Author: WNKY Staff

Mass attack report: watch for warning signs

(NBC News) An annual report on mass casualty attacks from the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security studied 27 such attacks carried out in 2018, and found a common thread among the attackers. The attacks left 91 people killed and injured more than a hundred others. “Nearly all had previously made threatening or alarming communications directed toward or made…

New Orleans braces for heavy weather

(WDSU/NBC News) New Orleans is bracing for heavy rains and wind as forecasters warn a possible tropical depression could form in the Gulf of Mexico later this week. City leaders are in constant communication with the National Weather Service and city workers were working Monday cleaning catch basins. According to city leaders, from Jan. 1 through June 30, the city…

App tracks boy taken in carjacking

(WFLA/NBC News) A 7-year-old boy taken when his family’s truck was stolen from a Florida convenience store has been reunited with his family, thanks in part to his mother’s quick thinking. The boys parents went into a Wawa store in Largo, leaving him in the vehicle, as they were returning to South Carolina Monday after vacationing in Florida. Moments later,…

Too old to ride?

(WFLA) Shane Moore wants policies reviewed after an embarrassing incident at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. Moore and his friends were at the park Sunday when he tried to get on Gwazi Gliders, a children’s ride, with a friend’s daughter who was scared. Moore is 3 feet 9 inches tall – or 45 inches total. The Busch Gardens website states…

Violence may be to blame for paramedics shortage

(KSDK) An epidemic of violence in Missouri may be resulting in a critical shortage of paramedics. St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says his department is 20 paramedics short, with up to four employees quitting each month. Jenkerson blames burnout “We have nobody left to interview. There’s nobody even left on the list,” said Jenkerson. He blames burnout. “They see…

Teen reportedly stabbed to death for playing rap music

(NBC News) Civil rights activists are calling for a hate-crime investigation into the alleged killing of a black teenager by a white man in Peoria, Arizona. According to the Peoria Police Department, Michael Adams, 27, stabbed Elijah Al-Amin, 17, in the neck at a Circle K convenience store in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police say Al-Amin was taken…

WNKY 40 Television to broadcast 2019 Tennessee Titans preseason games

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WNKY 40 Television has announced its exclusive partnership of the Tennessee Titans 2019 television broadcast coverage in South Central Kentucky. Tennessee Titans preseason games will air on WNKY MeTV 40 beginning Aug. 8. Three games will broadcast on WNKY MeTV 40, and the Titans Sunday Night Football matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Aug. 25 will…