Public safety agencies in Kentucky are swapping and reprogramming their radios to comply with a Federal Communications Commission mandate aimed at increasing the number of frequencies available for use. By Jan. 1, the radios must use 12.5 kilohertz channels instead …
Officials are evacuating more than two dozen homes near a train derailment that occurred two weeks ago in southwestern Jefferson County, Ky. The evacuations Tuesday are to allow workers to remove hazardous chemicals from some of the tanker cars. Part …
Kentucky should abolish the office of constable or strip away its law-enforcement powers because it has outlived its usefulness and is no longer essential to modern law-enforcement work, a group said Thursday. The move comes after a yearlong study by …
The head of the Paducah & Louisville Railway says the company has paid out at least $325,000 in reimbursements so far after a train derailed in southwest Louisville, and caused a chemical fire. CEO Tony Wreck told The Associated Press …
Sparks from a cutting torch ignited leaking vapors from a derailed train car and caused a fire that burned three workers and prompted the evacuation of a town near Louisville on Wednesday, a fire official said. The blaze broke out …
Prevention is the focus for the fourth annual Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit this week at Keeneland, Ky. The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation sponsors the event. Foundation President Edward L. Bowen told the Lexington Herald-Leader the first three …
Toyota is holding a free 2 1/2-hour defensive driving program for teens and their parents during several sessions this weekend in Georgetown, Ky. The company says Toyota Driving Expectations was developed in collaboration with the National Safety Council and is …
An auction house open for 50 years in Scottsville was destroyed by fire on its final day of business, and its owners say they had no insurance. The fast-moving fire gutted the Wagon Wheel Antique Mall and Auction Company on …
Kentucky’s top transportation official has told the National Transportation Safety Board that navigation lights on bridges are working properly and that workers who inspect and maintain the lights are properly trained. The Paducah Sun reported Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Mike …
The National Transportation Safety Board says Kentucky had received a warning about downed lights on the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge a month before a barge struck it and caused a 322-foot span to collapse into the Tennessee River. The NTSB sent …