Author: WNKY Staff

Ballman steps down as provost following no-confidence vote from University Senate

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – In an email sent to Western Kentucky University faculty and staff Friday, Terry Ballman has stepped down as provost and vice president for academic affairs. Ballman’s decision comes one day after the University Senate called a special meeting and voted no confidence in Ballman’s leadership during a packed-house session inside Grise Hall Auditorium. A no confidence…

Two stabbed outside church daycare

(WDSU) The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a stabbing incident outside a church daycare Thursday morning. According to NOPD, a man and a woman were attacked. The woman suffered stab wounds to the neck and back, and was transported to an area hospital for treatment. She is in critical condition, according to police. The man suffered a cut wound…

Purse snatcher turns out to be murder suspect

(KHQ) A Good Samaritan who chased down a purse snatcher later learned the man was also a suspected killer. Jason Wright was grocery shopping in Spokane, Washington Tuesday when he saw a man snatch a woman’s purse and then run out of the store. Without thinking, Jason dropped everything and took off after him. The man threw the purse in…

Suspect arrested in North Dakota killings

(KFYR/NBC News) North Dakota police have arrested a suspect in the Monday’s quadruple homicide inside a Mandan business. Chad Isaak was taken into custody at his Washburn home Thursday evening. Police responded to RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan on April 1 for a medical call where officers found four victims deceased. They say the victims had suffered gunshot and…

Deadly chopper crash caught on camera

(WFLA) A passenger inside a pickup truck was killed by a rotor blade after a helicopter suffered “catastrophic” engine failure and crashed into a road in Palm River, Florida Thursday. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said a piece of the helicopter’s rotor blades broke off and flew across the street, striking a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. Deodat Persaud Gangapersaud, 73,…

Cop suspended after kicking teen

(WESH) An Orlando police officer has been suspended after body camera footage showed him kick a 13-year-old suspect in the chest. Officer Neal Chase was ordered to serve a two-day suspension earlier this year after an internal review of the incident. Chase is part of the department’s K-9 unit and was part of a group of officers looking into a…

Murder victim’s missing skull found

(WOOD) A years-long search for the head of a Michigan murder victim is now over. The Wyoming Department of Public Safety says a medical examiner Wednesday positively identified a skull found last week northwest of Grand Rapids as that of Charles Oppenneer. The medical examiner used dental records to identify the remains. A farmer discovered the skull on March 24…