Latest Kentucky Headlines

All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease by 5 Percent

Sep 19 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the annual workers’ compensation rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) with a rate decrease of five percent on average.It is the...

Kentucky Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Decrease 5 % on Oct. 1

Sep 9 2016 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved the annual workers’ compensation loss costs filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) with a rate decrease of five percent on average.It...

ARH Hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, Hit by Computer Virus

Aug 31 2016 // Federal authorities are investigating after a computer virus infected all electronic services of the Appalachian Regional Healthcare system in Kentucky and West Virginia.The system is dealing with technical complications,...

Obama Signs Kentucky Disaster Declaration for July Storm Damage

Aug 29 2016 // President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration for parts of Kentucky affected by storms in early July. The White House said in a news release Friday that the declaration covers damage from storms, tornadoes,...

Former Students Sue Kentucky Catholic School Over Sexual, Racial Harassment

Aug 22 2016 // Three former students of a Catholic high school in Lexington, Ky., have sued the school, accusing administrators of failing to discipline those allegedly responsible for acts of sexual harassment and racial...

Kentucky Man Awarded $21M for ‘Unnecessary’ Heart Procedures by Hospital

Aug 18 2016 // A jury has determined that a hospital in London, Kentucky, and its parent company should pay $21.2 million to a Corbin man who received unnecessary heart procedures.The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the jury ruled...

Kentucky Company Faces $320K Fine Over Worker Death

Aug 9 2016 // Federal regulators are proposing fines of more than $320,000 for safety violations for a Louisville, Ky., company whose employee died in a fatal fall in Illinois. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has...

2 Kentucky Farmers Plead Guilty to $1.1M in Crop Insurance Fraud

Aug 8 2016 // Two south-central Kentucky farmers have pleaded guilty to crop insurance fraud.The U.S. attorney’s office says 53-year-old David Manion and 48-year-old Henry Manion of Allen County admitted making false statements...

Kentucky Launches School Bus Safety Campaign Targeting Motorists

Aug 5 2016 // As a new school year approaches, billboards are going up in Kentucky to remind motorists to watch out for stopped school buses. The state Department of Education says about 45 billboards will warn of the danger of passing...

Kentucky Man Arrested for Theft of 10 Vehicles

Aug 2 2016 // An eastern Kentucky man accused of stealing 10 vehicles in a crime spree spanning less than two weeks has been arrested.Clay County Sheriff Kevin Johnson tells the Lexington Herald-Leader that the series of crimes...

Regulators Say Kentucky Mine Operator Negligence Caused Fatal Accident

Jul 25 2016 // Federal regulators have concluded that a Harlan County coal mine operator’s negligence resulted in a miner’s death earlier this year.A report issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration found that Lone...

National Weather Service Confirms 3 Tornadoes in Kentucky, West Virginia

Jul 7 2016 // Three tornadoes have been confirmed in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia from recent storms, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.After sending a team Tuesday to survey damage reports from Monday’s...

Police Searching for 2 Kentucky Men Accused of Stealing, Pawning Guitars

Jun 29 2016 // Police are looking for two Lexington, Ky., men charged with stealing guitars from music stores. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports arrest warrants have been issued for 37-year-old Jeremiah Hager and 35-year-old Jerason L....

Judge Dismisses Distillery’s Trademark Case Against University of Kentucky

Jun 27 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed an Appalachian distillery’s lawsuit in a trademark dispute with the University of Kentucky, but the moonshine maker vowed to fight on.The case pits the state’s flagship university...

University of Kentucky Developing Concussion Protocol for Jockeys

Jun 16 2016 // The University of Kentucky is developing the first ever concussion protocol for jockeys. The university announced a three-year study on Monday in partnership with the Jockeys’ Guild and several thoroughbred...

Kentucky Gov Ignores Court Order, Reorganizes Workers’ Comp Commission

Jun 14 2016 // Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin scrapped most current members of a powerful commission and replaced them with his own appointees for a second time, in spite of a judge’s order that temporarily blocked the...

Judge Blocks Order by Kentucky Governor to Abolish Workers’ Comp Commission

Jun 10 2016 // A Kentucky judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking Gov. Matt Bevin’s executive order that abolished the Workers’ Compensation Nominating Commission and recreated a new one.The Lexington Herald-Leader...

Jim Justice-Owned Mine Cited by Kentucky Regulators for Mudslide Damage to Homes

Jun 9 2016 // Kentucky regulators have cited a company owned by coal operator Jim Justice for conditions that they say contributed to a mudslide and flooding that damaged six homes in Pike County. Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet...

Kentucky School District to Pay $1.75M After Teaching Assistant Broke Child’s Legs

Jun 2 2016 // The family of an autistic teenager whose legs were broken when a teaching assistant physically restrained him will be paid $1.75 million by a Kentucky school district.The family did not sue the Jefferson County Public...

Adventure Seekers Barely Escape Flooded Kentucky Cave

May 31 2016 // The operator of a Kentucky spelunking attraction says he is analyzing what happened last week after 19 people barely escaped a flooded cave by trudging through neck-deep water to reach the caverns only exit.David Foster,...