Author: WNKY Staff

9-year-old electrocuted in California swimming pool

(KCRA) A 9-year-old girl in Northern California was electrocuted and killed while swimming in a backyard pool Sunday. The tragic accident claimed the life of Mackenzie Kinley, who friends and family described as an outgoing student who liked cheerleading and soccer. Investigators later determined that the accident was caused by a wire attached to one of the underwater pool lights…

AG’s office investigates welfare of children engaged in outdoor sales

Beshear: Probe is "ongoing labor trafficking investigation"

UPDATE: In this story you read first on WNKY.com and watched first on WNKY40 Monday, the Kentucky Attorney General’s office has released additional information on the case of a man accused of endangering minors in what the AG’s office is calling a “labor trafficking” investigation. Shawn Floyd, 54, is accused of bringing 12 children with him from Indiana to sell…

Seniors keep cool with slip & slide

(KSNT) Nursing home residents beat the heat by slipping and sliding into the hot, summer months. Staff members at the Nicol Home in Glasco, Kansas recently transformed their front lawn into a slip n’ slide for seniors. It’s all part of the nursing home’s mission to let residents live on their own terms, even if that means pushing them to…

A lifetime of love: couple dies hours apart

(WAGT) Herbert and Frances DeLaigle died last Friday on the exact same day. He was 94-years-old and she was 88-years-old. “You think it’s the end of the story but really it’s not,” said Helen DeLaigle, the couple’s daughter. Helen says a love like her parents had is hard to find. After celebrating their 71st anniversary in June, Herbert and Frances’s…

Golf ball kills 6-year-old

(KSL) Community members in Orem, Utah are in shock after a freak golfing accident killed a little girl. Investigators say 6-year-old Aria Hill was sitting in a golf cart next to a tee box when her father hit a ball that struck her in the back of the head. The community has come together to support the family, and has…

Dad drowns saving kids

(WRAL) A North Carolina man died while trying to rescue his children in the water off Wrightsville Beach Sunday. Eyewitnesses told officials that 35-year-old Johnny Lee Vann Jr. ran into the water when he saw his children in distress. All of his kids made it to shore safely, but when Vann reached his daughter, he reportedly told someone he couldn’t…

Congress condemns Trump’s “racist comments”

(NBC News) The House of Representatives has passed a resolution that formally condemns President Donald Trump’s so-called “racist comments” about four Democratic congresswomen of color. The president originally urged the women to return to their home countries, though three of them are native-born Americans and all are citizens. Four moderate Republicans joined Democrats in Tuesday night’s 240-187 vote, despite lobbying…

Seven decades in the water

(WOWT) Tom Cady may be turning 90 in just a few days, but when it comes to the water, he says he feels like one of the kids. “My wife accuses me of being one. That’s why I can connect with them,” Cady says. At 16-years-old he taught his first swimming lesson and hasn’t stopped since. “It’s the kind of…