All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2013 // Officers with the Harlan City Police Department have a new accessory for their uniforms — a mobile video camera.According to WYMT-TV, the device is worn near the center of an officer’s chest and records audio and...
Oct 7 2013 // Kentucky officials say nearly 11,000 applications have been completed to obtain health insurance under the state’s new online marketplace, and almost 5,000 individuals or families have picked a health plan and signed...
Oct 4 2013 // A West Virginia man and two Kentucky residents have been sentenced for their roles in a workers’ compensation scheme.The Charleston Gazette reported that Jerome Edward Russell of Williamson, Frelin R. Workman of...
Sep 25 2013 // The same-sex partner of a woman charged with murder must testify against her and isn’t protected by the husband-wife privilege under state law, a Jefferson County judge ruled this week.The case is the first legal...
Sep 17 2013 // More than 100 Kentucky bridges have advanced deterioration and are at risk of collapsing, federal records show, and the head of the state’s transportation agency blames the situation largely on increased, heavier...
Sep 9 2013 // Workers’ compensation loss costs used by insurers in figuring rates to charge employers are going down for the eighth straight year.The loss cost figures show an average reduction of 7.9 percent for the 590...
Sep 9 2013 // Officials with the Tennessee Department of Insurance say they are investigating after getting complaints about letters sent by Humana Inc. to policyholders about their options under the Affordable Care Act.The...
Sep 3 2013 // A group of 431 people sickened by the diet drug fen-phen should be allowed to collect a $42 million judgment from their former attorneys who pilfered a massive settlement with the drug’s maker, the Kentucky Supreme...
Aug 30 2013 // Workers in one state office plan to go to as many tailgating events this fall as possible as college football season gets started, but they aren’t going for fun. Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division...
Aug 21 2013 // A judge in Lexington ruled that former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn is liable for nearly $24 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of his slain ex-fiancee.Fayette Circuit Judge James Ishmael...
Aug 14 2013 // The expanding number of doctors offering appointments through videoconferencing, called telemedicine, is expected to see a sharp increase in Kentucky.Telemedicine is seen as a way to help deal with doctor shortages,...
Aug 13 2013 // Kentucky cities are regulating how and where people can ride golf carts on public streets as the low-power vehicles become more popular as a way to beat high gas prices.Lewisport in Hancock County is weighing an ordinance...
Aug 6 2013 // Harbor Insurance Agency has become Keystone Insurers Group’s newest franchise partner in Kentucky. The announcement was made jointly by Harbor President Tim Murphy and Keystone’s Kentucky Vice President Nancy...
Jul 29 2013 // A Christian health program is back in operation in Kentucky, paying medical bills for churchgoers who pledge not to smoke, drink or engage in sex outside of marriage.Christian Care Ministry President Tony Meggs said Friday...
Jul 11 2013 // Posts on a gossip website that a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader is suing for defamation were so devastating that she once considered suicide and wants to keep other people from being hurt the same way, she testified...
Jul 10 2013 // A former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader who is suing a gossip website for alleged defamation wiped tears from her eyes Monday as she testified that she was mocked and humiliated by website posts that she says were false...
Jun 26 2013 // Kentucky officials will start a yearlong study next month to determine the effects of controversial new laws designed to curb prescription pill abuse.The Courier-Journal reported that the Cabinet for Health and Family...
Jun 25 2013 // Kentuckians will again be able to sign up for a Christians-only medical program under a batch of new laws that take effect Tuesday.Lawmakers passed the law allowing Medi-Share, a Florida-based cost-sharing ministry, to...
Jun 24 2013 // The parents of two students who were among those injured when a bus crashed on a Kentucky interstate as the group returned from a college campus visit have sued the charter bus operator, claiming the vehicle was not...
Jun 17 2013 // A lawsuit against a western Kentucky coal mine accused of discriminating against black job applicants appears to be nearing a settlement.River View Coal, a subsidiary of Tulsa, Okla.-based Alliance Resource Partners, was...