Author: WNKY Staff

Elderly man robbed while walking his dog

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – An 85-year-old man was robbed Saturday night on Dorchester Drive while out walking his dog. Two men took the man’s wallet and drove away in a gray car, Bowling Green Police Department spokesman Ronnie Ward said. Bowling Green police are investigating the incident that occurred about 25 minutes before a woman reported being robbed at gunpoint…

Two injured in wreck

BOWLING GREEN, Ky – Two people were injured in the wreck that occurred at the intersection of Morgantown Road and Veterans Memorial Lane. There are no reports of fatalities. The accident occurred around 5 p.m. on Monday afternoon. A witness tells WNKY 40 news there were four cars involved and possibly a bus. There have been some reports that police…

Man barricades himself inside a convenience market stockroom

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bee Spring man is accused of escaping police custody, locking himself and a cashier in a convenience store and barricading himself in a stockroom before Kentucky State Police caught him Monday morning. Cory Burns, 32, was in state police custody at LifeSkills on Woodway Street with his hands cuffed in front of his body when…

Trump escalates attacks on Baltimore and Rep. Cummings

(NBC News) President Trump is under fire for his latest tweets, attacking the city of Baltimore and Rep. Elijah Cummings. On Sunday, the president called Cummings, who is black, a racist for focusing on the Mueller investigation instead of his own backyard. The outburst followed similar tweets on Saturday, with the president referring to Cummings’ district as “a disgusting, rat…

Crash leaves four teens dead

(WGRZ) Four people were killed and one person was hurt in a single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Burns, New York. The driver, 16-year-old Rebecca Earner, and three passengers Ambra Eddleton, 16, Justin Carpenter, 14, and Kyrstin Wolfanger, 14 were all pronounced dead at the scene. All five people in the Jeep Grand Cherokee were from Dansville. According to state…

Xtreme eating 2019: America’s unhealthiest meals

(NBC News) The 2019 Xtreme Eating Awards are out, highlighting what the Center for Science in the Public Interest describes as “nutritional nightmares.” “Most of our award winners had a least an entire day’s calories,” says CSPI senior nutritionist Lindsay Moyer. Most people wouldn’t consume four double cheeseburgers from Burger King, and a large Coke all at once, but it’s…