More than two dozen Appalachian families who have lost loved ones in coal accidents are supporting a federal bill that would mandate more safety measures. Among the supporters are the widows of the 2006 Kentucky Darby underground explosion that killed …
Weather officials have confirmed a tornado touched down and caused damage last week in south central Kentucky. A storm survey team with the National Weather Service rated the tornado an EF-1, with maximum wind speeds of 100 miles per hour. …
A fire that nearly destroyed a western Kentucky courthouse was an arson, the second time this county’s courthouse was set ablaze on purpose, according to officials. The fire at the Carlisle County Courthouse started early Dec. 26. The building was …
Giant insurance broker Marsh announced changes to its global organizational structure as well as several senior management appointments. Marsh said its global insurance broking business will be consolidated into two geographic divisions: U.S./Canada and International. As part of this combination, …
Although Midwesterners worry most about tornadoes, snow and ice storms, lurking in the back of every homeowner’s mind is the knowledge that we, like our California brethren, lie just above a major earthquake fault line — New Madrid. Although no …
An Olive Hill, Ky., man received a sentence of 20 days in jail after presenting a fake auto insurance card to the Carter County clerk. Daniel D. McGlone, 49, entered guilty pleas on two misdemeanor counts of insurance fraud and …
Fire investigators are blaming an electrical problem for a fire that killed six horses in a western Kentucky barn last week. Baskett, Ky., fire chief Bill Shaw says state and federal investigators found that a shorted out extension cord ignited …
Kentucky is reporting the nation’s first mine death of 2008. The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says an eastern Kentucky coal truck driver died Tuesday at Blue Ridge surface mine in Perry County. The mine is operated by the …
The Kentucky Office of Insurance Fraud Division arrested a Somerset, Ky., insurance agent last month following an indictment on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud and four felony counts of possession of a forged instrument. James Garner Sadler, 57, of …
Tracy J. Bertram, a Campbellsville, Ky., native and director of the Kentucky Office of Insurance Property and Casualty Division, has been elected to the board of directors for the national System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF). SERFF, originally …
