The Department of Financial Institutions in Kentucky says the deadline to file a claim to participate in the Morgan Keegan Bond Fund Claims Process is June 16th. Potentially eligible claimants had lost money in proprietary bond funds from Morgan Keegan that were investgated by the Department and securities regulators from four other states.
The price tag for a new downtown convention center in Owensboro now stands at nearly $40 million. The city-county organization overseeing the construction effort has approved the use of $3.5 million in contingency funds for the project.
Federal officials now say coal accounts for slightly more than one-third of the electricity generated in the United States. Coal's percentage of the market hasn't been that low in decades.
