SoKY Speaks – Reading habits
This week, we asked you: what are your reading habits? A new study found that 27% of Americans have not read a book in the past year. We wanted to know if you were in that 27%, and if so, why?
Author: WNKY Staff
Sunrise Spotlight – Haunted Lantern Tours
Face your fears! The Haunted Lantern Tours come to the Historic RailPark and Train Museum for the 5th season starting tonight at 6 p.m. Tour dates are October 18-19 and 24-26 from 6-9 p.m. each night.
Burglary In The Buff: Naked Florida Man Steals Yacht’s Flag
(WPTV) Police in Delray Beach, Florida are searching for a man who pulled off a bold and bizarre crime… in the buff! Surveillance video shows a naked man hopping onto a yacht around 2:30 a.m. on October 11th. Delray Yacht Cruises said the brazen and bare thief trespassed onto the Lady Atlantic and Lady Delray yachts, then stole an American…
“Get Over It” – Mulvaney admits politics played role in withholding Ukraine aid
(NBC News) Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney admitted Thursday that U.S. military aid to Ukraine was delayed because the Trump administration wanted the country to investigate a debunked conspiracy theory focusing on Democrats and interference in the 2016 election. “We do that all the time with foreign policy,” Mulvaney said, adding “Get over it. There is going…
Former Mammoth Cave Employee Sentenced To Prison For Theft
(via Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Kentucky) PADUCAH, Ky. – United States Chief Judge Greg Stivers has sentenced Leslie Lewis to 2 years imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release following the sentence, and ordered him to pay restitution of $169,322 for theft of public money. “Instead of serving as a steward to protect Mammoth Cave National…
Morals Over Money: Waitress Fired After Standing Up For Transgender Customer
(WTMJ) A Wisconsin woman says she was fired from a restaurant for standing up for her beliefs. Brittany Spencer worked as a server at Fat Joe’s Bar & Grill in Fond du Lac for the last few months. She says Saturday night a couple was making disparaging comments about gender identity after seeing a transgender woman in the bar. “They…
New charges in “SD Card” slaying
(KTUU) A man accused of recording the brutal slaying of a woman in an Anchorage, Alaska hotel last month has been indicted on additional charges, according to online court records. Brian Steven Smith, 48, now faces eight total charges in the case. He originally faced one count of murder, but now faces one count of first-degree murder, two counts of…
No jail time in police training shooting
(WBBH) A former Punta Gorda, Florida police officer who killed a woman during a shooting demonstration in 2016 will not go to jail. Lee Coel accepted a plea deal with a sentence of ten years probation. Mary Knowlton, a 73-year-old Charlotte County retired librarian, attended the demonstration at the Punta Gorda Police Department and volunteered to play a role in…
More vaping deaths confirmed
(KARE) Minnesota state health officials have confirmed the deaths of two more patients from severe lung injuries related to vaping. The deaths were announced Wednesday, bringing the state total to three. The Minnesota Department of Health says the two patients died in September after complicated hospitalizations, and were both above the age of 50. Investigators confirmed that one vaped a…
