Author: WNKY Staff

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,…

Feel Good Friday – Out-of-state benefits

Western Kentucky University is a melting pot of South Central Kentucky, drawing in residents from all over the globe. Out-of-state students say the programs offered are just one of the many factors that drew them in. This week’s Feel Good Friday explains.

SCK Strong – SKY Soccer Club

During this time of uncertainty, WNKY 40 News is highlighting Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce partners and how the community can help them during tough times. This week, we’re featuring SKY Soccer Club, a local soccer league. For more on SKY Soccer Club, click here.

Grand jury indicts man on murder charge

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. A Warren County grand jury Wednesday indicted Harold Bell in the April shooting death of Desmon Cunningham. Cunningham, 32, was found shot to death outside of his Woodford Avenue home in April. He died of a single gunshot wound. Bell is also accused in that same incident of shooting another man, Travious Russell, who sustained a single…

Woman charged with attempted murder during child exchange

TEMPLE HILL, Ky. – A Barren County woman was charged with attempted murder Thursday after Barren County Sheriff’s deputies said she fired as gun at her estranged husband during a child exchange in a business parking lot. Marquitta Lessenberry, 35,  and Christopher Thomason, 27, both of Glasgow, were arrested following the discharge of a firearm during the child exchange in a…