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Hiker rescued during Colorado blizzard

(KOAA/NBC News) A hiker who ventured out during a severe snow storm was rescued by Colorado firefighters Wednesday. The man called for help after he became stuck on Barr Trail near Manitou Springs. A Manitou paramedic and volunteer firefighter made it to the man first and stabilized him. It took firefighters about an hour to hike up Barr Trail and…

Family fights for medical marijuana

(KSHB) A Wichita, Kansas family traveled to Topeka Tuesday to testify before state lawmakers about making an exception to the law that criminalizes THC oil. Gwen Hartley’s daughter, Lola, is 12 years old and has microcephaly, cerebral palsy and dwarfism. Hartley said she and her husband, Scott, are willing to make the seven-hour trip to Colorado to get low THC…

Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce receives 5 star reaccreditation

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce has been reaccredited as a Five-Star Chamber by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. This honor places Bowling Green’s Chamber among the top 1% in the United States who have reached the highest level of accreditation, according to a release. The accreditation process includes a comprehensive examination of the Chamber’s operations, including…

Judicial nominating commission announces Tyler Gill as one of three nominees for vacant Supreme Court seat

FRANKFORT, Ky. Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge Tyler Gill is one of three nominees Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin could select to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat in the First Supreme Court District of Kentucky. That district is made up of 24 Western Kentucky counties including Butler, Simpson and Allen counties. The vacancy was created when Justice Bill Cunningham retired Feb….

Bowling Green man accused of rape, sodomy

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green police arrested a man Tuesday after a woman reported that he raped her. The woman said, Colton Hogendorn, 25, forcibly raped her March 6 and during the alleged assault also committed another forcible sex act, according to his arrest citation. Police located Hogendorn during a traffic stop and when asked by police if he…

South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force arrests man suspected in multiple robberies

RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. – Detectives with the South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force along with Russellville police arrested a man late Tuesday night in Russellville on a bank robbery charge out of Mississippi. Russell John Shelton, 50, is being held in the Logan County Detention Center without bond charged with being a fugitive from another state based on the pending Mississippi…