Author: WNKY Staff

Comics relief: “X-Men” collection to fund cancer treatment

(KPNX) Ever since he can remember, Robert Letscher has been enthralled with comic books. The 55-year-old turned his passion into an online career. “It’s how I paid for this house,” Letscher said while sitting in his Mesa, Arizona living room. Over the years, Letscher has bought and sold comics of all varieties and price points but always held onto one…

Israel reverses course, allows Tlaib to visit

(NBC News) Israel has reversed course, partially, after barring two United States congresswomen from visiting the country. On Wednesday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota would not be allowed to enter the country. The announcement came shortly after President Trump criticized the planned visit, tweeting Israel would show “great weakness”…

One of a kind: Callie the search & rescue dog

(WAVE) There’s only one search and rescue dog in the entire U.S. Department of Defense, and she lives in in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Air National Guard got the idea after seeing the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti a few years back. Whether she’s on a rescue mission searching through rubble, jumping out of a plane, or posing…

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. survives fiery plane crash

(NBC News) A plane carrying retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife Amy and their 1-year-old daughter Isla crashed while landing at an airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee Thursday. No serious injuries were reported. “I can tell you that and it ran off the end of the runway through a fence and on to State Route 91,” said Dexter Lunceford…

Israel bars U.S. reps from visit

(NBC News) In a move many are calling “unprecedented”, the state of Israel says it is blocking two members of Congress from entering the country. Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan had planned to visit Israel Sunday. Both are Muslim, and frequent critics of President Trump and the Israeli government. On Thursday President Trump tweeted…

Police capture man wanted on burglarizing woman’s home while she slept

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After receiving a tip, Bowling Green police captured James Robert Crouch early Friday morning near the corner of 12th Avenue and Adams Street. Crouch was wanted on two counts of burglary. He is accused of jumping a fence and entering a woman’s home through a window while she slept. Surveillance video captured that incident which led…

Feel Good Friday – Berenda’s Crossing

In February of 2017, the Parker Bennett community lost a dedicated crossing guard in Berenda Martin. She was known for doing more for the kids that she encountered at her crosswalk than just seeing them safely across the street. In August of that same year, her daughters Rena and Sequoia Martin launched Berenda’s Crossing in honor of their mother. In…