Author: WNKY Staff

Fireworks to be allowed in Bowling Green for Labor Day weekend

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Beginning tomorrow, residents in Bowling Green can legally set off those unused Fourth of July fireworks! The City of Bowling Green amended the fireworks ordinance after a burn ban prohibited setting off fireworks during the July 4 holiday. The revised ordinance says anyone in city limits can light fireworks tomorrow through Monday, Sept. 5 between noon…

Elevated carbon monoxide causes illness in BGJHS students, staff member

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Seven students and one employee at Bowling Green Junior High School are ill following detection of elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the school’s kitchen and cafeteria. The following message was sent out by Bowling Green Independent School District to families of students at BGJHS: “Earlier today, an employee in the cafeteria became ill, which was…

UPDATE: Shots fired in road rage incident; no threat found to Glasgow schools

GLASGOW, Ky. – Glasgow Police Department says they received a call about shots fired on Veterans Outer Loop Thursday morning. According to the Barren County Sheriff’s Office, shots were fired during a road rage incident. GPD stated they placed the schools on alert as a precaution. Authorities stated there was no threat to the schools, and no injures have been…

PET OF THE DAY – Bruna

Today’s Pet of the day, brought to you by Morgantown Bank and Trust is Bruna. She is one year old and still has all the puppy energy left! She also does very well with other dogs. Make sure to adopt her from the BG/Warren County Humane Society today.

SUNRISE SPOTLIGHT – Girl Scout Recruitment

On today’s Sunrise Spotlight, brought to you by German American Bank, we sit down with Felicia Bland of the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana to talk about the recruitment efforts going on at the mall and the possibility of trying a new flavor of cookie. For more information click here.

Kentucky recognizes International Overdose Awareness Day

FRANKFORT, Ky. – August 31 around the world is International Overdose Awareness Day. A day meant to remember those who survived and passed due to drug overdose. in 2022, drugs seem to be ripping through communities at an all time high with potent drugs such as fentanyl plaguing the streets. Here just in Kentucky, we lost 2,250 Kentuckians to the…

Travel trailers once used in hurricane aid now going to flood survivors

Kentucky governor on catastrophic flooding: “We’ve never seen something like this.” (Source: CNN via CNN Newsource) FRANKFORT, Ky. – Louisiana is donating up to 300 travel trailers originally used to help those that survived Hurricane Ida to now house our neighbors in eastern Kentucky. According to the office of Gov. Andy Beshear, Kentucky is starting the process by moving the…

Man dead after vehicle flips in Scottsville

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. –  On Wednesday, 55-year-old Richard Wade Lamb of Scottsville died following a car accident. The Scottsville Police Department responded to a single-vehicle accident at the intersection of Old Gallatin Road and Sunset Hill. Authorities stated Lamb was traveling south on Old Gallatin Road in a 2005 Dodge passenger car. Lamb’s vehicle left the right shoulder of the road…