BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A local organization celebrated those who advocate for civil rights and social reform on Saturday evening. The Bowling Green-Warren County NAACP hosted its annual Freedom Fund Gala at the WKU Carroll Knicely Conference Center. Local youth, individuals, businesses, and non-profits were recognized for their contributions to the community. Award recipients include Evolving Lives in the L.E.A.D….
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The community celebrated the arts on Saturday. The SKyPAC hosted a free Community Day designed to inspire creativity by providing pumpkin painting, live shows, and access to art galleries. Makenzie Belcher, Marketing and Public Relations Assistant for Arts of Southern Kentucky, says events like Community Day provide the community who have not visited the performing arts…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A 19-year-old woman is dead following a single-vehicle crash Friday on Interstate 65 in Warren County. According to a release by the Kentucky State Police, troopers say they responded around 4:25 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 to the 41 mile marker of I-65 northbound for a fatal crash. Troopers say a preliminary investigation found a 17-year-old driving…
BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – One person has died after a crash Sunday morning in Barren County. According to a release by the Kentucky State Police, troopers responded to the 7000 block of Scottsville Road around 10:30 a.m. for a fatal collision. Troopers say they learned that a white 2000 GMC Sierra driven by Charles Vittitoe, 47, of Scottsville was traveling…
WARREN COUNTY, Ky. – Authorities say one person is dead following a collision involving a motorcycle off of Highway 185 on Saturday. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office says it responded at 11:21 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 to Highway 185 at Lodge Hall Road for a vehicle versus motorcycle collision. Deputies say through investigation, they determined a motorcycle was heading south…
SMITHS GROVE, Ky. – For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, News 40 talked to a Smiths Grove woman who wants to be known as the Breast Cancer Warrior. After getting a clean bill of health following several annual mammograms, Tyra Pearson delayed her next one. That next Mammogram with TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital detected cancer. Pearson says, “I was really shocked….
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A man is facing multiple charges after police say he broke into a Bowling Green car dealership on Friday. On Friday morning, the Bowling Green Police Department says it responded to a call about a suspicious person in the 2000 block of Russellville Road. Police say they located Dustin Cardwell, who they say was trying to…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The U.S. Department of Labor says it has reached an agreement requiring the El Mazatlan Inc. chain of restaurants to pay $250,000 in penalties following an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division. According to a release by the U.S. Department of Labor on Oct. 10, investigators learned the enterprise “violated federal child labor regulations” by…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered for flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset Monday, Oct. 21 in honor of a fallen Kentucky soldier. According to a release by the governor’s office, the remains of a Kentucky soldier who died in the Korean War were only identified this spring. U.S. Army…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Four Kentucky men are accused of plotting to smuggle dozens of handguns to Iraq inside the door panels of two cars after a multiagency investigation. The Louisville men were arrested this month, federal agencies announced. They said Haider Lazem, 41, Hasan Wasak, 27, and Abdullah Alsajee, 30, purchased the weapons at gun shops and gun shows…
