A Kentucky agency has created a task force aimed at preventing financial cybercrime. The task force’s focus will be to protect both the financial services industry and the public. The group was formed recently by the state Department of Financial …
Kentucky lawmakers are preparing for another debate on whether to shake up the state’s medical malpractice system, with some influential outside voices joining on both sides of the discussion. A new coalition of health care and business groups this week …
Kentucky is on track for its lowest number of traffic fatalities in decades. The Courier-Journal reports fewer than 600 fatal crashes had been reported by mid-December. The last time the number was that low was in the 1940s. The newspaper …
A Louisville, Ky., company has created a secure pill dispenser with the aim of combating prescription drug abuse. The Pill Guard is designed to ensure patients get the prescribed dose of medicine at the right time, and it prevents a …
The top elected official in an Appalachian county ravaged by a tornado nearly two years ago was arrested Monday on charges of mail fraud, theft and conspiring to launder money in an alleged scheme to steer work to a construction …
Someone has been secreting things away from a high-end store in Bowling Green, Ky. The manager of Victoria’s Secret in the Greenwood Mall reported that more than $8,000 in pricy undergarments were stolen from the store over the course of …
Projects to improve safety at railroad crossings in 17 Kentucky counties will be helped with nearly $2.2 million in grants announced by Gov. Steve Beshear. The grants require a dollar-for-dollar match from the railroad companies and come from the Kentucky …
A new 3,400-pound clock tower has been placed atop the old Morgan County Courthouse in West Liberty, more than a year and a half after tornadoes devastated the town. The Lexington Herald-Leader says the copper-covered clock tower was built in …
The federal government has announced it will invest $2 million to train workers and protect businesses in two Kentucky communities affected by natural disasters. The U.S. Economic Development Administration will provide $1.5 million to Union College in Barbourville and $500,000 …
Workers in one state office plan to go to as many tailgating events this fall as possible as college football season gets started, but they aren’t going for fun. Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division investigators will be working to deter …