Author: WNKY Staff

Tennessee investigators searching for wanted man with ties to Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Investigators in Tennessee are on the hunt for a wanted man with connections to Bowling Green. Edgar Omar Torres-Rangel, 28, is wanted by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Authorities believe he played a role in an incident that occurred last October in Bedford County, Tennessee. Torres-Rangel is facing a charge of vehicular homicide. Investigators…

Ole Miss murder suspect’s neighbor: I’m not surprised

(CNN) – Wearing an Ole Miss t-shirt Brandon Theesfeld was caught by cameras at a gas station in south Memphis Monday. The surveillance picture taken two days after he’s accused of killing Ally Kostial and just moments before he was caught by a swarm of Memphis officers. Rex Ravita/ Suspect’s Former Neighbor: “It was obviously shocking.” According to reports when…

JUUL reps. grilled on Capitol Hill

(NBC NEWS) – Juul Co-Founder James Monsees appeared before a house oversight subcommittee today in Washington, D.C. Mr. Monsees told committee members Juul was developed for adult smokers who want to quit smoking traditional cigarettes. He stressed the company never wanted non-nicotine users to ever use Juul products. “We don’t want any underage consumer using this product. We need to…

Flesh-eating bacteria attacks man’s buttocks

(WFLA) A Citrus County, Florida man is recovering from flesh-eating bacteria that attacked his buttocks. Mike O’Grady said his medical nightmare started with a happy trip to St. George Island up in Apalachicola with his wife. “Beautiful time. We had a great time. We went into the water. The water is warm which the Gulf is” said O’Grady. Not long…

Legal system ‘undignified’ for crime victims

FRANKLIN, Ky.  – Anger, frustration and fear weigh heavily on the mind of a Franklin woman who has waited years for justice to take its course against a family member accused of raping her daughters when they were young children. In two separate cases in Simpson Circuit Court, James Bridges, 43, of Franklin, is charged with two counts of incest, …

High school football coach holds life skills camp

(NBC News) A high school football coach in South Carolina is on a mission to use the team’s summer camp to help players become better both on and off the field. Chapman High School head football coach Mark Hodge has developed a “Player Development Camp” in which members of the football team learn not only football basics, but life skills-such…