All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 1 2012 // Lawmakers in Kentucky have moved a step closer to discarding a longstanding traffic safety measure in the name of religious freedom, despite dire warnings that the move could lead to mayhem on the state’s...
Feb 28 2012 // Fire departments in eastern Kentucky are struggling to find enough volunteers.Pike County Emergency Management Director Doug Tackett told the Appalachian News-Express that volunteer departments are finding different ways...
Feb 27 2012 // More than 1,500 coal miners have tested positive for drug use since Kentucky began screenings six years ago, a state attorney told lawmakers, and he urged lawmakers to close legal loopholes that can allow miners who test...
Feb 17 2012 // Kentucky Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo said he will file legislation to give whistleblowers strong financial incentive to step forward if state tax dollars are being misused.Stumbo, a Democrat, said his False Claims Act...
Feb 14 2012 // The simple, heart-felt letters of an old-fashioned Amish man are being credited for the Senate’s quick passage of a bill that would allow Kentucky’s Amish residents to use reflective tape on their horse-drawn...
Feb 7 2012 // It’s been three years since an ice storm paralyzed the western Kentucky region and emergency service coordinators say they’re better prepared in the event of another major disaster.Kentucky Transportation...
Feb 6 2012 // Churchill Downs Inc. and the Jockeys’ Guild have reached an agreement to subsidize riders’ health insurance, life insurance and disability benefits for members of the Guild who ride in the United States. Terms...
Jan 26 2012 // The Amish in Kentucky would not have to display reflective safety triangles on their horse-drawn buggies if a proposal by a state legislator becomes law.Rep. Johnny Bell, a Glasgow Democrat, has sponsored a bill to allow...
Jan 25 2012 // Churchill Downs Inc. and the Jockeys’ Guild have reached an agreement to subsidize riders’ health insurance, life insurance and disability benefits for members of the Guild who ride in the United States. Terms...
Jan 23 2012 // A judge who dealt jail sentences to Amish men who refused to pay traffic fines in a dispute over the use of reflective safety triangles on their buggies handed down an unnecessary punishment, a lawyer for the men says,...
Jan 23 2012 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. President Scott Wallace announced that he will step down as president and CEO of the corporation effective April 6.Wallace, who has served more than six years as the CEO of the Florida...
Jan 23 2012 // Ascension, Falcone WilliamsAscension Insurance is expanding in North Carolina with its third agency acquisition in the state in the past three years. Ascension’s most recent acquisition is Falcone Williams Insurance,...
Jan 18 2012 // An Amish teen has been cited for not displaying a safety triangle after a sport utility vehicle hit a buggy carrying five children.There were no injuries reported, but the crash dragged the horse-drawn buggy several feet...
Jan 13 2012 // On Jacob Gingerich’s farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an orange safety triangle on their black horse-drawn buggy as a violation of the...
Jan 9 2012 // Kentucky National Insurance has appointed David McMullen as its new president. McMullen comes to the company with 15 years of experience, most recently as the director of insurance for AAA Allied Group, Inc. In that...
Jan 9 2012 // Louisville-based insurance agency Neace Lukens is expanding its presence in Kentucky by buying the Berryman Insurance Agency.The Hartford, Kentucky-based Berryman Agency was founded in 1937 and its current owners date back...
Jan 9 2012 // Because of an alarming increase in suspected arson fires in Kentucky, State Fire Marshal William Swope is asking citizens to provide information to help solve the crimes. Since December, arson has been suspected in nearly...
Jan 9 2012 // Tompkinsville independent insurance agent Bart Rowland will be the Republican nominee for a Kentucky House seat left vacant when former Rep. James Comer was elected state agriculture commissioner.Rowland was nominated last...
Dec 29 2011 // A volunteer fire department in southeastern Kentucky says it will begin collecting fees from subscribers next week.Bell County Assistant Fire Chief David Miracle said the fee is voluntary and that no one would be denied...
Dec 1 2011 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a former community college president against the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Under terms of the settlement, former Owensboro Community &...