(NBC News) President Trump has promised to veto a measure that would block his declaration of a national emergency along the southern border with Mexico. The Senate voted 59-41 to cancel the declaration Thursday in an unusual rebuke of the president. Twelve Republicans voted alongside Democrats, despite the president’s best efforts to keep his party in line. The measure had…
(NBC News) A massive winter storm that had already battered Colorado and Wyoming slammed into the Midwest Thursday. Several tornadoes swept across parts of Kentucky and Indiana, leaving destruction in their wake. It’s the latest punch from what meteorologists are calling a “bomb cyclone” of historic proportions, dumping snow, hail and rain with the power of a Category One hurricane….
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A 20-year old Western Kentucky University student is in the ICU following a two-car collision at the intersection of Lovers Lane and Middle Bridge Road at about 5 p.m. Wednesday. One of the drivers, Lydia Schweichkart, was injured in the wreck and had to be airlifted to Tristar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville. According to one…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- March 14 is recognized as Pi Day. Not pie as in apple pie or pizza pie, but pi, p-i as in the mathematical constant 3.14 represented by the Greek letter Pi. It’s the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Many restaurants offer deals on pizza, pie or even both. WNKY went to Blaze Pizza where…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – County officials from across the 10-county Barren River Area Development District region that includes Warren and surrounding counties met Thursday at the BRADD office to learn about budgeting, state audits and other issues related to county government. The primary purpose for the session was to help elected officials navigate the budgeting process, said Rich Ornstein, attorney…
In this week’s The Scene, Dale McCubbins and Robin Duckett from Roads to Home perform the song, “Heather Down the Moor.” You can catch a performance of Roads to Home on Friday, March 15 at Coffee & Eggs in Bowling Green from 6 to 9 p.m. For more of their music, click here.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Matt Bevin says Kentucky’s exports rose to a record high of nearly $31.8 billion in 2018. Bevin said Thursday that Kentucky exports increased nearly 3 percent last year to set an all-time high for the fourth straight year. The aerospace products and parts sector again took top honors for Kentucky exports. The governor’s office says…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rocky Adkins has offered a plan to provide free community college and job training for adults in Kentucky. Adkins said Thursday his plan calls for two years of tuition-free community or technical school for all high school graduates and adults who haven’t earned a credential. Adkins, the top Democrat in the Kentucky House,…
(KCRA) California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday halting executions, granting a reprieve to the state’s 737 death row inmates. Newsom said his views on the death penalty were shaped 40 years ago through his grandfather’s and father’s advocacy on behalf of a wrongfully convicted man. Newsom strongly believes he has the power to save the lives of…
(KHQ) A Post Falls, Idaho man beat some incredible odds while playing the lottery recently, but he didn’t get any money out of the deal. Mitch Tracy put a dollar into a lottery machine at a Spokane, Washington grocery store and used the “Quick Pick” feature to pick his numbers. The machine popped out his ticket and both lines were…
