Author: WNKY Staff

Commissioner Quarles statement on override of Governor Beshear’s Senate Bill 3 veto

March 12, 2021

WNKY Staff,

FRANKFORT, Ky.– Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles praised the Kentucky General Assembly for overriding Governor Andrew Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 3, which moves the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund (KADF) from the Governor’s Office to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA). “With Senate Bill 3 now law, we will strive for a smooth and steady transition of the KADF’s functions…

Warren RECC and NCTC announce federal funding to expand broadband

March 12, 2021

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Warren RECC and Tennessee-based telephone cooperative NCTC announced they will receive federal funding to assist in the costs to expand rural broadband service through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). During a Federal Communications Commission auction, Warren RECC and NCTC together bid aggressively on all eligible areas throughout the Warren RECC territory. At the close of…

Feel Good Friday – Bowling Green, home for local businesses

March 12, 2021

WNKY Staff,

A good number of local business owners call Bowling Green home. WNKY’s Josh Shortt met up with some business owners in this week’s Feel Good Friday.

SoKY Speaks – Campus edition

March 12, 2021

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This week, we hit the sidewalks of Western Kentucky University to ask college students some fun, random questions!

Pet of the Day – Luna

March 12, 2021

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Sunrise Spotlight – Single Moms’ Oil Change

March 12, 2021

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Hillvue Heights Church are hosting their biannual Single Moms’ Oil Change this weekend! In light of COVID-19, the church will be handing out vouchers for free oil changes, in order to support local small businesses. To learn more, click here.

Gov. Beshear provides update on COVID-19, change to vaccine eligibility

March 11, 2021

WNKY Staff,

FRANKFORT, Ky– On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear said cases and deaths from COVID-19 continue to moderate as more Kentuckians receive the safe and effective vaccines. “The positivity rate ticked up a little bit, to 3.95%,” the Governor said. “We like to see that below 5%.” Dr. Steven Stack, commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, said the eligibility requirements…

Citation: Man threatened police officers and their children

March 11, 2021

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green man is facing 10 counts of terroristic threatening charges after police were called Wednesday morning to a Bowling Green hotel on two men fighting in the parking lot. When police arrived they said Harlan Keith Stiltner, 38, was intoxicated, belligerent and made several threats to police and police officers’ children, according to his…

Meijer offers shoppers opportunity to provide food for the hungry

March 11, 2021

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – As part of its ongoing commitment to support its communities during the pandemic, Meijer announced today that it’s giving an extra $1 million to its Simply Give food pantry partners across the Midwest. The donation comes on the heels of the $7.6 million the program generated throughout 2020. “It has become clearer just how vital food pantries are to an…

Deputies make felony drug arrest following traffic stop

March 11, 2021

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BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – At about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday deputies with Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office saw a vehicle traveling on Morgantown Road in Brownsville with no visible license plate. As blue lights were engaged to initiate a traffic stop on the vehicle, law enforcement observed the driver throw something out of the vehicle. The thrown-out item was discovered to be…