Author: WNKY Staff

Final day for car manufacturing plant

(WKYC) The last car has come off the line at the GM plant in Lordstown Ohio, putting 1400 workers out of a job. “That last car coming down the line, you see all the empty carriers behind it, for me, that’s when it really hits ya,” said Shaun Winkler, who installs coolant systems inside the GM plant. At a small…

Murder charge filed in missing woman’s case

(WDIV/NBC News) A Michigan man has been charged with the murder of a woman who disappeared two years ago without a trace. Danielle Stislicki’s body was never found. Her parents have spent two years hoping for a break in the case, and they got it Tuesday when Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a first-degree premeditated murder charge against Floyd…

11-year-old faces carjacker

(WTLV) “What if the gun’s a real gun?” Vania Quiroz-Medina asked herself. “What if it’s not a toy gun? What if I die?” The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says the 11-year-old girl was inside her mother’s car at a Dollar Tree when a man got into the driver’s seat and ordered the girl to leave the car at gunpoint. “I kept…

CBS News to broadcast “The Gayle King Interview with R. Kelly,” a one-hour primetime special featuring exclusive interviews

CBS News will broadcast THE GAYLE KING INTERVIEW WITH R. KELLY, a one-hour primetime special featuring exclusive interviews with the embattled R&B singer and two women who live with him, Friday, March 8 (8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The special will include never-before-seen parts of King’s 80-minute sitdown with Kelly and an interview with the two young women living…

Trebek announces Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer diagnosis

Long-time Jeopardy! host, Alex Trebek, has announced that he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. Trebek’s official statement: “Hi everyone, I have some news to share with all of you and it’s in keeping with my longtime policy of being open and transparent with our Jeopardy! fan base. I also wanted to prevent you from reading or hearing some…

Tank collapse at Barton 1792 distillery

BARDSTOWN, Ky. – Crews in Bardstown had to clean up a mess of mash Tuesday morning. A tank at the Barton 1792 distillery, collapsed. Responders reported one tank “failed,” another tank was damaged and a third one was punctured. According to officials, 120-thousand gallons of mash leaked outside. Firefighters say officials with the EPA were on site to assess the…

Woman accused of driving intoxicated with toddler in the car

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green woman is accused of endangering her toddler after someone reported to police seeing her drinking while driving as her toddler rode in the backseat. Tamara Gail Turner, 38, was in the parking lot of the T-Mart on Adams Street Tuesday afternoon, when someone called police to respond. When police arrived, Turner was in…

Cat saves couple from carbon monoxide

(WESH/NBC News) A Florida couple credits their cat with saving them from carbon monoxide poisoning. Paul and Leona Jones went out for an early dinner Wednesday evening and came home in the middle of a rainstorm. They said they just wanted to get into the garage, close the door and get into their Deltona home. The Jones’ vehicle has a…

Family search for answers to 11-year-old’s murder

(WAFF) Family members of 11-year-old Amberly Alexis Barnett are speaking out. Amberly was staying with her aunt and the aunt’s next-door neighbor, 33-year-old Christopher Wayne Madison. Madison is charged with killing the little girl. The 11 year old went missing Friday night and was last seen at her Aunt’s home, when the family took a quick trip to Walmart. “Kid…