Author: WNKY Staff

Blake Shelton announces he’s leaving ‘The Voice’

CNN via CNN Newsource(CNN) – Singer Blake Shelton will be leaving NBC’s “The Voice” after next season. The network put out a statement Tuesday saying in season 23, the show will bid farewell to Shelton and welcome some new faces. Chance the Rapper and former One Direction member Niall Horan are set to join as first-time coaches. Kelly Clarkson will…

1 dead in accident on I-65 in Park City

PARK CITY, Ky. – Kentucky State Police Trooper Daniel Priddy says at least one person is dead following a collision on I-65 near the 50 mile marker southbound. Around 8 a.m., the area around the 51 mile marker southbound shutdown due to the crash, according to Glasgow/Barren County Emergency Management. As of just before 11 a.m., I-65 has been reopened….

KSP arrests Bowling Green man on child sexual exploitation charges

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police arrested a man yesterday in Warren County in relation to child exploitation. Joshua Kenneth Orr, 36, of Bowling Green was arrested following an online investigation. KSP says the investigation began after they say they discovered the suspect sharing sexual images of children online. Following the investigation, officials searched the suspect’s residence and seized…

SUNRISE SPOTLIGHT – Haunted Tours

For today’s edition of Sunrise Spotlight, brought to you by German American Bank, we sit down with Meagan Ravenscraft of the Historic Railpark and Train Museum to get all the information of their Haunted Tours. For more information click here.

PET OF THE DAY- Kittens

For today’s Pet of the Day, brought to you by Morgantown Bank and Trust, we have a bunch of kittens! They are all so adorable and are very adventurous. You can adopt them from the BG/Warren County Humane Society today.

LIVNG WELL- Teens and E-Cigarettes

An urgent public health problem, that’s what one organization is calling the use of e-cigarettes by kids and teens following the results of a recent survey in which millions of middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes this year. In today’s Living Well, brought to you by Spring Hill Pharmacy, Mandy Gaither has a deeper look at the data,…

Walmart reopens following suspect death in southern Indiana

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A southern Indiana Walmart is back open this midday after police shot and killed a man inside late last night. The incident took place around 11:15 p.m. last night in the store on Veterans Parkway. Indiana State Police say the store was closed, but 30-year-old Daniel Scott was still inside. He refused to leave, and employees…

UPDATE: 16-year-old from Elizabethtown found safe

Source: Kentucky State PoliceELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police say Julissa Lovick has been found safe.   Original Story An Amber Alert has been issued for Julissa Lovick, 16, of Elizabethtown. Lovick was last seen getting into a blue Lexus ES350 with a white license plate at the College View campus in Elizabethtown at 11 a.m. this morning. She was…

Man arrested on burglary charges in Bowling Green

Source: Bowling Green Police DepartmentBOWLING GREEN, Ky. – One man is facing multiple charges after officials say he allegedly tried to enter a woman’s home. On Tuesday, the Bowling Green Police Department responded to Nashville Road for a report of a robbery. Officials say a female victim said to police she was “standing at her front door when a man…

88-year-old woman skydives in Kentucky to honor son

Source: WLKY via CNN News) (CNN) – An 88-year-old Kentucky woman jumped thousands of feet from a plane in memory of her late son. At 88 years old, Bernadette Fife has taken a 10,000 foot plunge at Skydive Kentucky in Elizabethtown in honor of her son, Bobby Lynch. Lynch died in a car crash in 1979. In May, Lynch would…