All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2007 // When Comair Flight 5191 crashed shortly on takeoff in August at Kentucky’s Blue Grass Airport , the parents of 16-year-old Paige Winters thought she died instantly.Documents released this week show a contributing...
Jan 22 2007 // A Christians-only health plan that serves nearly 20,000 churchgoers nationwide can continue operating in Kentucky, a judge ruled Thursday.Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate said the Medi-Share program...
Jan 18 2007 // Federal agents will spend the rest of the week near Brooks, Kentucky investigating what caused a train carrying hazardous chemicals to derail and catch fire, forcing nearby residents to evacuate their homes.The chemical...
Jan 8 2007 // A former chief of police in Louisville has been appointed director of the Insurance Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance.Eugene Sherrard began his career in 1971 as a dispatcher for the Kentucky...
Jan 3 2007 // Don’t try to tell Ken Walker that the health care program Medi-Share should be banned in Kentucky.Formerly of Louisville, the Huntington, W.Va.-based freelance writer enrolled in the for-Christians-only initiative...
Dec 25 2006 // Dan Hayes began working at Purcell’s Business Products, in Campbellsville, Ky., in the 1970s. By 1980, he owned the business selling office supplies and equipment with eight employees.A desire to “do good by...
Dec 24 2006 // Dan Hayes began working at Purcell’s Business Products, in Campbellsville, Ky., in the 1970s. By 1980, he owned the business selling office supplies and equipment with eight employees.A desire to “do good by...
Nov 20 2006 // The widow of a miner killed in an underground roof collapse at a southeastern Kentucky mine is seeking more than $65 million in a lawsuit against the five Virginia companies that oversee the operation.Claudia Cole of...
Nov 20 2006 // The goal of fair and balanced courts in states throughout the country was advanced in a number of state Supreme Court elections, according to the American Insurance Association.Contestable state Supreme Court elections...
Nov 20 2006 // The midterm 2006 judicial elections saw judicial campaign contribution and advertising records smashed in numerous states holding high court elections.Voters went to the polls in 22 contested Supreme Court races in 10...
Nov 19 2006 // Judicial races in Southeast, nation prove contentious, costlyBusiness groups spend heavily but come up short in a number of judicial contests The midterm 2006 judicial elections saw judicial campaign contribution and...
Nov 7 2006 // A lawsuit filed by the family of one of the victims of a Kentucky jet crash that killed 49 people says many victims might have survived if the plane had not burst into flames.Comair Flight 5191 crashed and burned shortly...
Oct 30 2006 // A Christian cost-sharing ministry set up to help cover medical costs for churchgoers is not an insurance program and doesn’t claim to be, the head of the American Evangelical Association testified last week.E. John...
Oct 25 2006 // Officials in Kentucky were running tests Monday to try to determine what caused at least 36 people to complain of flu-like symptoms while traveling down the Ohio River on the Mississippi Queen.Dr. William Hacker,...
Oct 20 2006 // About 400 people should receive nearly $20 million lawyers held in a controversial fund controlled by three Lexington, Kentucky lawyers in a lawsuit over the diet drug fen-phen, a judge has ruled.Special Judge William Wehr...
Sep 25 2006 // The family of a woman killed when Comair Flight 5191 took off on the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky., and crashed in flames has sued the airline, blaming it for the country’s deadliest airplane...
Sep 17 2006 // The new national officers of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents were installed during the group’s September 10 board of directors meeting held in Savannah, Georgia. Each of the officers will...
Sep 5 2006 // The family of a woman killed when Comair Flight 5191 took off on the wrong runway and crashed in flames sued the airline, blaming it for the United States’ deadliest airplane disaster in five years.The lawsuit...
Sep 5 2006 // The latest industry loss cost filing approved for Kentucky workers compensation shows an average reduction of 9.3 percent for the 564 industrial classes. These classes include manufacturing, office and clerical,...
Sep 4 2006 // Former Executive DirectorA ‘spirited’ Kentucky wants make up ground in the race for captives Glenn Jennings replaced Martin J. Koetters as Executive Director of the Kentucky Office of Insurance in April 2005....