Author: WNKY Staff

TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital earns recognition for orthopedic and pulmonary care

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital has achieved multiple honors for clinical excellence from Healthgrades. According to a release by TriStar on Tuesday, it has received the Specialty Excellence Award, placing the hospital among the nation’s top 10% for overall pulmonary services for the second consecutive year. The hospital also earned five stars for pneumonia treatment for three years…

Road section to close in Simpson County starting Nov. 26

SIMPSON COUNTY, Ky. – Drivers in Simpson County should be prepared for an upcoming road closure. South College Street will be closed at Cardinal Drive beginning Wednesday, Nov. 26, according to Simpson County Emergency Management. The roadway will reopen the morning of Friday, Nov. 28, emergency officials say. There will be no traffic passing through the closed section. Cardinal Drive…

Driver crashes while fleeing law enforcement in Leitchfield

Source: K105. LEITCHFIELD, Ky. – Leitchfield police are looking for a driver they say escaped after he allegedly fled earlier this week. According to WNKY News 40 media partner K105, the incident began at about 10:15 p.m. Monday when Leitchfield police observed a Ford Focus driving recklessly without headlights on as it turned south from White Street onto South Main…

Pan-Oston announces multi-million dollar investment in Bowling Green facility

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Houchens Industries company is making a large investment in Bowling Green. According to a Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce press release, Pan-Oston, a designer and manufacturer of retail store fixtures, announced a multi-million dollar investment in its Bowling Green operations and advanced automated equipment. The investment will modernize and is expected to increase the…

Leitchfield man riding bicycle dead after being struck by box truck

LEITCHFIELD, Ky. – A Leitchfield man riding a bicycle was struck and killed Monday evening. According to a report by K105, Bobby W. Basham, 62, of Leitchfield, was traveling on his bicycle south in the 2500 block of Brandenburg Road at approximately 7:30 pm. He was struck by a box truck also traveling south, according to the Grayson County Coroner’s…

Junior Achievement to induct Michael Buchanon and Julie Denton-Price into Distinguished Hall of Fame

Source: Junior Achievement of South Central Kentucky. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Two Bowling Green community leaders will be inducted into Junior Achievement’s Distinguished Hall of Fame during a breakfast on the morning of Thursday, April 30. The event is scheduled to take place at the National Corvette Museum from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., with the breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m….

Third infant death from whooping cough confirmed in Kentucky within 12 months

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Health officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health have confirmed a third infant death tied to pertussis, or whooping cough. On Monday, officials announced the death caused by the highly contagious respiratory infection. According to a release by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the illness has been increasing across the United States “in…

Power outage scheduled for portion of Bowling Green early on Nov. 25

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local utility providers and emergency officials in Warren County are warning residents of a scheduled power outage early Tuesday morning. According to Warren County Emergency Management, the outage is expected to last from 2 a.m. that morning until 5 a.m. in the Hartland area. For a list of affected roads, click here. Emergency management says this…

Murder Mystery Dinner raises funds to support Glory Baby Ministry

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Over at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, it was the most wonderful crime of the year. Glory Baby Ministry held a Murder Mystery Dinner and Detective Work event on Thursday. Guests got to meet and greet with actors, play detective, jump into a photo booth and enjoy a cocktail hour. But it was more…

Barren County man charged with making false reports to law enforcement

PARK CITY, Ky. – A Park City man is charged with providing a false report that generated an emergency response on two different occasions. According to a uniform citation, the Barren County Sheriff’s Office responded with the Kentucky State Police on Saturday to reports of a female subject being shot in the neck in the driveway of a residence on…