Latest Kentucky Headlines

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Golf Carts on Kentucky Roads Must be Insured

Aug 21 2008 // Kentucky golfers and anyone who owns a golf cart within five-miles of a golf course entrance have the go-ahead to putter around on public roadways, per recent legislation.While the golf cart does not meet the state’s...

Jockey Club Calls for Safety Risk Study on Kentucky Derby Field

Aug 19 2008 // A Jockey Club panel will be studying whether the number of horses allowed into the Kentucky Derby poses a safety risk.The annual Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. regularly draws 20 horses to the...

Former Mississippi Lawyer Scruggs to Begin Prison Term in Kentucky

Aug 4 2008 // Not so long ago, former Mississippi-based Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was one of the most powerful civil lawsuit attorneys in the country. In prison, he will be inmate No. 12734-042.Scruggs, 62, must report to a...

Ohio Casualty Offers Farm Business on Commercial IQ in Kentucky, Ohio

Aug 4 2008 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the introduction of its farm line of business (ISO Division Four) on Commercial IQ, its web-based application for quoting and application...

Kentucky Insurance Legislation Affects Compensation and Investments

Jul 31 2008 // Kentucky lawmakers adopted insurance legislation during the 2008 regular legislative session that will affect agents and carriers working in the state.The Insurance Producer Modernization bill (HB 334) allows an agent to...

Court Orders Mississippi Lawyer Scruggs to Kentucky Federal Prison

Jul 25 2008 // Famed Mississippi anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is ordered to report to a federal prison in Ashland, Ky., in August to start serving his five-year sentence for attempting to bribe a Mississippi...

2 Kentucky Highway Safety Agencies to Merge

Jul 16 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced a reorganization within the Justice Cabinet that will make Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement a division of Kentucky State Police. The two agencies share responsibility for highway...

Delta Dismissed from Fatal 2006 Kentucky Plane Crash Lawsuits

Jul 11 2008 // A federal judge dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people two years ago.U.S. District Judge Karl Forester said in a 13-page opinion that no...

Golf Carts Allowed on Kentucky Roads Must be Insured

Jul 10 2008 // Kentucky golfers and anyone who owns a golf cart within five-miles of a golf course entrance have the go-ahead to putter around on public roadways, per recently signed legislation.In a measure that may also be of interest...

Kentucky Gov. Appoints 16 to Emergency Response Commission

Jul 10 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear appointed the following members to the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission:Edward W. Tonini, of Frankfort, is the adjutant general of Kentucky for the Department of Military Affairs. The...

Judge Recuses Self from Kentucky Fen-Phen Retrial

Jul 9 2008 // The federal judge who oversaw the eight-week trial of two lawyers accused of conspiring to defraud their clients out of $65 million in a diet-drug settlement won’t handle the retrial.U.S. District Judge William O....

Kentucky Explores ATV Accidents

Jul 7 2008 // Kentucky led the nation in all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related deaths in 2007, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The frequency of injuries and fatalities caught University of Kentucky hospital surgeon...

Kentucky Study Explores Possible Causes of All Terrain Vehicle Accidents

Jun 24 2008 // Kentucky led the nation in ATV-related deaths in 2007 according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The frequency of injuries and fatalities caught University of Kentucky hospital surgeon Andrew Bernard’s...

Feds Warn 16 Mining Companies over Safety Issues

Jun 23 2008 // Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration officials said they told 16 U.S. mining companies they have patterns of violating health and safety rules and warned them to clean up their acts or face heightened...

Kentucky Gov. Appoints Workers Claims Administrative Law Judges

Jun 17 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear appointed two new administrative law judges in the Department of Workers Claims.Beshear appointed private practice attorney Joseph W. Justice, of Pikeville. The appointment replaces John W....

Mine safety Officials Issue Warning to East Kentucky Mine for Violations

Jun 16 2008 // The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a warning to a mine in eastern Kentucky for safety violations.The Louisville Courier-Journal reports that the agency issued the warning on June 12 to Stillhouse Mine...

Kentucky Woman Indicted for Fraud

Jun 13 2008 // A Corbin, Ky. woman is in custody after being indicted on a felony count of insurance fraud, the Kentucky Office of Insurance reported.According to court documents, Christine V. Young filled out an application for...

Union Wants Kentucky Plane Crash Investigation Reopened

Jun 10 2008 // The air traffic controllers’ union is urging a federal safety board to reopen its findings on a 2006 plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people and include understaffing at the airport tower as a contributing...

SafeAuto Adding New Contact Center in Central Kentucky

Jun 9 2008 // SafeAuto Insurance Co., is adding a new contact center and backup data center to service customers nationwide in central Kentucky, a move that will create 236 new full-time jobs. The facility represents an annual net...

Salvage Operations Commence after Barge Accident in Kentucky

Jun 9 2008 // The Coast Guard says salvage operations are to start after two barges carrying iron ore sank in the Ohio River near downtown Louisville, Ky.Authorities shut traffic down on the river near where the two barges sank June 6....