All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 25 2019 // Kentucky State Police say a vehicle has struck three workers in a construction zone on the Bluegrass Parkway near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. A statement from police says it appears that 18-year-old Dillan Waldridge of...
Nov 18 2019 // The senior population continues growing at a time when the insurance market for senior living operations is under strain and both trends are expected to continue.The population of Americans over age 80 will double, from 6...
Nov 14 2019 // Police in Kentucky say they’ve arrested a prolific thief, a man who they say broke into 17 homes within a few miles (kilometers) of each other. They say he wasn’t going for high-end appliances, cash or jewelry:...
Nov 12 2019 // An explosion and fire have damaged a hemp processing plant in Kentucky.Clark County Fire Chief Ernie Barnes told WKYT-TV that crews were dispatched Thursday night to the GenCanna facility in Winchester and arrived to find...
Nov 1 2019 // Three Kentucky farmers have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to crop insurance fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Lexington says 34-year-old Bradley Price pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money...
Oct 31 2019 // A health insurance provider says it’s laying off more than 800 people.The Louisville, Kentucky-based Humana announced Monday it’d be cutting 2% of its workforce by the end of the year, with some employees being...
Oct 18 2019 // The Kentucky Department for Public Health said last week it is monitoring a growing number of cases of illness related to e-cigarette use or vaping. The commissioner for the Department for Public Health, Dr. Angela...
Oct 10 2019 // Highway safety officials in Kentucky have launched a campaign aimed at preventing traffic crashes by encouraging motorists to buckle up and put down their phones. The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety launched the...
Oct 9 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Louisville, Kentucky-based Garrett-Stotz Co. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1931, Garrett-Stotz Company is a full-service commercial and personal lines...
Oct 4 2019 // A Kentucky zoo has spent thousands on a sinkhole about as wide as a football field, but still hasn’t settled on a long-term plan for the problem. Louisville Zoo Director John Walczak tells the Courier Journal the zoo...
Oct 1 2019 // A federal report says failure to control parts of a Kentucky coal mine led to the death of a miner crushed by a 2,000-pound piece of rock and coal.A U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration report says 48-year-old Felix...
Sep 18 2019 // FCCI Insurance Group reported it has awarded a dividend based on favorable results for its Contractors Select program with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana/Kentucky.The program is designed to reward ABC...
Sep 12 2019 // The Kentucky Labor Cabinet has sent letters to coal and construction companies that might be in violation of a state law that requires a bond to cover employee wages. The Herald-Leader reports that over the last few weeks,...
Sep 10 2019 // A coal miner has died from injuries suffered in an accident at a western Kentucky mine.A statement from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet says 39-year-old Jeremy Elder of Providence died Thursday from critical...
Sep 10 2019 // Kentucky will receive a big infusion of federal funds to reinforce efforts to combat the state’s addiction woes from the opioid epidemic. The assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services comes a...
Sep 9 2019 // A group of Kentucky hospitals is suing dozens of opioid makers and distributors saying the companies misrepresented the benefits and dangers of the painkiller.The complaint filed in Warren County Circuit Court in...
Sep 5 2019 // The Board of Directors of ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has appointed Kevin Fallahay as the company’s vice president of Claims, and Robert Korsan as the vice president of Underwriting.Fallahay previously held the...
Aug 26 2019 // A natural gas pipeline in Kentucky that exploded this month and killed one person has a history of deadly accidents. The Courier Journal reports six people in Kentucky and nine people in total have died in gas explosions...
Aug 23 2019 // A string of fires in a western Kentucky neighborhood has left authorities wondering if they’re all related.News outlets report four fires in the past week have occurred in the Pleasant Ridge area and three of the...
Aug 19 2019 // A fire department in Kentucky says a collision between a commercial truck and a Greyhound bus has left at least 17 people injured.WKYT-TV reports Greyhound bus 1104 traveling from Atlanta to Cincinnati when it crashed...