Author: WNKY Staff

Lt. Gov. Coleman, Kentucky State Police pay tribute to fallen officers

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Thursday, Kentucky State Police, along with Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman and Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary Mary Noble, held the annual memorial ceremony honoring 37 fallen troopers, officers and highway patrolmen who have died in the line of duty since the agency’s inception. This ceremony has previously been held in May during National Police Week,…

New president named for Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Allie R. Sharp, formerly the Coordinator of Student & Young Alumni Engagement at Western Kentucky University Alumni Association, has been named president of Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky. As president of the local Junior Achievement office, Sharp will oversee a staff of two, who manage the organization’s work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy programs that…

Deputies arrest 2 people after being called to people passed out in a vehicle

BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – At approximately 9 a.m. Thursday, the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office responded to Alford Road in Brownsville for a male and female, seemingly passed out in a vehicle. When law enforcement arrived they saw a man identified as Phildon D. Wooden, 39, of Big Clifty and Katrina S. Holderman, 38, of Caneyville in the vehicle, along with drug…

Federal grand jury charges Cave City man with drug trafficking

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A federal grand jury in Bowling Green returned an indictment Wednesday charging a Barren County man with drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms. According to court documents, Eric R. Sturgeon, 40, of Cave City, was found on or about Nov. 12, 2020, in Barren County to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or…