Author: WNKY Staff

Kentuckians decorate tiny overpass Christmas tree

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Christmas spirit is alive and well in Kentucky. A small tree began to grow in a highway concrete median in Louisville. Angela Douglas and her wife noticed it a couple months ago. They decided to put a big red ornament on the tree. Since then, other people have added ornaments, lights, even tiny “presents.” Douglas hopes…

Threat causes lockdown at South Warren High School

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A shooting threat sent through the Airdrop application caused a lockdown at South Warren High School Friday afternoon. Warren County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene and is working to determine where the threat originated. The sheriff’s office said there is no immediate danger. WNKY will have more on this story as it develops.

Woman enters not guilty plea in Smiths Grove shooting

SMITHS GROVE, Ky. – A woman accused of shooting her boyfriend of three years after a 14-day dispute over the thermostat in their home was arraigned in Warren District Court Friday where she entered a not guilty plea to the shooting. Steve Flynn sustained multiple gunshot wounds at about 3 a.m. inside his 818 College Street home in Smiths Grove….

Bowling Green couple indicted in toddler abuse

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Warren County grand jury indicted a Bowling Green man Wednesday on two counts of sodomy, three counts of first-degree assault and one count of first-degree criminal abuse of a toddler. The man’s girlfriend, Cynthia Lane Orr, 36, was also indicted on one count of first-degree criminal abuse in the case. Brad Hunter Gerke, 39, is…

Kentucky ranks fifth-worst in overdose deaths in 2017

FRANKFORT, Ky.- New statistics released by the Center for Disease Control show Kentucky is among the highest in the nation in overdose deaths. According to that report, drugs killed a record 70,237 people in the U.S. last year. State statistics in the report are based on overdose deaths per 100,000 people. Kentucky had a death rate of 37.2, above the…