Author: WNKY Staff
SoKY Speaks – Summer vacation
For today’s SoKY Speaks, Tej Joshi hits the streets of downtown Bowling Green to find out the local’s ideal summer vacation.
Sunrise Spotlight – George Fant’s Dream Big Camp
On Today’s Sunrise Spotlight, Local Sports Legend George Fant joins Tej Joshi live in-studio to talk about his Dream Big Camp and celebrity softball game put on by the Fant Foundation. For more info, click here. Sunrise Spotlight is brought to you by German American Bank.
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,…
Hot Rods club five Home Runs in 7-5 win over Aberdeen
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Jordan Qsar homered twice and helped the Bowling Green Hot Rods (20-12) take a 7-5 win over the Aberdeen IronBirds (20-10) on Wednesday night at Bowling Green Ballpark in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Hot Rods and IronBirds play the third game of a six-game series on Thursday with a 6:35 PM CT first pitch. Aberdeen scored…
WKU Lady Hilltoppers to play in 2021 Preseason WNIT
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The WKU women’s basketball team will participate in the 2021 Preseason WNIT, the organization announced on Thursday. The event will take place in November with each team playing three games at a host site. Unlike years past, this year’s event will not be in a tournament format and there will not be a champion crowned at…
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…
