Author: WNKY Staff

USGA announces new media rights partnership with NBCUniversal

Press Release via The United States Golf Association LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (June 29, 2020) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced that the United States media rights for its championships have been transferred to NBCUniversal (NBCU), effective immediately. With the COVID-19 pandemic leading to the shift in dates for the U.S. Open from June to September, finding the necessary…

Brad Paisley picks up new C8 from National Corvette Museum

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A county music star drove off with some new wheels after visiting the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green last Friday. Brad Paisley picked up his new 2020 C8 Corvette, according to a video posted on the museum’s Facebook page. Paisley, who was interviewed in the video, said his first Corvette was a 1999 C5 and he…

WKU incoming freshman Dayvion McKnight named 2020 Kentucky Mr. Basketball

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU signee Dayvion McKnight received his state’s top high school hoops honor Sunday, as the guard was named 2020 Kentucky Mr. Basketball. McKnight received the award, given to the state’s top senior, from the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation during a virtual ceremony Sunday evening. McKnight, a 6-foot-2 guard out of Collins High School in Shelbyville, is…

SKyPAC to remain closed through October

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center Foundation Board voted Wednesday evening to extend the temporary closure of SKyPAC and the Capitol Arts Center through Oct. 31, 2020. Both facilities have been closed to the public since mid-March in response to the global COVID-19 virus. Acknowledging the desire to re-open at 100% capacity as soon as possible,…