BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The other big headline out of the governor’s office today, restaurant dining rooms around the bluegrass will be required to close up shop this evening to dine visitors. Drive thru, delivery and take out are still available at many restaurants. And that business is needed to keep local businesses going. The governor announced an order to…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -How can you best protect yourself from getting COVID-19? There may be no perfect answer, but there are a few things you can do to reduce your chances. Touching doorknobs, light switches and cell phones can transfer germs to your hands, then, you might need to itch your nose or rub your eyes transferring those germs to…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Governor Beshear announced recently that state nursing and long-term care facilities will restrict visitation and strongly urged all senior care and long-term care facilities to take similar action to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Locally, Charter Senior Living facility is requiring a screening for all visitors. Those who enter the building have to fill out…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Law enforcement officials are injured in the line of duty in their own vehicles more often than one might think. Vehicle collisions are common enough as a regular citizen on the roads every day, but law enforcement spends most of their shift in their vehicle on the roads. Sheriff Brett Hightower says the job can be…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Beginning next Thursday, visitors to the Warren County Regional Jail will no longer be able to have face-to-face interaction with inmates. That means no more conversations over a phone through a glass window. Instead, the jail is launching a new program where visitors can communicate with inmates via video through their cellphone or an on-site kiosk…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The National Corvette Museum is celebrating the departure of the first Museum-delivered 2020 Corvette. National Corvette Museum Chairman of the Board, Glenn Johnson, and his wife Andrea picked up that Corvette C-8 Corvette Tuesday. Johnson said he and his wife love Corvettes and have other Corvettes at their home in Texas. The Johnson’s were handed the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky jailers are talking about their health procedures and how to prepare for the spread of illness inside their facilities. Both the Barren County Detention Center and the Warren County Regional Jail have a screening process as inmates come in. Warren County Jailer Stephen Harmon says the Warren County Regional Jail did see three inmates with…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Here in Kentucky, four people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. While none of those patients are in the eight-county Barren River Health District Area, one hospital is implementing proactive screening procedures at each entrance to the hospital. At TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital, officials say patients and visitors will be directed to use either the Emergency…
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – A follow up to a story WNKY reported on Thursday: an Allen County man charged with murder is found not guilty by a jury. Jackie Mutter was arrested and charged with murder in April of 2019. But, Thursday night, Mutter was acquitted for the shooting death of Wendell Jackson that occurred in January of 2017. Mutter’s attorney,…
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – Following the destruction caused by tornadoes in Nashville, a local police and sheriff’s department are bringing donated items to help with relief efforts. Allen County Sheriff’s Office and the Scottsville Police Department sent two respective officers and deputies today to help with traffic and other necessities in tornado devastated parts of Nashville. The community gathered together water…
