Author: WNKY Staff

Small papers turn to internet to stay afloat

(KTTC)Two Minnesota newspapers on the brink of extinction are trying everything they can to keep publishing at a time when newspapers across the country are closing. The Dodge County Independent and its sister publication the Steele County Times have been covering the local community for more than a century… and if they don’t get help they won’t be open for…

Parents honor late son with memorial scholarship Show and Shine

BROWNSVILLE – Had Christian Goodroe not died in a car wreck Dec. 17, 2017, he would have been graduating this month. Instead, his family will be watching others graduate and offering an Edmonson County High School senior a memorial scholarship in Goodroe’s memory. Sunday, May 5, Goodroe’s family is holding a fundraiser Show and Shine at the Edmonson County Fairgrounds….

Dems want to hear from Mueller

(NBC NEWS) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that Attorney General William Barr committed a crime during testimony last month. “What is deadly serious about it is the attorney general of the United States of America was not telling the truth to the Congress of the United States. That’s a crime,” Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference….

Pricey derby droppings

(WLEX)There are many who want a piece of Kentucky Derby history, and one artist has found an interesting way to sell it. Artist Coleman Larkin has gathered turds (his word. sorry)from the 1997 Kentucky Derby Winner Silver Charm, and he is selling them in jars. Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement President Michael Blowen said that Larkin approached him with the bizarre…

“Wait until 8th” takes aim at screen time

(NBC News) The realization that kids as young as first and second graders were using smartphones convinced Brooke Shannon that her three daughters should grow up a little more old school. “There were so many children in our elementary school that were going through the day with their heads down instead of their heads up,” Shannon says. The Austin, Texas…

SoKY Sunrise visits Kentucky Downs to celebrate the 145th Kentucky Derby

In a SoKY Sunrise special report, WNKY’s Kristy Steward and Matthew White visited Kentucky Downs to get a taste of a fresh mint julep and a look at everything Kentucky Downs has planned to celebrate Derby Day! Don’t forget, you can catch the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby on WNKY NBC 40 on Saturday, May 4, with coverage beginning…

Feel Good Friday – Free Comic Book Day

Movies like “Avengers: Endgame” have been making box office history, but those stories we see on the big screen begin on paper with comics. On May 4th, multiple comic book stores here in town will be celebrating Free Comic Book Day. In today’s Feel Good Friday, we talk to the owner of The Archive about the difference a free comic…