Fire has destroyed a shop near Paris where specialty Kentucky auto license plates were manufactured. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, CWF Products in Bourbon County made plates for the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, among others. Owner …
A federal agency looking into a deadly chemical plant explosion and fire in Louisville, Ky., says crucial maintenance was deferred on an electric furnace that blew up. It says similar but smaller incidents had been ignored at the Carbide Industries …
A Louisville, Ky., wrestling coach and his two sons were saved from a fiery crash when someone dumped Gatorade on the blaze after their SUV wrecked along Interstate 64 near Frankfort. The crash happened early Sunday morning as Fern Creek …
Kentucky’s Louisville Zoo is planning to offer rides on two new trains as soon as staff members are fully trained on how to operate the vehicles. The move comes more than three years after a train derailed at the facility, …
Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from across the nation Tuesday. Conway briefed the National Governor’s Association Policy Academy on Reducing Prescription Drug Abuse about Kentucky’s efforts, …
State officials are investigating a series of mysterious explosions in southern Hopkins County – blasts that residents say is damaging homes in the area. Residents living just south of Nortonville blame a lead company, Donovan Commercial Industries, for an operation …
The number of coal miners killed on the job in Kentucky fell to four in 2012, down from eight the previous year when the state led the nation in fatalities. Kentucky Coal Association President Bill Bissett said Monday the industry …
Records show that the Kentucky’s 10,000 school buses are involved in hundreds of incidents each year, ranging from major wrecks to simple scrapes with a mailbox. An Associated Press analysis of state data shows there was an average of 1,434 …
People who visit Frankfort, Ky.’s Paul Sawyier Public Library will soon get a reminder of how high water can rise during a flood. The city and Franklin County are unveiling a high water mark sign at the library next month …
Residents affected by a train derailment and fire that evacuated a small town near Louisville, Ky., have filed a lawsuit against the railroad company and cleanup contractor. The lawsuit filed in Hardin County names four people who live in or …