Author: WNKY Staff
Living Well – Plasma shortage
A Baltimore-area mother is pleading for more plasma donors to come forward. A nationwide shortage has people living with immunodeficiencies on edge.
Father tosses 5-year-old into ocean, yelling “learn to swim!”
(WESH) A man accused of throwing his 5-year-old son into the Atlantic ocean has posted bond and was released from jail Tuesday. Witnesses say John Bloodworth left the child alone in the water as he repeatedly dove from a Daytona Beach pier. “I said, ‘I can’t take this no more.’ So I went down to the pier, down to the…
Extreme heat sets in
(NBC News) Volunteers have been delivering free air conditioners around St. Louis, where the center of the country is also the center of a major heat wave. Detroit, Chicago, Washington and plenty of points in between are all expected to have near-triple digit highs by the weekend. Severe heat advisories have also been issued from South Carolina to New Jersey….
“Racially motivated” 911 call targets realtor
(WLWT) An Ohio realtor and his client are suing the city of Cincinnati and three police officers after they were held at gunpoint and handcuffed during a scheduled home showing. The lawsuit claims the men were illegally held after police responded to a 911 call of a breaking and entering in Covedale in November of 2018. The men were handcuffed…
Act of gator? – insurance company denies claim for alligator damage
(WFLA) Mary Wischhusen became something of a celebrity when a giant alligator broke into her Clearwater, Florida home back in May. Now, she says she’s getting anything but the A-list treatment from her insurance company as she tries to claim the damages the gator left behind. At the end of May, Wischhusen woke up in the middle of the night…
VIP – Caitlin Greenwell, ‘BG Gauntlet Mud Run’
Caitlin Greenwell from The Ethan Foundation joins us in studio to discuss the success of this year’s BG Gauntlet Mud Run, and how that event impacts the programs the foundation hopes to promote. For more on The Ethan Foundation, click here.
“It pretty much destroyed my life” – Disney worker fired over CBD oil
(WESH) A former bartender at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida says she was fired over CBD oil she bought at a grocery store and used for foot pain. Kathy Talafous said she was off the clock and visiting the park with her family on April 12, when security found the CBD balm in her purse at an entry gate….
9-year-old electrocuted in California swimming pool
(KCRA) A 9-year-old girl in Northern California was electrocuted and killed while swimming in a backyard pool Sunday. The tragic accident claimed the life of Mackenzie Kinley, who friends and family described as an outgoing student who liked cheerleading and soccer. Investigators later determined that the accident was caused by a wire attached to one of the underwater pool lights…
AG’s office investigates welfare of children engaged in outdoor sales
Beshear: Probe is "ongoing labor trafficking investigation"
UPDATE: In this story you read first on WNKY.com and watched first on WNKY40 Monday, the Kentucky Attorney General’s office has released additional information on the case of a man accused of endangering minors in what the AG’s office is calling a “labor trafficking” investigation. Shawn Floyd, 54, is accused of bringing 12 children with him from Indiana to sell…
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