All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2015 // Lawsuits filed against five Kentucky tobacco farms claim they exploited migrant workers by paying substandard wages, providing squalid housing and threatening some with jail or deportation if they complained.The...
Jun 1 2015 // Confie SegurosConfie Seguros, based in Huntington Beach, Calif., has acquired three new insurance brokerages in Buffalo, N.Y. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Confie acquired three agencies all providing auto...
May 28 2015 // An eastern Kentucky county ravaged by a 2012 tornado is being sued for nearly $1 million by a Lexington company that provided rented trailers, generators, all-terrain vehicles and other equipment after the deadly twister...
May 21 2015 // The alleged head of a bourbon theft ring recruited a security guard and paid her $800 to look the other way as thieves spirited away thousands of dollars’ worth of whiskey from a Kentucky distillery, prosecutors said...
May 20 2015 // A man has filed a lawsuit against Norton Healthcare in Kentucky, claiming employees lost a piece of his brain after surgery.The Courier-Journal reports 72-year-old Fred Habermel underwent surgery at Norton Cancer Institute...
May 15 2015 // The city of Somerset, Ky., has settled with a paramedic who filed suit claiming she was fired from her job for criticizing the mayor in a Facebook post.Crystal Norton was reinstated to her job and received nearly $26,000...
May 13 2015 // Keystone Insurers Group is continuing its expansion in Kentucky with the addition of a new franchise partner in Maysville. Richmond Insurance Agency of Kentucky is the 25th independent insurance agency in the state to join...
May 11 2015 // Two people have pleaded guilty in connection with a central Kentucky bourbon theft ring.Franklin County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Zach Becker told The State Journal that Michael Shaun Ballard and Ronnie Lee...
May 7 2015 // Gerald and Nancy Barton are in a fix. After an April 3 storm flooded their Louisville, Ky., home, they had to tear out the floorboards and the bottom half of the wallboards. But they can’t get the permits they need...
Apr 17 2015 // Whoever stole five heavy barrels of Wild Turkey bourbon from a Kentucky warehouse may have taken a lot more liquor than previously thought and the case could result in multiple indictments, according to the sheriff...
Apr 13 2015 // More than 100 million gallons of untreated sewage spilled into the Ohio River in southern Louisville, Ky., after a fire disabled a water treatment plant last week.Metropolitan Sewer District spokesman Steve Tedder told The...
Apr 9 2015 // A lawsuit has been filed against General Electric over a fire at its Appliance Park last week.The Courier-Journal says the lawsuit was filed Monday in Jefferson County Circuit Court by a resident who lives near the complex...
Apr 7 2015 // The cause of a fire that ignited at a warehouse at General Electric’s Appliance Park in Louisville, Ky., on Friday could take weeks to uncover.The Courier-Journal reports the blaze was first spotted around 6 a.m. As...
Apr 1 2015 // What does it cost to miss a deadline? For the company that makes the prescription painkiller Oxycontin, the answer could be more than $1 billion.Kentucky is suing Purdue Pharma on claims that the company misrepresented its...
Mar 27 2015 // Kentucky lawmakers have given final passage to a bill aimed at curtailing drunken driving through use of ignition interlock devices that test the sobriety of drivers.A final version cleared the House and Senate this week...
Mar 20 2015 // A former state mine inspector has pleaded guilty in federal court to taking bribes from former Kentucky lawmaker Keith Hall.Kelly Shortridge agreed to a plea that was filed in court on Wednesday. It says Shortridge, who...
Mar 18 2015 // Another iconic bourbon brand in Kentucky has been targeted in a heist, but this time authorities say they have arrested a suspect caught with the stash of pricey whiskey in his backyard.Franklin County sheriff’s...
Mar 13 2015 // State lawmakers are trying to figure out how to enforce the terms of a settlement reached with the nation’s largest tobacco companies.What’s at stake: About $100 million in state revenue every year that pays...
Mar 6 2015 // Anheuser-Busch can make beer, but they have to let other people sell it in Kentucky.The state Senate voted 23-13 to ban brewers from owning alcohol distributors, a sign of the increasing influence of the emerging craft...
Mar 5 2015 // Metro Louisville, Ky. officials have sent letters to some homeowners that rent space to travelers through online home-sharing sites telling them to stop the practice immediately or they risk being fined.The Courier-Journal...