Author: WNKY Staff

Teen reportedly stabbed to death for playing rap music

(NBC News) Civil rights activists are calling for a hate-crime investigation into the alleged killing of a black teenager by a white man in Peoria, Arizona. According to the Peoria Police Department, Michael Adams, 27, stabbed Elijah Al-Amin, 17, in the neck at a Circle K convenience store in the early hours of Thursday morning. Police say Al-Amin was taken…

WNKY 40 Television to broadcast 2019 Tennessee Titans preseason games

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WNKY 40 Television has announced its exclusive partnership of the Tennessee Titans 2019 television broadcast coverage in South Central Kentucky. Tennessee Titans preseason games will air on WNKY MeTV 40 beginning Aug. 8. Three games will broadcast on WNKY MeTV 40, and the Titans Sunday Night Football matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Aug. 25 will…

Let’s Make A Meal – The Cake Shop

This week’s Let’s Make A Meal takes the cake! WNKY’s Tej Joshi introduces us to The Cake Shop in Bowling Green, where owner Jason Smith walks us through the process in making their Double-Layer Oreo Cake and a selection of tasty macarons. The Cake Shop is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ice cream shop serves allergy-friendly dessert

(WAVY) An allergy-friendly ice cream shop has opened in Poquoson, Virginia. Jenna Horning is the owner of Bean’s Ice Cream, and the mother of an 11-year-old child who has a severe peanut allergy. Horning said she decided to open a place of her own after noticing that most hand-dipped ice cream shops don’t take the proper precautions to avoid cross…

Causes and treatments for childhood bedwetting

(WJAR) It can be especially frustrating to children who wet the bed, but experts say there are reasons why it happens. “Some kids are more sound sleepers,” said Dr. Liza Aguiar, a pediatric urologist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. “It can be due to slightly smaller bladder capacity or the inability to respond to those signals during the night.” Stress can…

Smart farms: the future of agriculture

(WSLS) Virginia Tech is working on innovative research to bring farms into the digital era. It’s all part of a relatively new effortcalled the SmartFarm Innovation Network, which uses technology to better meet the needs of the farming industry. Researchers are about a month into the project. So far, they’ve developed drone technology that communicates with robots in harvesting equipment,…

Trump ‘determined’ to put citizenship question on 2020 census

(NBC News) The Trump administration is continuing its fight to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census, despite a Supreme Court ruling that blocked the effort. The court ruled late last month that the Trump administration did not provide an honest reason for why the question was necessary, and barred the government from using that rationale as the basis…

“Bring the Funny” arrives

(NBC) When you’re going for laughs, going for the unexpected helps on “Bring The Funny.” “You’ve got to be fresh, you’ve got to have surprises, and you got to play to the room,” says Jeff Foxworthy. Foxworthy judges the new competition show along with “Saturday Night Live” legend Kenan Thompson and comedy connoisseur Chrissy Teigen. “I feel like I’m in…