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Feel Good Friday – Meet Reese

We at WNKY love our animals. From our very own SoKY the Weather Dog to Meteorologist Kristy Steward’s dog, Nikita, we jump at the opportunity to bring a new pet into our lives. In today’s Feel Good Friday, we journey with reporter Matthew White as he opens his home and heart to a new kitten.

Kentucky soldier surprises brother at middle school

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (WAVE) – Army Reserve Specialist Christian Cruz of Elizabethtown returned from a 10-month deployment at Guantanamo with plans to surprise his family. But those plans did not work out as expected. Cruz said his commander inadvertently spilled the beans about his homecoming by calling Cruz’s mother. His older brother then met him at the airport. Cruz was worried…

Grand jury indicts two on Logan County homicide

RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. – A Logan County grand jury recently indicted two people in a 2015 homicide. Robert Wetton, 69, was killed Aug. 26, 2015 on Ellis Road in Russellville, Logan County Sheriff Stephen Stratton said. “We were dispatched to a male subject found not breathing in a barn,” he said. A state medical examiner determined Wetton’s manner of death as…

NOAA issues hurricane forecast

(NBC News) Forecasters are predicting a “normal” 2019 hurricane season, while still warning that it only takes one major storm making landfall to end lives and destroy communities. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting nine to 15 named storms this year, with four to eight developing into hurricanes. Of those, half will be major hurricanes. “That’s a lot…

Pelosi calls for Trump “intervention”

(NBC News) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi downplayed the possibility of impeachment once again Thursday, saying that the issue is “a divisive place to go in our country.” Speaker Pelosi also went on to say that she believes President Trump “wants to be impeached” so that he can be vindicated by the Senate. Those comments came during a closed-door meeting with…

Midwest storms turn deadly

(NBC News) At least three people were killed overnight Wednesday when a string of powerful tornadoes ripped across Missouri. “Windows started shaking. Felt the house rattling, heard the tree breaking, then ‘BOOM’ the tree fell,” says storm survivor Casey Bull. Daylight revealed the intensity of the damage. The three deaths were confirmed in Golden City, about 40 miles northeast of…

Graduation denied after senior prank

(WESH) Parents and students at Florida’s Wekiva High School say more than 100 seniors were told they can’t take part in Saturday’s graduation, and that it’s all because of vandalism at the school last week. Eight people were arrested after deputies say $20,000 worth of vandalism was done to the school in a senior prank. A petition claims dozens of…

Cameras capture school bus attack

(WCMH) An 11-year-old Columbus, Ohio middle school student has been charged with assault after attacking another student on a school bus. Police have also charged the suspect’s mother and brother in connection with the incident. In the moments before the fight, the suspect takes off the sweatshirt that was tied around her waist and stretches her fingers. Everyone seems to…