Author: WNKY Staff

Update: BGMU changes planned power outage date

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A planned power outage originally planned for Tuesday has been moved to Thursday in the Bent Tree Subdivision. Bowling Green Municipal Utilities said in a release the outage will be due to restoration work. There will be a power outage from approximately 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. Crews will work as quickly and safely as possible to…

Gov. Beshear signs bills into law to raise KSP salaries, improve public safety

File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear signed two pieces of legislation into law Tuesday to make historic investments in law enforcement. House Bill 259 ensures that all Kentucky State Police troopers will receive a $15,000 raise. Additionally, KSP’s starting pay for sworn officers will increase from $40,000 to $55,000 annually. These funds would allow the agency to recruit, train…

Franklin Police in search of armed robbery suspects

FRANKLIN, Ky. – On Monday, April 11 around 3 p.m., two black males entered the Check Advance off North Main Street and College Street in Franklin. One suspect is tall and thin, and the other is of medium build. Both were wearing all black with a white mask and armed. The suspects left with an undisclosed amount of money at…

Louisville man charged with stolen property, drug possession in Glasgow

GLASGOW, Ky. – A man was arrested in Glasgow on multiple charges Friday after Glasgow Police Department officers responded to a complaint at the Rural King parking lot. James T. Minor, 49, of Louisville was determined to be the operator of a vehicle that had been parked in the parking lot for several days with a minor sleeping inside, according…

BGISD superintendent and director of technology placed on probation

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green Independent School District Superintendent Gary Fields and the district’s director of technology, William King, are placed on probation following a racial discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit was originally filed by the Bowling Green High School Girls’ Head Basketball Coach, Lavonda Johnson, in 2017 after her dismissal. Also named as plaintiffs in the suit are two…

Man arrested on sexual abuse charges

BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – A man was arrested Monday after a follow-up on an investigation in Warren County. On April 11 around 2:00 a.m., deputies with Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 100-block of Indian Creek Road in an attempt to locate Travis L. Johnson, 30, of Brownsville to follow-up on an investigation of a physical domestic that had possibly…