Author: WNKY Staff

Realtors set records in May

Realtor Association of Southern KentuckyBOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The REALTOR® Association of Southern Kentucky’s May sales numbers once again set records. REALTORS® set the all-time monthly sales volume record, reaching $74,647,006, up 43.5% from May 2020. There were 328 residential units sold this May, with May 2020 reaching 211 units sold. The average sale price for a residential home came…

Kentucky State Police participate in operation SafeDrive

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky State Police (KSP) Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers will be participating in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Operation SafeDRIVE (Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibility Enforcement) from June 22-24. This enforcement campaign targets unsafe driving behavior that often leads to crashes involving passenger cars and commercial vehicles. It complements national efforts to educate all drivers on how to share the roads safely…

Green River Correctional Complex receives near perfect audit score

FRANKFORT, Ky. (June 22, 2021) – Green River Correctional Complex (GRCC) in Central City received a 99.6% on its recent re-accreditation audit with the American Correctional Association (ACA). This is the prison’s ninth accreditation audit, with their initial audit having taken place in 1997. GRCC is both a medium and minimum-security facility that can house approximately 980 male inmates. The prison…

Living Well – Kidney donation

A daughter from Indiana gave her father a very special gift. For the last three years, her dad was suffering from kidney failure. So, she did months of testing to become a kidney donor for her dad. Today’s Living Well has that story, plus why more living donors are needed.

Police release name of Sunday’s shooting victim

UPDATE: AN EARLIER VERSION OF THIS STORY SAID THE SHOOTING OCCURRED ON HIGHLAND WAY. HOWEVER, POLICE LATER LEARNED THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE SOMEWHERE ELSE. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green police are investigating a Sunday shooting in which the victim showed up at a home in the 1700 block of Highland Way just before 1 p.m. Shedrick Johnson, 60, was…

Gov. Beshear: disaster food benefits available to more Kentuckians affected by floods

File PhotoFRANKFORT, Ky. (June 21, 2021) – Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday that more Kentuckians affected by recent flooding may be eligible to apply for disaster food benefits during a six-day application process that begins Wednesday, June 23 and ends Monday, June 28, 2021. Gov. Beshear’s administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have received approval for the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition…