Author: WNKY Staff

Lady Toppers Get Back in Win Column with 71-57 Win vs. ODU

February 5, 2022

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU women’s basketball needed a bounce back win and that’s what they did on Saturday afternoon against Old Dominion (16-5, 6-3 C-USA) in E.A. Diddle Arena. The Lady Toppers (15-7, 8-3 C-USA) earned a 71-57 win against the Monarchs to stop a three-game losing streak. “For this young team to turn around after the Charlotte game —…

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High School Baketball 2/4/22

February 4, 2022

WNKY Staff,

SCORES Bowling Green 58 at South Warren 30 Bowling Green 65 at South Warren 49 Warren East 38 at Warren Central 30 Warren Central 68 vs. Warren East 35

SoKY Speaks – The Winter Olympics

February 4, 2022

WNKY Staff,

As the 2022 Winter Olympics kick off in Beijing, SoKY Sunrise’s Lexi Schweinert and Darius Mack hit the streets here at home to ask locals what their favorite sports to watch are and what they’d like to see added to the games.

Sunrise Spotlight – The importance of Black History Month

February 4, 2022

WNKY Staff,

On today’s Sunrise Spotlight brought to you by German American Bank, the local NAACP President, Ryan Dearbone, joins us in-studio to educate us on the importance of Black History Month. For more info, click here.

Feel Good Friday – Hockey Fundamentals

February 4, 2022

WNKY Staff,

To get us excited to cheer on the ice hockey teams this Winter Olympics, local hockey player, Nathan Fielder, joins us in-studio to teach us the fundamentals of the sport.

Pet of the Day – Zara

February 4, 2022

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Health News – Could COVID restrictions ease?

February 4, 2022

WNKY Staff,

The U.S. is now averaging more than 385,000 new COVID-19 cases daily, according to Johns Hopkins University. That’s a drop of 37% since last week. That has some health experts rethinking the benchmark used to measure the state of COVID-19. Today’s Health News takes a look at why federal health officials are not ready to ease restrictions despite the optimistic…

Hilltoppers Rout Charlotte 78-59 for First True Road Win

February 3, 2022

WNKY Staff,

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball led wire-to-wire Thursday night, snapping a five-game losing streak with a dominant 78-59 road win at Charlotte. The Hilltoppers (11-11, 3-6 Conference USA) jumped all over the 49ers out of the gate and eventually led by 26 in the final three minutes. It was WKU’s first true road win of the season, coming at Halton…

Lady Toppers Fall in Overtime Thriller

February 3, 2022

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Another tough battle ended in a loss for WKU women’s basketball. The Lady Toppers dropped a 79-74 decision to Charlotte on Thursday afternoon in overtime. After falling behind by 10 in overtime, WKU battled back to get within one with 40 seconds left but were unable to complete comeback. “This one stinks, because they did everything well…

Sunrise Spotlight – Severe weather safety with BGFD

February 3, 2022

WNKY Staff,

In today’s Sunrise Spotlight brought to you by German American Bank, Katie McKee with the Bowling Green Fire Department joins us in-studio to tell us where you should seek shelter in the event of a severe storm.