Author: WNKY Staff

Cave City hires first-ever female police officer

CAVE CITY, Ky. -The Cave City Police Department has announced the hiring of their first-ever female police officer, Amanda Coniglio. She has 22 years of law enforcement experience, including time with the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Department. Cave City Police announced the hiring with a Facebook post on Thursday and noted her achievements included being selected to a DUI enforcement squad…

Six wounded in Philadelphia police shootout

(NBC News) Six Philadelphia police officers were wounded Wednesday during a gun battle with a narcotics suspect. Police say Maurice Hill opened fire as officers arrive to serve a warrant. More police quickly rushed in. Surrounded, Hill barricaded himself inside the home with weapons, ammunition and hostages: two police officers and three civilians. Hours later, SWAT team members were able…

Caught on cam: truck targets ICE protesters

(WJAR) Rhode Island State Police are investigating a shocking confrontation outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls. Protesters said they were pepper-sprayed and nearly run over by a truck during a demonstration Wednesday night. A Jewish group called Never Again Action organized the march at the privately-run Wyatt to protest Trump administration immigration policies. Demonstrators said they…

Fake ICE flyers investigated

(WCBD) Fake U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flyers were plastered throughout North Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday. North Charleston Police said they received numerous calls about the flyers. That flyer reads: “The city of N. Charleston has authorized ICE or immigration and customs enforcement to search with out a Warrant in any house hold. so if a ICE officer knock on…

Creepy dolls leave Missouri cities on edge

(KSDK) Two Missouri cities are caught up in one bizarre riddle. Stuffed dolls keep popping up in random places in Crystal City and Festus, and nobody seems to know why. “It is a little creepy,” says Tamera Pruett. “Dolls are just creepy in general to me. I don’t like them,” says Logan Galczynski. This all started a little over a…

Singing teacher soothes back-to-school jitters

(WPTV) It was a beautiful first day of school in the neighborhood for students in Jonathan Strackman’s AP U.S. History Class at Park Vista Community High School in Palm Beach County. Strackman says he likes starting the year off with fun ice breakers, “So many kids look at the first day as routine, ‘Oh, here’s the rules, and I’m gonna…

Federal grand jury indicts man on sex abuse charge

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted a man on one count of sexual abuse by a minor. Larry Todd Montgomery, no age or address listed in court records, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with a boy between the ages of 12 and 15 years old, according to his indictment. Montgomery is not yet…