SoKY’s Choice – Game On
“Game On” is a get-together held at the Graham Drive branch of the Warren County Public Library.
Author: WNKY Staff
Living Well – HIV organ transplant
Last week, surgeons at Johns Hopkins performed the first kidney transplant between two HIV positive people — a milestone for those living with the AIDS virus in need of new organs.
Hot Rods announce 2019 Opening Day roster
(via Bowling Green Hot Rods) BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The 2018 Midwest League Champion Bowling Green Hot Rods, in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, announced their 2019 opening day roster on Monday ahead of the team’s April 4 season opener in Dayton, Ohio. The roster features two top prospects, as well as, a native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Eighteen-year-old Wander…
Emerging Leader – Ashton Jones
This week’s Emerging Leader is Ashton Jones, a sophomore student at Western Kentucky University and the president of the Hilltopper Organization for Latin-American Students, or HOLAS. HOLAS works to create a community for Hispanic students on campus, as well as be a resource for students of all cultures.
7 of 15 teachers pregnant at elementary school
(KSNW) An elementary school in Goddard, Kansas is experiencing a baby boom. Seven of the 15 classroom teachers at Oak Street Elementary School are expecting. One of the women is pregnant with twins. If all goes as planned, the school will welcome eight babies into the world in 2019. Three of them are girls. One is a boy. The other…
Mom facing deportation spends 20 months in church
(KUSA) A mother of three and immigrant from El Salvador has been avoiding deportation for 20 months at a church in Denver, Colorado. Fleeing violence, Araceli Velazquez came to the United States illegally in 2010. She turned herself over to immigration, and asked for asylum. After being detained for a month-and-a-half, Velasquez was released and later met her husband, who’s…
Caught on cam: terrifying hit and run
(WXIA/NBC News) A manhunt is underway following a terrifying hit-and-run accident in DeKalb County, Georgia. Video obtained by NBC News shows the moment a car plowed into two girls and through the side of a house as they played in the front yard of the home Friday. Miraculously, no one was killed in the shocking incident. Surveillance video recorded from…
Poll: Majority doubts Trump is cleared on Russia
(NBC News) As the White House claims vindication from the summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in the Russia probe, the American public does not see a clear verdict about whether President Donald Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing. According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 29 percent of Americans say they believe Trump has been cleared…
Orphaned bear cubs on the mend
(KCRA) A pair of orphaned bear cubs found earlier this month are growing healthy thanks to a South Lake Tahoe-based care facility. The 4-week-old cubs were found in Yreka and taken to Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care on March 12. The brothers were named Blaze and Yreka, weighing 4.1 pounds and 4.3 pounds, respectively. The cubs get fed every four hours….
Family pushes for answers in school fight death
(WCBD) No new details were released about the death investigation of a fifth grade South Carolina student during a news conference at the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office Friday. The news conference was held after an autopsy was performed on 10-year-old RaNiya Wright. Wright died Wednesday after being involved in a school fight at Forest Hills Elementary School in Walterboro. Her…
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