feet of a girl at a Louisville amusement park. The state Senate voted 37-0 on Tuesday night for final …
A severely burned Ora Murphy lay on a gurney at a coal mining operation in the remote mountains of eastern Kentucky waiting for a medical helicopter to transport him to a hospital nearly 100 miles away. Problem was, no one …
Kentucky lawmakers are taking steps aimed at improving the safety of amusement rides in the wake of a grisly accident last year that severed the feet of a girl at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville. A Senate committee approved …
Democrat Steve Beshear easily defeated the scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Tuesday to become governor of Kentucky, pulling off a political comeback 20 years after he last held office. Gov. Ernie Fletcher had won four years earlier on a campaign promise to …
Kentucky’s GOP chairman wants the Office of Insurance to terminate the contract of a Lexington law firm that has represented the state agency for more than a decade in the bankruptcy of Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co. Steve Robertson said …
Claudia Cole would have considered herself an unlikely person to be a lobbyist in the state Capitol. She preferred the simple life of wife and mother. But when her husband was killed in a Kentucky coal mine, the country girl …
A Christians-only health plan that serves nearly 20,000 churchgoers nationwide can continue operating in Kentucky, a judge ruled Thursday. Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate said the Medi-Share program isn’t insurance and therefore doesn’t violate the state’s insurance laws. …
