Author: WNKY Staff

Feel Good Friday – Soap box derby prep

The 24th-annual Truist All-American Soap Box Derby is just under a month away. It’s an event Kiwanis Club of Bowling Green organizes each year to raise funds for children’s organizations. Last weekend, racers from all over the area came out to Phil Moore Park to put the final touches on their cars in preparation for race day. Day one of…

Salchli Signs with Muskingum University for Football

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. –  Greenwood Gators Senior Quarterback James Salchli officially signed his letter of intent to continue his football career at Muskingum University. Salchli split quarterback duties with Lofton Howard throughout the 2021 football season. “I just think it’s a great feeling to be a Gator, Salchli said. “You know these four years have just been nothing but a…

Two Home Runs Aren’t Enough as Bootleggers Fall 4-2

Bowling Green, Kentucky – The season debut of the Bowling Green Bootleggers (9-3) ended in a loss to the Rome Braves (8-4), who capitalized on a four-walk fifth inning in a tight 4-2 game. The series continues Friday night with another 6:35 PM CDT first pitch. Bowling Green’s first run as the Bootleggers in 2022 was a loud one, as Ronny…

WKU Forensics Team wins NFA national championship

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Western Kentucky University Forensics Team has won the National Forensics Association National Tournament sweepstakes championship. The tournament was hosted by Illinois State University April 15 to 18. WKU sent 28 competitors with a total of 82 individual event entries to the tournament. Out of the 82 entries, WKU advanced 75 of the entries to the…

Gov. Beshear provides steps regarding medical marijuana

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear updated the public Thursday that legislation on medical marijuana has not been passed by the General Assembly despite public support. Beshear said those suffering from Alzheimer’s, ALS, cancer, severe and chronic pain, epilepsy and seizures, post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions in many other states can work with their health care providers to gain…