Author: WNKY Staff

Man accused of setting parents’ house on fire while they were inside

MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. – A Munfordville man is accused of dousing his parents’ mobile home in gasoline before setting it on fire while they were still inside. Steven Glaab, 40, was booked into the Hart County Jail Tuesday night after Kentucky State Police charged him with first-degree arson and first-degree wanton endangerment, online jail records show. When police arrived at the…

Trump claims executive privilege on Mueller report

(NBC News) President Trump is asserting executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted Russia report and any supporting documents, marking a dramatic escalation in the White House fight with House Democrats. The president’s decision was announced just as the House Judiciary Committee began a hearing over whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for not complying with…

Trump Admits Massive Tax Write-Offs

(NBC News) President Trump admitted Wednesday to taking massive tax write-offs of $1.17 billion for real estate losses from the mid 1980s to mid 1990s. “Real estate developers in the 1980’s & 1990’s, more than 30 years ago, were entitled to massive write offs and depreciation which would, if one was actively building, show losses and tax losses in almost…

Rescued owl returns to the wild

(WYFF/NBC News) An owl found tangled in fishing line hanging over a South Carolina river has returned to the wild. The 2-year-old male barred owl was rescued last week after he was spotted by fishermen. “We took him and put him in a flight pen, let him stay there a couple days make sure he was eating on his own,…

“Lunch Shaming” to continue

(WJAR) Thousands of students in Warwick, Rhode Island schools might lose their lunch choice because they are behind on payments. While they owe the district money for lunch, school officials have turned down a big donation from a business owner that would have helped pay off any overdue bills. “Everything that I said got shut down,” Angelica Penta says. “Every…

North Carolina student achieves ACT perfection

(WCNC) A North Carolina high school student has aced the ACT. Jacob Parker attends Monroe High School, which is near Charlotte. He says he’s always done well on standardized tests, and credits his love of learning to earning the perfect score. Jacob will be a senior next year, and hopes to be an astrophysicist one day. His principal, Christopher Kelly,…

Braille Yearbook: “This Was The Year”

(KUSA) The yearbook staff at Colorado’s Conifer High School was buzzing with nervous excitement last week. “Yeah, I’m nervous,” said Laurel Ainsworth, the yearbook’s editor-in-chief. “My stomach doesn’t hurt or anything it’s all in my head.” Ainsworth and the rest of the yearbook staff spent Friday morning, patiently counting the seconds before the book they had worked on for more…

“@$#!!” – Virginia Beach to remove “Cursing” signs

(WAVY) The colorful “no cursing” signs along the Virginia Beach Oceanfront will soon be no more. George Kotarides, president of the Atlantic Avenue Association, says the association has been working for months to ask the city to remove the signs. “We felt like they were not very welcoming and a bit of an eyesore,” he says. Kotarides believes they are…