Author: WNKY Staff

Warren County deputies looking for owner of damaged safe

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Deputies in Warren County are searching for the owner of a damaged safe that was found Thursday on the side of the road. According to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, the safe was located in a ditch adjacent to Norris Road and Girkin Boiling Springs. Deputies said it appears the door was cut off, so authorities are…

Iran shoots down U.S. military drone

(NBC News) A U.S. drone was shot down in international airspace above the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, U.S. Central Command said, contradicting a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that it had struck the aircraft after it entered Iranian airspace. The news comes amid rising tensions in the region, with American officials blaming Iran for what they said was an…

Louisville committee passes ordinance to make marijuana lowest priority for police

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Louisville Metro Council’s Public Safety Committee passed an ordinance Wednesday that would make small amounts of marijuana one of the lowest priorities for police. >> Read The Ordinance Marijuana is still illegal in Kentucky. The ordinance cannot and would not change Kentucky law that classifies possession of marijuana as a Class B misdemeanor, which could turn in…

Fatal collision involving Greyhound bus leaves one dead, multiple injured

MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. –  One person is dead and multiple others were injured this morning after a Greyhound bus, tractor-trailer truck and a passenger vehicle collided on Interstate 65 south near the 68 mile marker. The passenger vehicle, driven by Charles Cartwright, 37, of Louisville, Ky. was traveling northbound in the southbound lane of the interstate for three miles prior to…

Community Commemorates Juneteenth

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Juneteenth is the name given to the emancipation of the last slaves in Texas June 19, 1865. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed Jan. 1, 1863. White slave owners in Texas kept the information a secret from the slaves for more than two years until Major Gen. Gordon Granger announced the end of the Civil War in Galveston, Texas….

WKU President Timothy C. Caboni named to Conference USA Executive Committee

DALLAS – Western Kentucky University President Dr. Timothy C. Caboni was elected to the Conference USA Board of Director’s Executive Committee at the league’s summer meetings, C-USA has announced. The presidents of each of the league’s member schools serve on the league’s Board of Directors. Members of the Executive Committee help set league policy for the membership. “I am honored to have…