Photo source: Bowling Green Independent School District BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green Independent School District communications director Leslie McCoy is being nationally recognized for her achievements. McCoy has been awarded a Gold Medallion presented by the National School Public Relations Association. The school district says the award is the top national competition for superior school public relations programs and…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency Wednesday after rainfall led to widespread flooding. Beshear’s office says the flooding has affected the western, central and eastern parts of Kentucky. “Please pray for Mayfield and areas of western Kentucky impacted by significant flooding from last night’s storms,” Beshear said. “We’re working to assess the damage and respond….
Photo source: CNN(CNN) – The Biden administration is suspending funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology. That follows a months-long review that determined the Chinese research institute was not compliant with federal safety regulations. The Department of Health and Human Services is also barring the Wuhan Institute from doing business with the federal government going forward. In actuality, the lab…
File PhotoBOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Texas-based telehealth company is bringing its corporate headquarters to Bowling Green. Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday Lunae LLC will locate its headquarters at the Western Kentucky University Innovation Campus. The company plans to invest $266,000, establishing Oria Health’s first location in Kentucky, Beshear says. The governor says this investment will create up to 33…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WNKY News 40 Television, in partnership with WKRN in Nashville, will once again be South Central Kentucky’s television home of the Tennessee Titans 2023 preseason lineup. The three-game schedule will air on MeTV 40 in the South Central Kentucky viewing area. The station has proudly served as their exclusive television home for the past seven seasons….
It’s a new weapon against a common virus. Every year, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV sends up to 80-thousand children younger than five to the hospital. But a new treatment to protect newborns is now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In today’s Living Well, brought to you by Springhill Pharmacy, News 40’s Morgan Hoover has more on…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The 2023-24 Conference USA women’s basketball schedule has been announced by the league. WKU will play a 16-game conference schedule that features some familiar programs and some new, including two first time opponents. The conference slate is bookended with a pair of games against Liberty, beginning on January 6 with a trip to Liberty for the Lady…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Utility crews are working on multiple outages as storms pass through local areas. In Warren County, Warren RECC maps showed at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday that 114 members were without power. This follows reports around 4 p.m. of around 440 members in the Plum Springs area losing power and later map values showing around 50 members without…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department says it responded Tuesday to a report of a robbery in progress at PNC Bank on Russellville Road. WNKY News 40 crews arrived at the scene. BGPD public information officer Ronnie Ward says the incident occurred at around 11:45 a.m. Police provided images of a male subject, but an identity has…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police is looking to continue its winning streak for the best looking cruiser. This year, KSP says it wrapped a 2022 Dodge Charger with blue and white paint to match the markings of a 1978 Ford cruiser. The entry photo includes a scene from the Blue Diamond Coal Co. located in Hazard, Kentucky…
