Author: WNKY Staff

Emerging Leader – Francis Wilson

This week’s Emerging Leader is Francis Wilson, a community organizer who wants to increase voter participation in South Central Kentucky. Wilson is a recent graduate of Western Kentucky University, where he helped launch the ‘Reg 2 Vote’ campaign.

NBC to air ‘Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – the Concert’ on Saturday, June 27

“Titan Games” Executive Producer Dwayne Johnson to Host the Two-Hour Telecast That Will Help Combat the Disproportionate Impact COVID-19 Has on Marginalized Communities

NEW YORK – June 22, 2020 – Hosted by Dwayne Johnson of “The Titan Games,” NBC will air the two-hour special “Global Goal: Unite for Our Future — The Concert” on Saturday, June 27 at 7 p.m. CT. The telecast, from Global Citizen and the European Commission, will highlight the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has on marginalized communities, including people of…

Truck driver injured after semi overturns

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At 10:30 a.m. Bowling Green police were called to an overturned semi at Memphis Junction Road just before the intersection with Russellville Road. The truck was hauling a crane. The driver, John Moore, of Alabama, was injured and taken to a local hospital for treatment. The extent of the injuries was not released.

Fur Ball 2021 canceled due to pandemic

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society along with the Executive Committee of the Fur Ball cancelled the 2021 Fur Ball. ”Due to the cataclysmic impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on our community along with our entire nation, the Fur Ball has been rescheduled to Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022,” the committee said in a press release….

One killed in Smiths Grove wreck

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Warren County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a late Friday night fatal wreck in Smiths Grove, Sheriff Brett Hightower said. One person was killed just before midnight after exiting Interstate 65 onto South Main Street, Hightower said. George “Teddy” Rollenhagen, 37, of Bowling Green,  was traveling southbound on Main Street. As he approached the off-bound ramp intersection…

Man in stolen car wrecks during pursuit, runs away barefooted

GLASGOW, Ky. – Barren County Sheriff’s deputies hope to identify a man who fled from them first in a car and then on foot Thursday morning. At about 10:25 a.m. Thursday, a Barren County Sheriff’s deputy observed a stolen Black Honda CR-V traveling on Edmonton Road. The vehicle had previously been involved in a pursuit with Kentucky State Police and…