Author: WNKY Staff

Kenton County man found guilty on 62 additional felonies for underage sex crimes

COVINGTON, Ky. (WKRC) – A Kenton County man who was previously convicted of crimes involving an underage girl was convicted again on similar charges, according to the Kentucky Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Matt Bucher was indicted by a Kenton County Grand Jury on 62 counts in total, including 30 counts of promoting a sexual performance by a minor, 30 counts of…

Man stabbed in head at Walmart

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A man in Kentucky is in critical condition after police stay he was stabbed in the head during an altercation at a Walmart. Police got a report Sunday for two Hispanic males fighting. The fight began inside the store then went into the parking lot. Once on scene, crews found one of the men had been stabbed…

Trump sets stage for new budget battle

(NBC News) President Trump’s new 2020 budget proposal is reviving an old fight over border wall funding. The president is asking Congress for $8.6 billion to build the wall. That’s almost three billion more than the $5.7 billion demand that led to the longest government shutdown in history. “The president was forced to admit defeat and reopen the government without…

Coach and wife killed installing scoreboard

(WJHG) According to David Summers, Superintendent of the Liberty County School District, Liberty High School’s new head baseball coach, Corey Crum, and his wife were killed while working to install a scoreboard Sunday. He said the machine they were using accidentally struck a power line while they worked. The couple’s son attempted to help but also sustained burn injuries in…

Dream Job: Beer Archaeologist!

(KUSA) Beer archaeologist. Yeah. That’s a thing. Travis Rupp is known as Avery’ Brewing’s beer archaeologist, but also as the lecturer in Classics, Art History, and Anthropology at CU-Boulder. He bounces between the two full-time jobs almost every day of the week. Rupp travels all over the country, and world, researching ancient civilizations–and their beers. The recipes he finds are…

9-year-old makes snowball fights legal

(KUSA) After helping to change the law that had made snowball fights illegal, 9-year-old Dane Best has finally gotten to throw his first legal snowball in Severance, Colorado. Best changed the law last December when he made his second plea before the town board. “Today’s kids need reasons to play outside. Research suggests that a lack of exposure to the…

Student accused of selling drugs

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Warren County Sheriff’s deputy arrested a Warren Central High School student Thursday after a K-9 Kilo alerted on the student’s car in the school parking lot. Karl Leroy Billings Jr., 18, is charged with trafficking a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, public intoxication and an…