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