Source: Kentucky Lottery. FRANKLIN, Ky. – A $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at a Kentucky Lottery retail partner from the Monday, Aug. 24 drawing. The ticket, which matched four white balls and the Powerball, was sold at Circle K at 932 North Main St. in Hopkinsville, lottery officials. The winning numbers from the Aug. 24 Powerball drawing were three, 16, 33,…
GLASGOW, Ky. – A man is in custody after a high-speed chase in Barren County. According to a uniform citation, Jessie Lothery, 32 of Park City, was driving recklessly and hitting speeds of over 100 miles per hour. Lothery crashed his motorcycle near train tracks in Park City during the pursuit and continued to flee on foot, authorities say. After…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – August is National Breastfeeding Month and local experts are talking about how nursing and pumping impacts a mother. We’ve all heard “breast is best” and the counter “fed is best”, but that is not the end of the discussion of breastfeeding. While it may be natural, breastfeeding isn’t always smooth sailing, and that is where an…
GLASGOW, Ky. – The Barren County Fiscal Court is working to decide where hundreds of thousands of dollars will be distributed coming from a federal opioid settlement. Kentucky Statute 15.291 establishes the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission as an appointed board to distribute funds received by the Commonwealth from settlements with multiple opioid distributing and manufacturing companies. Checks have been…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Warren County has grown immensely over the past 10 years, and the schools have been working hard to keep up. Rob Clayton has been the Superintendent of Warren County Public Schools for 14 years now and has seen a 30% growth in enrollment during his tenure. In just the past year, enrollment has increased 62 children…
UPDATE Aug. 21 at 10:15 a.m. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says 31-year-old Conor Anderson was found dead Thursday evening. Police say Anderson was found in a wood line adjacent to a parking lot at 14 James Robertson Parkway. Authorities say there are no immediate signs of foul play. A medical examiner will determine a cause of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Meet Rocky, the new firearms detection K-9 for the Warren County Sheriff’s Office! This 16-month-old full-blood black Labrador from Auburn University trained under Global K9 with Sheriff’s Deputy Dean Clark. They just completed training and began work this month in preparation for the school year. Rocky is trained to detect if a person is armed, find…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Game Wardens arrested Cody Casey, 34, of Harrodsburg, on an indictment warrant in connection with the July 4 boating incident on Herrington Lake. Casey was charged with operating a wake boat that struck a pontoon boat, resulting in the death of Nazar Svintozelskiy, 25, of Nicholasville. The victim’s father, Alex Svintozelskiy,…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Down Syndrome of Southern Kentucky has secured a visit from Sean Astin for a dinner fundraiser coming up in October. Sean Astin is famous for his roles in “The Lord of the Rings,” “The Goonies,” “Stranger Things” and more. Proceeds from the event will go into the general funds budget for the Buddy House here locally…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Angela Gott, an instructor for the WKU Department of Applied Human Sciences, has been appointed to the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America National Board of Directors for the 2026-28 term. Gott will serve as Communications and Membership Committee Chair on the FCCLA Board of Directors and is the LEAD Family and Consumer Science Education…
