All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2021 // Kentucky’s governor toured parts of his state hard by heavy rains Tuesday and pledged to seek federal assistance after massive flooding inundated several areas.Gov. Andy Beshear said “parts of cities are...
Mar 3 2021 // Legislation that would provide broad protections to shield Kentucky businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits won approval from the state Senate after a long debate Monday evening.Senate President Robert Stivers...
Feb 25 2021 // A Kentucky parent has filed a lawsuit against the Kentucky High School Athletic Association over a policy on when student athletes can return to competition after testing positive for COVID-19.Jon Kelly Johnson, a dentist...
Feb 5 2021 // A nearly $14 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over a 2018 crash that killed a Kentucky police officer.The money will go to the son of Louisville Metro Police Detective Deidre “Dee Dee”...
Jan 25 2021 // A safety director at a Kentucky coal mine has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of rigging dust monitoring in underground mines.Steve DeMoss pleaded guilty earlier this month in federal court in Owensboro. He was one of...
Jan 20 2021 // The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled last month that an online poker company must pay more than $1 billion to the state for illegal gambling losses in a court battle that began a decade ago.The ruling from the state’s...
Jan 11 2021 // In a stinging rebuke of the Democratic governor’s response to COVID-19, Republican lawmakers on Saturday gave final passage to bills limiting his emergency powers to impose restrictions meant to contain the...
Jan 5 2021 // A Kentucky judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking refunds for University of Kentucky students who had to vacate campus because of the COVID-19 pandemic could continue, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.Franklin County...
Jan 4 2021 // At least one Kentucky police officer connected to the fatal shooting of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, is fighting a police move to terminate his employment.An attorney for Louisville Metro Police detective Joshua Jaynes...
Dec 14 2020 // Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday that the state’s restaurants, bars, gyms and other businesses will be able to return to their previous capacity limits starting Monday, Dec. 14.“When we talk about...
Dec 8 2020 // Kentucky’s Daviess County Fiscal Court and Owensboro City Commission are preparing to waive license fees for restaurants and bars to help ease the burden of the coronavirus pandemic, the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer...
Dec 2 2020 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Heritage Insurance Service, Inc., an independent agency in Louisville, Ky. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Nov 20 2020 // Bidding to slow surging coronavirus cases and deaths in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear announced new restrictions Tuesday on in-person gatherings at restaurants, schools and event venues.“I don’t take this lightly...
Nov 20 2020 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self-Insurers’ Fund, a workers’ compensation insurance provider in the state of Kentucky, will return more than $18.5 million, including special fund tax...
Nov 17 2020 // Kentucky’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the governor’s authority to issue coronavirus-related restrictions on businesses and individuals to try to contain the spread of COVID-19.The ruling delivered a...
Nov 12 2020 // A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days as officials tried to determine the amount of damage to the bridge that serves as a crucial link for interstate commerce,...
Oct 28 2020 // Arson investigators are trying to determine whether a blaze that damaged a Kentucky city hall building was intentionally set.The Burkesville government building suffered fire damage early Sunday to a section where police...
Oct 16 2020 // A coal miner working underground in western Kentucky died after being struck by a coal scoop.It was the second coal mining death in Kentucky in less than a week and the fourth overall in the U.S. this year. Phillip Ramsey,...
Oct 7 2020 // The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Kentucky clerk who was jailed in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.The high court said...
Sep 9 2020 // Police are looking for aggressive drivers in Kentucky over the next few weeks.Kentucky State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division launched the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks Campaign on Sept. 2. Officers...