BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – One man is charged with wanton endangerment in Bowling Green. According to a uniform citation, the Bowling Green Police Department responded Sunday to a complaint of a subject with weapon at a residence on South Lee Drive. Authorities say a victim stated when got out of her vehicle at her home, a male living across the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Warren County Judge Executive Doug Gorman issued a burn ban for Warren County on Monday. According to a social media post, Gorman issued a No Outside Burn Order due to excessive dryness, a lack of measurable precipitation, and current fire-hazard conditions. The order is effective immediately for Warren County and the City of Bowling Green. The order…
GLASGOW, Ky. – A Glasgow man was arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop. According to Glasgow Police Department Major Terry Flatt, an officer executed a traffic stop on April 8 on Brownsville Road after determining the vehicle’s registration plate had expired. The driver is identified as 37-year-old Jessie Ray Shirley, of Glasgow. An officer deployed K9 Chaos. Chaos…
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – A Bowling Green man is accused of sending messages to a decoy Facebook account that posed as a teen girl. According to a uniform citation, a detective with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department was sent messages on a decoy social media account on April 6. Authorities say 29-year-old Dustin Scruggs of Bowling Green messaged the account and…
TODD COUNTY, Ky. – A crash is reportedly impacting traffic Monday morning in Todd County. According to a social media post by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the intersection of Kentucky 181 and Kentucky 848 is currently blocked due to a crash. The closure is expected to last another one to two hours, transportation officials say. Drivers should seek an alternate…
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – One person is dead following a structure fire in Whitley County. The Kentucky State Police says on Sunday around 7:19 a.m., troopers received a report of human remains found in the aftermath of a structure fire. Authorities say they responded to the scene on Lot-Mud Creek Road in Williamsburg. South Whitley Fire Department was on scene the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Richardsville Fire Department responded to a possible HAZMAT fire on Sunday. RFD says it responded to the intersection of Lodge Hall Road and Pruitt Road and located an oil well on fire. The department says that units arrived and quickly extinguished the fire. No injuries have been reported at this time.
HENDERSON, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police is investigating a fatal crash in Henderson County. According to the Kentucky State Police 16, troopers responded to the intersection of Green Street and Borax Drive in Henderson to reports of a fatal crash on Sunday afternoon. The Henderson City Police contacted KSP at approximately 2 pm. KSP’s preliminary investigation indicated that 55-year-old…
JETSON, Ky. – A fire department is now offering life-saving medication. According to a social media post, the Fourth District Fire Department recently installed a Narcan box at their station located at 8696 Brownsville Road in Morgantown. FDFD says the box is available to the community to provide life-saving medication to reverse opioid overdoses. The Barren River District Health Department…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Football concluded its spring on Saturday at Houchens-Smith Stadium with the Red & White Spring Showcase, presented by SA Recycling. The event, which was free for fans to attend, saw the Hilltopper offense face off against the defense in a series of drives over the course of the hour-and-a-half scrimmage. While no official stats were…
