Author: WNKY Staff

Trooper injured after being dragged by car

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police Trooper Zachery Edwards was injured Friday when he said a man dragged him a short distance in a business parking lot. Edwards saw a man shoplifting at the Minit Mart, 4805 Nashville Road, leave the store and get into a car. Edwards attempted to question the man’s identity and that’s when the man’s…

Police capture escaped inmate

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Sunday night Tennessee law enforcement authorities captured a Warren County Regional Jail inmate who escaped Feb. 10 while taking out the trash as part of a supervised three-man work crew. Police caught Benjamin Pedigo at an address in Jamestown, Tenn., Kentucky State Police Post 3 spokesman Jeremy Hodges said.  Pedigo was lodged in the Fentress County…

Chocolate Festival raises money for Hospice of Southern Kentucky

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – South Central Kentucky residents gathered at the Sloan Convention Center on Sunday for the annual Chocolate Festival. All of the eating went to a good cause, Hospice of Southern Kentucky who provides support that enables the terminally ill to spend their final days in a pain-free and dignified home environment. The event included over 30 vendors with…