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Bowling Green man charged with multiple felonies after chase

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police charged a Bowling Green man with multiple felonies following a chase that ended when the man wrecked his truck in Jennings Creek. Early Wednesday afternoon, Taron Wells, 24, took possession of a package that contained about 14 pounds of suspected marijuana and 396 THC vaping cartridges from a home on Nathans Rim Way,…

Barr skips house hearing

(NBC News) Attorney General William Barr refused to attend a House Judiciary Committee hearing focusing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report Thursday, setting the stage for a legal battle with Congress. Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler quickly went on the offensive. “We will have no choice but to move quickly to hold the attorney general in contempt if he…

Key fob mystery: devices go dark

(WKYC) There’s a mystery that’s leaving some residents in a North Olmsted, Ohio neighborhood scratching their heads. Cory Branchick says it began about two weeks ago when she noticed her key fob stopped working for her car. At first, she thought it had to be because of a dead battery. “So, I got a battery and that didn’t work,” she…

Tire thieves leave Chevy dealer flat

(WDSU/NBC News) Louisiana police are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with the theft of dozens of tires from a Slidell Chevrolet dealership. Matt Bowers, owner of Matt Bowers Chevrolet, says the suspects came into the dealership at 3 a.m. Saturday with a U-haul truck, cut the lock with bolt cutters and within 45 minutes stole 134 wheels and…

Family demands answers in naked teen’s shooting

(KFOR/NBC News) The family of an Oklahoma teen shot to death by police is demanding answers on the bizarre circumstances surrounding his death. Isaiah Lewis was naked and unarmed at the time of his death. “They don’t get to assassinate my son’s character,” Vicki Lewis said. The character of 17-year-old Isaiah Lewis is all his mother says she has left…

Throwback Thursday – Fort Lytle

Bowling Green was a hotspot during the American Civil War. Home to several forts, it was subject to both Union and Confederate occupation throughout the war. What’s left of Fort Lytle can still be found on top of the hill at Western Kentucky University. Folklore says they called it Vinegar Hill. Regardless, it was a sour situation for the enemy…