Latest Kentucky Headlines

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Worker Rescued From Rubble After Construction Accident in Kentucky

Nov 18 2024 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Firefighters in Kentucky’s largest city rescued a construction worker on a demolition team who fell into a void Thursday and became trapped in rubble, requiring a tedious, hours-long...

Head of Kentucky Plant Says Company Will Cover Damages After Blast

Nov 18 2024 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The president of a Kentucky plant that exploded earlier this week said the company is accountable for the accident and will pay damages to residents affected by the blast.“First and foremost,...

Kentucky Factory Neighbors Cite Years of Odors Before Deadly Explosion

Nov 15 2024 // For years, neighbors who lived near a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, complained amongst themselves and to local officials about a variety of strange smells coming from the plant, which produces colorings for food and...

Kentucky Sheriff Charged With Shooting of Judge Inside Courthouse

Sep 20 2024 // A Kentucky judge is dead and the county sheriff is in jail, charged with shooting the judge multiple times Thursday inside the courthouse.Local and national News outlets reported that Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines...

PCF Brokerage Buys Part of Kentucky Health Solutions in 14th Acquisition This Year

Aug 30 2024 // PCF Insurance Services, a large U.S. brokerage handling commercial and personal lines, life and health, workers’ compensation and employee benefits, has acquired the insurance business of Kentucky Health...

Kentucky DOI Gets New Vendor on Prelicensing, CE Services

Jun 27 2024 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has a new vendor on continuing education and prelicensing services: PSI Services.Prometric, the previous vendor, is no longer accepting education course and instructor reviews, the DOI...

Kentucky Governor Unveils Plan to Boost Rental Housing Amid Shortage

Jun 5 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said this week that a rental housing shortage has gnawed at him since the recovery began from a terrifying tornado outbreak that hit western parts of the state in late...

Tennessee, Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Sentenced for Second Crop Insurance Fraud

May 31 2024 // A Kentucky tobacco farmer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to crop insurance fraud, eight years after he was convicted of similar crimes. David Manion, 61, who resides in...

Kentucky Families Struggling After Being Hit Second Time by Tornadoes

May 30 2024 // BARNSLEY, Ky. (AP) — Devin Johnson’s life was uprooted for a second time when a tornado flattened his home over the Memorial Day weekend — on the same lot in Kentucky where another storm left him homeless in...

Latest Texas Storms Bring Damaging Winds, Baseball-Sized Hail

May 30 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and about 1 million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe...

Kentucky, Alabama Towns Dealing with Tornado Damage, Florida Feeling Record Heat

May 29 2024 // The latest community left with shattered homes and no power was the tiny Kentucky town of Charleston, which took a direct hit Sunday night from a tornado that the governor said appeared to be on the ground for 40 miles (64...

Tornado, Winds Again Pound Kentucky, Leaving 5 Deaths, Heavy Damage

May 28 2024 // The same weather system that spawned deadly tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas also killed five people in western Kentucky and left hundreds of properties damaged.Local news reports said that people died in Mercer...

Storms Leave 15 Dead, Hundreds Injured in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas

May 28 2024 // VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop...

U of Kentucky ‘Distressed’ Over Alleged Misconduct by Former Swim Coach

Apr 19 2024 // LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky spokeswoman says the school is “distressed to hear disturbing allegations” of sexual assault by former swimming and diving coach Lars Jorgensen outlined in a lawsuit by two...

How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background: Part 2 – Hawaii through Maryland

Apr 18 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Having a criminal charge or conviction in one’s background can make things more difficult for a licensed insurance producer. However, it doesn’t always have...

Severe Weather Spawns Tornado, Damage and One Death in South, Midwest

Apr 4 2024 // Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes.Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi,...

NICB Praises Florida’s New Law on Predatory Tow Truck Practices

Apr 2 2024 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau is hailing a new Florida law that aims to deter predatory tow-truck practices and limit the fees that tow companies can charge.House Bill 179 was signed by the governor in March and it...

Kentucky Senate Votes to Expand Family Leave as Insurance Product

Apr 1 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bipartisan bill aimed at expanding access to paid family leave won final passage Thursday as Kentucky’s legislature shifted into overdrive before a two-week break.The Senate voted 36-0 to...

Kentucky House Passes Bill to Reduce Medically Trained Workers in Smaller Mines

Mar 13 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House voted Monday to allow the state’s smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training assigned for each underground shift.In a...

Car Strikes Truck, Sends it Dangling Off Bridge in Kentucky

Mar 4 2024 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A tractor-trailer that was knocked dangling off a bridge over the Ohio River — prompting a dramatic rescue of the driver — was struck by a vehicle that had crossed into opposing traffic,...