All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 27 2010 // A Christians-only health care plan provides a “contract for insurance” and doesn’t qualify for exemption from state regulations as a religious publication, the Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled in a...
Aug 27 2010 // Recent surprise inspections show that increased enforcement isn’t preventing U.S. coal mines from continuing to violate safety laws, the federal Mine Safety & Health Administration said.MSHA inspectors found...
Aug 24 2010 // An annual filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage in Kentucky shows the fifth consecutive overall decrease in loss costs, Department of Insurance Commissioner...
Aug 20 2010 // A group of eastern Kentucky residents have sued two coal companies, saying improper surface mining and reclamation caused or worsened flooding that destroyed dozens of homes in Pike County last month.The Lexington...
Aug 19 2010 // A pair of fires that happened within minutes of each other may be arson and a southern Kentucky fire chief believes they may also be connected. Russellville Police Department Chief Barry Dill told the Bowling Green Daily...
Aug 17 2010 // If some crisp fall afternoon you happen to be walking along the Kentucky River and the faint sound of bagpipes wafts from the cemetery bluff, it could be Daniel Boone’s ghost calling you home.Or, Frankfort could be...
Jul 29 2010 // Louisville, Ky.-based insurance and benefits broker Arison Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired London, Ky. based insurance broker, Benefits Solutions, LLC. The acquisition creates Arison’s seventh regional office...
Jul 19 2010 // Texting while driving is no longer allowed in Kentucky.The practice became illegal on Thursday, as the new law banning the practice takes effect. A statement from Gov. Steve Beshear’s office says Kentucky had more...
Jul 14 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group has added two more franchisees to its expanding list of Kentucky partner agencies. Hall & Clark Insurance Agency in Prestonsburg and Ison Insurance Agency of West Liberty join KIG’s 17...
Jul 12 2010 // The death of a woman thrown from a hay wagon during a ride at a county fair has opened a debate over whether there should be improvements to Kentucky laws on farm equipment safety.Dale Dobson, head of the Farm Safety...
Jul 8 2010 // State mine safety workers are meeting face-to-face with coal miners at the job site to urge them to be vigilant about potential underground collapses, which have killed four miners in Kentucky this year.Mine Safety and...
Jul 6 2010 // A former government mine safety analyst has been indicted on charges of falsifying multiple reports while working for the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing.Betty Sue Whitaker of Hazard faces 58 counts of...
Jul 5 2010 // Keystone, LattaLatta Insurance Services Inc. of Henderson, Ky., has become Keystone Insurers Group’s seventeenth franchise partner in Kentucky.Latta Insurance Services President Williams S. Latta announced the new...
Jun 29 2010 // The Vatican is asking a federal judge to reject an attempt to question Pope Benedict XVI under oath in a Kentucky sex abuse lawsuit on the grounds that there has been no evidence of a link to church officials in Rome.The...
Jun 16 2010 // Latta Insurance Services Inc. of Henderson, Ky., has become Keystone Insurers Group’s seventeenth franchise partner in Kentucky.Latta Insurance Services President Williams S. Latta announced the new arrangement...
Jun 7 2010 // The Kentucky state auditor’s office will conduct an independent exam after a controversy involving fraud allegations by a city employee in Lexington over the purchase of insurance coverages for the city. Auditor Crit...
Jun 3 2010 // The United Mine Workers of America are raising new concerns about the safety of a western Kentucky coal mine where two men were killed by a rock fall in April.Steve Earle, a regional vice president for UMWA, said miners...
May 19 2010 // The Vatican on Monday was to make its most detailed argument yet for why it is not liable for bishops who allowed priests to molest children in the U.S., in a motion that could affect other efforts to sue the Holy See in...
May 17 2010 // A lawsuit filed against two coal companies that blames mining and poor reclamation for worsening flooding around an eastern Kentucky creek has grown to include 72 plaintiffs.The suit, plus a second lawsuit with 15...
May 17 2010 // Fiesta AutoHuntington Beach, Calif.-based Fiesta Auto Insurance, a franchise system to combine insurance and tax preparation under one roof, announced it has opened 20 new locations during the past 90 days. The...