Author: WNKY Staff

Business group opposes Glasgow Electric Plant Board rescinding contract with TVA

GLASGOW, Ky. – Citing concerns about reduced jobs and higher prices, the Barren County Economic Authority and the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce issued a joint statement Monday opposing the Glasgow Electric Plant Board’s attempt to rescind its long-term contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority. The electric plant board sued the TVA last month in U.S. District Court asking the…

Release: Police recover stolen vehicle following pursuit

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police recovered a stolen vehicle following a two-county pursuit Friday. A trooper spotted the vehicle traveling south on U.S. 231 in Butler County Friday. Police identified the driver as Nathan W. Constant, 33, of Paducah, according to a release KSP. Constant had active felony arrest warrants. When the car initially stopped, two passengers got…

State receives $5.7 million to fight mental and substance use disorders

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell  announced Saturday Kentucky will receive a total of $5,715,141 to continue addressing mental and substance-use disorders. The federal funding, distributed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, was signed into law as part of the targeted COVID-19 rescue package Senator McConnell negotiated and led to enactment in December, the…

Man accused of shooting father and grandfather

CUB RUN, Ky. – A Hart County man is accused of shooting his father and grandfather Friday night. At about 5:50 p.m. Friday, Kentucky State Police Post 3 received a call of a shooting incident at 13442 Cub Run Highway in Hart County. Alexander S. Gardner, 21, of Cub Run was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree assault domestic violence and lodged at the Hart…

Fur Ball would have been Saturday night, donations sought to help animals

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Saturday would have marked the 2021 Hill’s Pet Nutrition Fur Ball presented by German American Bank. But due to the pandemic Saturday’s event was cancelled. “While our 2021 party had to be delayed, there is no delaying the life-saving efforts of the Bowling Green/Warren County Humane Society,” the Humans Society said in a release. Because of…