All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 10 2010 // Hundreds of serious violations were discovered at 57 troubled U.S. coal mines during surprise inspections just days after the nation’s worst coal mining disaster in 40 years, federal regulators said recently.Six...
Apr 30 2010 // Two miners were missing Thursday and rescuers were unable to contact them after a roof collapsed in a large underground coal mine in western Kentucky, company and union officials said.Rescue crews were in the mine on...
Apr 20 2010 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers Fund recently returned $8.6 million in dividends to its qualifying members. This dividend return marked the 16th consecutive year in which the Kentucky AGC/SIF has...
Apr 19 2010 // A judge in Louisville has removed two high school officials from a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the death of a 15-year-old football player.The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported that Judge Mitch Perry dropped...
Apr 19 2010 // Pennsylvania-based insurance agency franchisor Keystone Insurers Group has more than 200 agency owner-partners and it’s not done yet, says Colin Buzzard, Keystone’s executive vice president of sales and...
Apr 19 2010 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has signed into law two Senate bills that will ensure that public entities such as the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) and the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) conduct their business...
Apr 8 2010 // Gov. Steve Beshear has signed into law two Senate bills that will ensure that public entities and affiliated organizations such as the Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) and the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC) conduct...
Apr 7 2010 // Arison Insurance Services, Inc., a Louisville, Kentucky insurance brokerage, has added several members to its sales staff.The new additions include senior sales executives Stephanie Bell, Chris Fabish and Sam Drury. Bell...
Apr 7 2010 // A judge has ruled that former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn is competent to stand trial in the shooting death of his ex-fiancee after a psychiatrist testified that Nunn is capable of assisting in his defense.Nunn, a...
Apr 6 2010 // Pennsylvania-based insurance agency franchisor Keystone Insurers Group has more than 200 agency owner-partners and it’s not done yet, says Colin Buzzard, Keystone’s executive vice president of sales and...
Apr 6 2010 // The mental competency of a former Kentucky lawmaker accused of killing his ex-fiancee, a state insurance examiner, was to be reviewed at a hearing Monday afternoon in Lexington.Former state Rep. Steve Nunn was ordered to...
Apr 6 2010 // Motorists in Kentucky would face fines if caught texting while driving under legislation that lawmakers are heralding as a lifesaving measure.The legislation cleared its final hurdle last week when the House passed it by a...
Apr 5 2010 // $30.8 MillionThe dividend announced by Kentucky’s major workers’ compensation insurance carrier after several weeks of political pressure. Earlier this month, Gov. Steve Beshear asked the insurer to consider...
Apr 2 2010 // An Alabama trucking company involved in a crash that killed 11 people in Kentucky had a poor safety rating from federal regulators, repeatedly failing roadside inspections.The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
Apr 2 2010 // The Kentucky Senate has used some late maneuvering in pushing a bill aimed at banning people from sending text messages while driving in the state.Senators found a House bill to attach the provisions that would prohibit...
Mar 31 2010 // The General Assembly has passed a bill that would allow the Kentucky Department of Insurance to pay homeowners up to $300,000 for damage resulting from geologic shifts triggered by mining.The current limit allowed to be...
Mar 30 2010 // Residents of a southern Louisville neighborhood have sued Nuplex Resins over a chemical spill that sent vapors through sewer pipes. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that three people filed the suit last Friday in...
Mar 29 2010 // Fast food giant McDonald’s has withdrawn a petition to the Kentucky Supreme Court over a $6.1 million award to a former fast food worker who was forced to strip after someone called posing as a police officer. The...
Mar 29 2010 // Kentucky’s major workers’ compensation insurance carrier has decided to return some of its surplus to policyholders.The decision comes after several weeks of political pressure. Earlier this month, Gov. Steve...
Mar 26 2010 // A bill seeking to ban people from sending text messages while driving in Kentucky has won approval from the state Senate.The measure would prohibit drivers from writing, sending or reading text messages when their vehicle...