Author: WNKY Staff

Clear the Shelters helps animals find a home

This past weekend, Clear the Shelters returned in several local areas, including Warren and Butler counties! “It really brings attention to us. We’re in a small county, Butler County, and it really helps to shine a little light to where our small shelter and the animals that are in need,” said Butler County Animal Shelter director Ruby Fooks. Families visited…

WKU PD asking public’s help in search for car

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Western Kentucky University Police Department is asking assistance in identifying the owner or driver of a blue, four-door car. If you know any information, please call the WKU PD at 270-745-2548 or 270-745-2677. In addition, calls may be anonymous.

Section of Middle Bridge Road to be closed starting Monday

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Beginning Monday, Aug. 29, a section of Middle Bridge Road between Pedigo Way and Ken Bale Boulevard (Shive Lane) will be closed to traffic. The City of Bowling Green says the project will include a storm system installation, and the closure should last until Friday, Sept. 2. Drivers traveling onto Middle Bridge Road should be rerouted…

UPDATE: BGPD, WCPS respond to false Moss Middle School shooting report

Authorities still looking for caller

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Monday morning at 7:45 a.m., Bowling Green Police say they received a phone call announcing a shooting took place at Warren County Public School’s Moss Middle School. Officers responded immediately, walking through both Moss Middle School and neighboring school Jennings Creek Elementary School. BGPD determined there was no threat after scoping out the schools and speaking…

Locals take on challenge at ‘Mud Happens’ obstacle course

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Mud Happens, a mud run event, gathered around 430 participants over the weekend! The event generates roughly $32,000 for the Family Enrichment Center, and it all goes to their child abuse prevention program. The obstacle course is three miles long, and visitors enjoyed food vendors with an MC playing music, plus a free kids area for…

Tops Welcome Back College Football by Beating Austin Peay, 38-27

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – In the very first college football game of 2022, wide receiver Malachi Corley hauled in three touchdown passes while the WKU defense forced three turnovers, and the Hilltoppers opened the 2022 campaign with a 38-27 victory over Austin Peay Saturday afternoon at Houchens-Smith Stadium. The season-opening victory lifted WKU to 1-0 for the year and dropped Austin Peay to…

Warren County Volunteer Firefighters receive Narcan

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Plano Fire Department Chief Kevin Bailey alongside Executive Director of Save Our Kids, Eric Gregory, worked together to secure funds for Narcan to be made available to volunteer fire departments in Warren County. As drug incidents in Warren County area rise, Narcan is a substance that is has been highly requested by different response agencies such…

MSP Airport’s screening dog wins TSA’s ‘Cutest Canine Contest’

(Source: Transportation Security Administration (TSA))MINNEAPOLIS, Mn. (CNN). – In honor of Friday’s National Dog Day, the Transportation Security Administration is introducing the world to its cutest canine. Meet Eebbers, the winner of the TSA’s 2022 Cutest Canine Contest. The 11-year-old Vizsla-Labrador mix is one of the passenger screening canines at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. He can usually be seen with…