Author: WNKY Staff

Barren County Middle School teacher charged with rape

GLASGOW, Ky. – Barren County Middle School teacher William Gardner was charged Saturday with sex crimes involving a 13-year-old student, according to his arrest citation. Gardner is charged with second-degree rape, first-degree sex abuse and tampering with physical evidence, according to online Barren County Detention Center records. During an interview with Barren County Sheriff’s deputies, Gardner admitted to engaging in…

Woman killed in early morning wreck in Monroe County

TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. – A Tompkinsville woman is dead following a two-vehicle collision. Kentucky State Police investigated the wreck on Ky. 163 at 6:24 a.m. Friday. Nicholas Cunningham, 35, of Tompkinsville was operating a 1998 Mack dump truck traveling north on Ky. 163 inside Tompkinsville, according to a release from KSP.  Cunningham was stopped to make a left hand turn into…

Amy Milliken elected to leadership position at the Kentucky Association of Counties

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Warren County Attorney Amy Hale Milliken was elected Thursday and sworn in Thursday night to the position of second vice president of the Kentucky Association of Counties executive committee. The term is for one year and the position puts Milliken in line for presidency of the organization in three years. KACo represents county government needs – for…

Bowling Green’s UK College of Medicine campus celebrates one year anniversary

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green’s University of Kentucky College of Medicine campus is celebrating its first year of operations. The Bowling Green location was UK’s first four-year regional campus to open and operate outside of Lexington. Those in attendance at the celebration Wednesday night were given a tour of the facilities. More than 70 percent of the 30 students…