All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 17 2008 // An Irvine, Ky., woman is facing six felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly filing false statements related to her long-term disability benefits.Treva Caton, 60, began receiving disability benefits in 1984...
Jan 15 2008 // Weather officials have confirmed a tornado touched down and caused damage last week in south central Kentucky. A storm survey team with the National Weather Service rated the tornado an EF-1, with maximum wind speeds of...
Jan 13 2008 // A fire that nearly destroyed a western Kentucky courthouse was an arson, the second time this county’s courthouse was set ablaze on purpose, according to officials.The fire at the Carlisle County Courthouse started...
Jan 10 2008 // Kentucky is reporting the nation’s first mine death of 2008.The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says an eastern Kentucky coal truck driver died Tuesday at Blue Ridge surface mine in Perry County. The mine...
Jan 8 2008 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance Fraud Division arrested a Somerset, Ky., insurance agent last month following an indictment on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud and four felony counts of possession of a forged...
Jan 8 2008 // Tracy J. Bertram, a Campbellsville, Ky., native and director of the Kentucky Office of Insurance Property and Casualty Division, has been elected to the board of directors for the national System for Electronic Rate and...
Jan 7 2008 // A fire at a barn in western Kentucky killed six horses, though rescuers were able to save 19 from the blaze.The fire at the former Riverside Downs in Henderson was extinguished by Friday evening. State police are...
Jan 7 2008 // Officials in western Kentucky now say arson is to blame for the fire last week that nearly destroyed the Carlisle County Courthouse.The investigation is still under way. The fire started early on the morning of Dec. 26. No...
Jan 4 2008 // A fire that nearly destroyed a western Kentucky courthouse was an arson, the second time this county’s courthouse was set ablaze on purpose.The fire at the Carlisle County Courthouse started early Dec. 26. The...
Jan 3 2008 // CarInsurance.com, which sells auto insurance over the Internet, has added more carriers to its current 28 state agency product offering.In November and December 2007, the firm expanded and now offers Encompass Insurance...
Dec 18 2007 // Kentucky officials indicted a Louisville man on a felony count of insurance fraud after allegedly submitting an altered receipt for nearly $4,000 to State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.Robert L. Whiteside, 39, presented a...
Dec 12 2007 // A bench warrant has been issued for a Bowling Green, Ky., man who failed to appear for arraignment on fraud charges pursued by the Kentucky Office of Insurance. Jaime Salazar, 31, of 1342 Bluelake Way, was indicted on one...
Dec 12 2007 // Kentucky Insurance officials charged a Shelbyville woman with insurance fraud as a result of collecting more than $3,000 in workers’ compensation benefits.Tanya Garitty, 38, told her employer she was unable to work...
Dec 6 2007 // Kentucky insurance agents can now offer their customers a product that combines accident forgiveness and discounts with rating tiers.Illinois-based Encompass Insurance’s new Encompass Edge, with its advanced rating...
Nov 27 2007 // A former Kentucky insurance agent has been indicted on fraud charges after allegedly forging signatures on 114 disability insurance applications.According to court documents, Ray W. Kennedy, 46, of Owensboro, Ky., received...
Nov 16 2007 // An apparent tornado touched down Wednesday night west of Chattanooga, Tenn., damaging buildings and causing minor injuries to at least nine people, including three children.Tornadoes must be confirmed by the National...
Nov 8 2007 // Democrat Steve Beshear easily defeated the scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Tuesday to become governor of Kentucky, pulling off a political comeback 20 years after he last held office.Gov. Ernie Fletcher had won four...
Nov 7 2007 // With 99.9 percent of Kentucky’s precincts completed Democrat Steve Beshear will lead Kentucky state government for the next four years.Of the 1,055,511 votes cast so far, Beshear has garnered nearly 620,000 with five...
Nov 6 2007 // Kentucky’s race for governor between Democrat Steve Beshear and Gov. Ernie Fletcher looked like it would focus on the ethics of the Republican incumbent, who spent much of his first term battling a hiring scandal.In...
Nov 1 2007 // The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet wants to use $3.35 million in federal funds to prevent accidents and increase safety at 19 railroad crossings around the commonwealth by adding crossing gates and other safety...