All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2017 // Nancy G. Atkins has been appointed Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (KYDOI), in the wake of Brian Maynard’s decision to vacate the post.Maynard stepped down as commissioner of KYDOI effective...
Apr 21 2017 // A former strip mine would be converted into a solar farm under a proposal announced Tuesday by an Appalachian coal company that says it wants to place hundreds of thousands of panels in the Kentucky mountains.The Berkeley...
Apr 17 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers passed legislation aimed at reducing the beleaguered coal industry’s costs to cover claims by workers suffering from black lung disease.The plan, presented by Republican Senate President Robert...
Apr 6 2017 // The Food and Drug Administration has suspended a Kentucky facility after it was linked to an E. coli outbreak involving a peanut butter substitute.The Kentucky Enquirer reports the FDA suspended the facility March 28...
Apr 4 2017 // The parents of a Kentucky teenager say the steel blade of a samurai sword broke off its handle and flew in the air as he played with friends, piercing the boy’s forehead and leaving him in a coma for weeks.In a...
Apr 4 2017 // A miner killed by falling rock at a Kentucky coal mine early Thursday is the state’s second mining fatality this year, matching the total from all of 2016, authorities said.Joseph W. Partin died when a 15-foot-tall...
Apr 2 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers completed quick work Thursday evening on a proposal championed by the Senate’s top leader to reduce the beleaguered coal industry’s costs to cover claims by workers suffering from black lung...
Mar 23 2017 // Like many people who make their living selling stuff on Amazon.com Inc., Rob Griffin is terrified of getting kicked off the site. Two years ago the Atlanta resident was suspended for selling a banned health supplement and...
Mar 20 2017 // A bill revising Kentucky’s medical malpractice system by creating panels of medical providers to review claims of error or neglect before cases go to court was passed earlier this month by state lawmakers.The...
Mar 16 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers have agreed to loosen inspection requirements for underground coal mines. The Kentucky Senate gave final approval to House Bill 384 on Tuesday. It would give the Department of Natural Resources...
Mar 15 2017 // A bill aimed at eliminating the option of shock probation for people convicted in fatal drunken driving crashes has cleared the Kentucky General Assembly. The Senate voted 33-4 March 8 for final passage of the bill, House...
Mar 14 2017 // The National Weather Service says two tornadoes apparently hit far western Kentucky, where transportation officials say roads will reopen overnight.Meteorologist Jim Packett in Paducah says officials surveyed damage in...
Mar 10 2017 // Golf carts could become part of package-delivery fleets if a bill advancing in the Kentucky General Assembly becomes law.The measure won passage in the state House on a 61-36 vote after a long debate Wednesday. The...
Mar 8 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers wrapped up work Friday on revising the medical malpractice system by creating panels of medical providers to review claims of error or neglect before cases go to court.The legislation, long a priority of...
Mar 8 2017 // As Republicans in Congress prepare to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law, Kentucky’s current governor and his predecessor are wrestling over the law’s legacy – and...
Feb 27 2017 // Authorities say 12 children were taken to the hospital after a church bus crashed in southern Kentucky. Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that the crash happened about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on a road near...
Feb 23 2017 // Miss Kentucky USA runner-up has pleaded not guilty to an arson charge, accused of setting her roommate’s bed on fire at an apartment complex near the University of Louisville.WAVE-TV reports 22-year-old Christen...
Feb 21 2017 // Emergency crews in Louisville, Ky., have seen a rise in the number of calls related to drug overdoses.The Courier-Journal reports Metro EMS says it fielded 151 overdose calls in four days, starting at midnight on Feb. 9....
Feb 16 2017 // A Kentucky museum says a prized Corvette still covered in dirt and debris from its 2014 fall into a sinkhole has been moved from display to undergo repairs.The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green says restoration...
Feb 10 2017 // A blaze that tore through an award-winning country ham business in western Kentucky burned much of the 100,000-square-foot facility to the ground.Media reported that fire crews were called to Harper’s Country Hams in...