Emerging Leaders – Christian Butterfield & Avery Duvall
This week’s Emerging Leaders are Christian Butterfield and Avery Duvall, students at Bowling Green High School who recently founded a literary magazine called the Amethyst.
Author: WNKY Staff
Monday Motivator – Bowling Green Rocks
One Bowling Green woman is spreading positivity through painted rocks. In this week’s Monday Motivator, we meet Ayla Newton. For more on how you can get involved with the Bowling Green Rocks group, click here.
Sunrise Spotlight – FSP presents War of the Worlds
Back in 1938, widespread panic was caused across the United States due to a broadcast. This Halloween weekend, the Fountain Square Players will be recreating the radio broadcast. For tickets, click here.
NAACP celebrates 100th year with annual gala
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The local chapter of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People is celebrating 100 years this year. On Saturday night, the group held their annual Freedom Fund Gala. The night included dinner, awards, scholarship announcements and dancing. The group’s mission since it’s creation has been to fight for equality, justice, and fairness for all…
Living Well – Blue Halloween buckets
A mother of an autistic child has started a campaign to allow her son to be included in trick-or-treating. Be on the lookout for children — and even older teens — carrying blue buckets this Halloween. Today’s Living Well has more.
Masked people assaulted two other people in front of Capitol Arts Center early Sunday morning
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – People wearing Halloween costumes assaulted one male and one female in front of the Capitol Arts Center early Sunday morning. Bowling Green police were called to the scene at 12:54 a.m. and upon arrival found a victim with substantial facial injuries, police department spokesman Officer Ronnie Ward said. Police have not released the name of the…
Pedestrian critically injured after being struck by car, driver charged with DUI
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A man sustained multiple injuries after being struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning. At 12:08 a.m. Sunday, Bowling Green police responded to the 2100 block of Nashville Road after a man who was walking on the side of the road was struck by a vehicle, Bowling Green police department spokesman Officer Ronnie Ward said. The…
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…
