Author: WNKY Staff

Extreme heat sets in

(NBC News) Volunteers have been delivering free air conditioners around St. Louis, where the center of the country is also the center of a major heat wave. Detroit, Chicago, Washington and plenty of points in between are all expected to have near-triple digit highs by the weekend. Severe heat advisories have also been issued from South Carolina to New Jersey….

“Racially motivated” 911 call targets realtor

(WLWT) An Ohio realtor and his client are suing the city of Cincinnati and three police officers after they were held at gunpoint and handcuffed during a scheduled home showing. The lawsuit claims the men were illegally held after police responded to a 911 call of a breaking and entering in Covedale in November of 2018. The men were handcuffed…

9-year-old electrocuted in California swimming pool

(KCRA) A 9-year-old girl in Northern California was electrocuted and killed while swimming in a backyard pool Sunday. The tragic accident claimed the life of Mackenzie Kinley, who friends and family described as an outgoing student who liked cheerleading and soccer. Investigators later determined that the accident was caused by a wire attached to one of the underwater pool lights…

AG’s office investigates welfare of children engaged in outdoor sales

Beshear: Probe is "ongoing labor trafficking investigation"

UPDATE: In this story you read first on WNKY.com and watched first on WNKY40 Monday, the Kentucky Attorney General’s office has released additional information on the case of a man accused of endangering minors in what the AG’s office is calling a “labor trafficking” investigation. Shawn Floyd, 54, is accused of bringing 12 children with him from Indiana to sell…

Seniors keep cool with slip & slide

(KSNT) Nursing home residents beat the heat by slipping and sliding into the hot, summer months. Staff members at the Nicol Home in Glasco, Kansas recently transformed their front lawn into a slip n’ slide for seniors. It’s all part of the nursing home’s mission to let residents live on their own terms, even if that means pushing them to…

A lifetime of love: couple dies hours apart

(WAGT) Herbert and Frances DeLaigle died last Friday on the exact same day. He was 94-years-old and she was 88-years-old. “You think it’s the end of the story but really it’s not,” said Helen DeLaigle, the couple’s daughter. Helen says a love like her parents had is hard to find. After celebrating their 71st anniversary in June, Herbert and Frances’s…

Golf ball kills 6-year-old

(KSL) Community members in Orem, Utah are in shock after a freak golfing accident killed a little girl. Investigators say 6-year-old Aria Hill was sitting in a golf cart next to a tee box when her father hit a ball that struck her in the back of the head. The community has come together to support the family, and has…