Author: WNKY Staff

BG Daily News to be sold following 140 years of local ownership

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Daily News has announced it will be sold after being owned by the Gaines family for 140 years. According to an article by the Bowling Green Daily News, Carpenter Newsmedia LLC, an affiliate of Alabama-based Boone Newspapers Inc., a family-owned organization, is purchasing the publication after an agreement was reached. The Daily News…

Montgomery K’s a Dozen as Hot Rods Clinch Postseason Berth

Bowling Green, Kentucky– Mason Montgomery became the sixth pitcher in Bowling Green Hot Rods (39-24) history to strike out 12 in a game as the Hot Rods clinched a 2022 SAL Postseason berth with a 4-0 win over the Greenville Drive (26-38) on Tuesday at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina. The two teams will continue their series on Wednesday…

Fire ignites over 120 acres in Smiths Grove, turns farmland to ash

SMITHS GROVE, Ky. – More than 100 acres of land are now ash after a fast-moving brush fire sparked in Smiths Grove Monday. Several fire departments, including Smiths Grove Volunteer Fire Department, Richardsville Fire Department and Gott Volunteer Fire Department, were on the scene Monday to get the fire under control. Officials say when they arrived, the flames were up…

Cumberland Trace Elementary School announces new principal

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Cumberland Trace Elementary Site-Based Decision Making Council announced Lori Darnell as the next principal of Cumberland Trace Elementary School. Darnell has nine years of experience in the Warren County Public Schools district, according to a release by Warren County Public Schools. Since 2016, she has worked at Cumberland Trace Elementary, where she currently serves as…

Miss Kentucky crowns 2022 winner in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A new Miss Kentucky was crowned over the weekend! Hannah Edelen was crowned Miss Kentucky 2022 as dozens of young women competed at SkyPAC in Bowling Green. The Miss Kentucky Scholarship Organization is a non-profit foundation devoted to empowering the women of Kentucky to achieve their personal and professional goals that will benefit them, the Commonwealth…