Author: WNKY Staff

Petco Love presents BGWC Humane Society with $250,000 check

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green/Warren County Humane Society received $250,000 from Petco Love. The special celebration was held Thursday, May 26. This investment helps local organizations create a future where no pet is unnecessarily euthanized. The humane society says this partnership has helped them save thousands of lives. A release from the humane society stated Petco Love is…

Free ACT retake to be available to students in Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear announced a free ACT retake day for Kentucky public school students during the Team Kentucky update on Thursday. Beshear stated that incoming Kentucky high school seniors who have taken the ACT will be eligible to take the test for free a second time during a statewide ACT retake day in the fall of 2022….

Gov. Beshear announces over $39M in funding to fight addiction, grow mental health services

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear announced over $39.3 million in federal funding Thursday for opioid response efforts and mental health services in Kentucky. The opioid response program will receive a $35.9 million grant to tackle addiction and support recovery statewide, according to a release by Beshear’s office. The release further states the commonwealth will receive an additional $3.4 million…

Gov. Beshear orders flags to half-staff to honor Uvalde victims

File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff following Tuesday’s shooting. Flags should be lowered at half-staff until sunset on Saturday, May 28 in honor and remembrance of the victims of the acts of violence perpetrated in Uvalde, Texas. Beshear posted the following reaction to the shooting Tuesday…