Author: WNKY Staff

Barren County Schools teacher a finalist for Special Education Teacher of the Year

BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – Logan Brooks is among the top three teachers in the state to be chosen for Special Education Teacher of the Year. Brooks is the teacher for hearing-impaired children throughout the district of Barren County Schools. The district says she provides assistance to students and content to teachers to ensure hearing-impaired students experience success. The Special Education…

Barren County burn ban lifted

BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – The burn ban in Barren County has been lifted. Due to less hazardous conditions, the ban was lifted on Oct. 31. Barren County judge-executive Micheal Hale put the ban in place on Oct. 5 out of caution from dry conditions. The county says allowable open burning includes the following: Fires for cooking Recreational and ceremonial fires…

SOKY’S CHOICE – BGJHS Upcoming Theater Show

On this week’s edition of SoKY’S Choice, brought to you by JC Kirby & Son, we met with Goldilocks! Well, three of them as a matter of fact, all playing the same character in Bowling Green Junior High School’s upcoming play, ‘Once Upon a Crime: The Trial of Goldilocks’. Eliza Pankey, Lainey Kate Tolbert, and Layne Cook all came on…

SUNRISE SPOTLIGHT – Bowling Green Jaycees Christmas Parade

For today’s edition of Sunrise Spotlight, brought to you by the German American Bank, we had the honor of meeting with Mary-John Carmon. She told us all about the upcoming and ever popular event, the Bowling Green Jaycee’s Christmas Parade. This event is held every first Saturday of December, and will fall on December 3rd this year. The final day…

UK student dies in South Korea Halloween crowd surge

Source: WLEXLEXINGTON, Ky. (WLEX) –  Halfway across the globe, Anne Gieske’s University of Kentucky friends have just started learning about her death. Some moments of her study abroad trip to South Korea were something she had awaited for years. Gieske was among the more than 150 who died in a crush of people during Halloween festivities in South Korea. The 20-year-old…

London Police Department honors lost officer; driver charged with murder

A cruiser was decorated in Medlock’s honor, and some community members came to leave flowers on the hood of the car. Source: WLEXLONDON, Ky. (WLEX) – A community is mourning the loss of a London police officer after he died in an accident over the weekend. Casey Byrd, the driver in the crash, appeared for his arraignment this morning on…

Man charged with drug possession in Glasgow

GLASGOW, Ky. – The Glasgow Police Department says they have arrested one person after responding to the Holiday Inn parking lot. On Thursday, police arrived at the location in reference to a man undressing himself. An officer spoke with a man identified as Dustin Banks, 39, in the parking lot. Police say Banks told them he had just bought clothing…

Barren County police cruiser among cars hit while responding to injury accident

GLASGOW, Ky. – Multiple vehicles, including one belonging to the Barren County Sheriff’s Office, are damaged following a collision. Around 8:11 p.m. Sunday, the Barren County Sheriff’s Office requested the Glasgow Police Department to respond to a vehicle accident with injuries at 3310 Old Bowling Green Road. Police arrived and discovered that while the BCSO investigated a separate accident, they…