Author: WNKY Staff

Throwback Thursday – Unseen Bowling Green, A Soldier’s Tragedy

Fall has officially returned and we’re kicking off the month of Halloween with a haunted take on Throwback Thursday. Over the past few years, this segment has taken you to several known haunted locations around southern Kentucky. This week we’re staying in downtown Bowling Green for the Unseen stories. The Unseen Bowling Green downtown haunted walking tour is celebrating its…

Neighbor pulls guns on kids

(WPXI/NBC News) A Pennsylvania man has been charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats after allegedly pointing a handgun at several young children. “I was scared I was going to die,” one 10-year-old boy said after the incident. The boy and five other children were playing with a football outside of a home in Butler when the ball landed in…

In it to win it: man places $3.5 million bet on Astros

(NBC News) Jim McIngvale is so confident the Houston Astros will win the World Series he’s put $3.5 million on the line. McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack” to Houston residents, placed the bet at Mississippi’s Scarlet Pearl Casino Tuesday. “Mattress Mack” may be best known for his relief efforts during Hurricane Harvey, when he opened his store to anyone…

A civics lesson to remember: teacher becomes citizen

(WSFA/NBC News) A group of young Alabama students got an unforgettable civics lesson Tuesday. Students from Trinity Presbyterian School joined music teacher Wendy Cho at the federal courthouse in Montgomery as she was sworn in as a U.S. citizen. Cho, who has taught at Trinity for three years, even welcomed her parents in from South Korea to witness the event….

Expired tag leads to fatal crash

(KSHB) A police pursuit that ended in tragedy Monday began when a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper spotted an expired registration tag on a Chevrolet Tahoe on Interstate 70. “At the time of the pursuit, we didn’t know his identity, no, but it’s obvious that he’s not fleeing for what we see on the surface of it,” said Lt. John Lehnherr,…