Author: WNKY Staff

Emerging Leader – Laurel Johnston

Laurel Johnston is a marketing student at Western Kentucky University, the Co-President of the Women in Business, and the social media coordinator of Sublime Media Group in Bowling Green. She is this week’s Emerging Leader.

Gov. Beshear Announces $4.3 Million in Tobacco Settlement Funds to Kentucky Farms

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear and Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Goodman announced today that 387 Kentucky farm projects in 85 counties were selected by the Kentucky Soil and Water Conservation Commission to receive a total of $4,301,038 in tobacco settlement funds. The money will be used to promote practices to help maintain water quality and prevent soil…

Woman rescued after fall in Mammoth Cave

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A 60-year-old woman fell inside an unmapped region of Mammoth Cave National Park Saturday. The experienced caver was with the Cave Research Foundation when the fall took place, injuring her shoulder. The group had travelled 2.5 miles into the cave, which takes about two and a half hours to reach. A member of the CRF group…

Tops Blast Four Homers in Two Run-Rule Wins to Open Hilltopper Classic

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Since suffering their lone loss of the young season, WKU Softball has reeled off three consecutive run-rule victories with Friday’s pair of Hilltopper Classic wins over Central Michigan and Bellarmine. The Hilltoppers opened their home slate with a 10-2 six-inning victory over CMU before closing the evening with an 11-1 five-inning win. The Red and White scored 21…