The state board of Coal Mine Health and Safety plans to revisit West Virginia’s regulations for sealing abandoned sections of coal mines. State law requires the board to review West Virginia’s regulations because the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration …
A rash of sewer grate thefts around northern Kentucky has police worried about safety as scavengers seek scrap metal to sell. Thieves stole at least 26 sewer grates this month from streets in Newport, Covington, Fort Thomas, Wilder, Southgate, Bellevue …
Allen County, Ky. Judge-Executive Bobby Young has a simple description of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “FEMA is a joke,” Young said. That sentiment – and variations on it – can be heard commonly among southern Kentucky residents seeking to …
Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Company recently posted financial results for 2007. Chairman, President and CEO John J. Bishop presented the state of the organization during the annual policyholder meeting at corporate headquarters. Motorists Mutual is the lead company of …
Geologists who gathered a week after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook the Midwest said they expect mild aftershocks to rattle the region for several weeks. The latest aftershock, a 3.7 magnitude temblor, was felt in Evansville on Friday, April 25, 2008, …
Lexington, Kentucky authorities have detonated a homemade bomb found in the bed of a pickup truck at Central Baptist Hospital. The device was brought to the hospital by a patient. Central Baptist spokeswoman Ruth Ann Childers says a boy needed …
Liberty Mutual Group has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Safeco Corp. for $68.25 per share in cash in a deal that will make Liberty Mutual the fifth largest U.S. property/casualty insurer and second largest surety …
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration is blocking the appointment of his predecessor’s top aide to Kentucky’s Mine Safety Review Commission. Stan Cave, who was former Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s chief of staff, has objected to the claim by Beshear’s general counsel …
When it comes to dealing with a recession, independent agents in Michigan carry the dubious distinction of having more experience than their counterparts in other Midwestern states. Michigan has been knee deep in a recession for at least the last …
Murray State University officials expect emergency sirens to be operational on the Kentucky campus in about a month, part of an effort to enhance security procedures that can warn of violence or severe weather. President Randy Dunn said Murray State …
