Author: WNKY Staff

Search at Bowling Green home results in arrest on marijuana trafficking charges

May 8, 2025

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green man is facing drug trafficking charges following an investigation. According to the Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force, detectives learned Devonte T. Barber, 26, of Bowling Green was receiving a package from California weighing 32 pounds that contained multiple bundles of high-grade marijuana. Authorities say following an investigation and surveillance, detectives and the…

Cal Turner Rehab and Specialty Care receives Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification

May 8, 2025

WNKY Staff,

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – Cal Turner Rehab and Specialty Care has earned a Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification by the American Heart Association®. According to Med Center Health, the certification provides framework for evaluating skills nursing facilities against the American Heart Association’s requirements for heart failure parents. Cal Turner Rehab and Specialty Care is the only skilled nursing facility in the…

DEA reports record-breaking amounts of fentanyl from drug trafficking operation

May 8, 2025

WNKY Staff,

Source: Drug Enforcement Administration .ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sixteen people have been arrested after authorities say they seized record-breaking amounts of fentanyl, cash and other items from one of the largest drug trafficking operations in U.S. history. According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, law enforcement executed search warrants across five states, including the following: Albuquerque, New Mexico: seizures included…

Romanza Johnson, long-time community service advocate, passes away

May 8, 2025

WNKY Staff,

Photo credit: Bowling Green Area Chamber of CommerceBOWLING GREEN, Ky. – South Central Kentucky is mourning the passing of a long-time community service advocate. Romanza Johnson died on Wednesday evening. She was born on December 1, 1939, in Scottsville. According to the WKU Alumni Association, Johnson was a two-time graduate of WKU in 1960 and 1968. Johnson was a teacher…

Kentucky State Police Post 3 to welcome new troopers

May 7, 2025

WNKY Staff,

Source: Kentucky State Police. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police Post 3 will soon have three new troopers ready to serve the community. According to a release by KSP on Wednesday, 33 cadets graduated from the KSP Training Academy, three of which will be joining KSP Post 3. KSP Post 3 Capt. Tim Adams is excited to welcome…

Portion of Allen County under boil water advisory

May 7, 2025

WNKY Staff,

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – The City of Scottsville is warning residents that the White Plains area is currently under a boil water advisory. On Wednesday, city officials stated the advisory includes East Lane, Cottage Drive, Tulip Street, Cartertown Road, Sunset Hill Drive, Southmont Drive, Allen Drive, Austin Lane, Rediger Drive south of Austin Lane and Old Gallatin Road between Franklin Road…

2 charged with burglary in Edmonson County

May 7, 2025

WNKY Staff,

CHALYBEATE, Ky. – Two people are facing charges in a reported burglary in Chalybeate. According to a uniform citation, the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office responded Monday to a report that a man, woman and juvenile were at a home on Otter Gap Road and were not supposed to be there. Deputies say they made contact with 30-year-old Madison Deckard of…

WANTED WEDNESDAY: Man wanted on criminal abuse of child offense

May 7, 2025

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For this week’s Wanted Wednesday, the Kentucky State Police says it is looking for a man who may be in the Bowling Green area. Thirty-four-year-old Evan Ashton Curry is wanted for criminal abuse in the first-degree against a child, 12 or under. Curry is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and 135 pounds with brown…

Warren County drug investigation leads to multiple arrests

May 7, 2025

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Three Bowling Green men have been arrested following a drug bust. The Bowling Green – Warren County Drug Task Force says it has worked with the ATF and Kentucky State Police Interdiction Team on an ongoing investigation that resulted in a residence search. Officials say they conducted a search warrant at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday at a…

WKU women’s golf concludes historic season at NCAA Regionals

May 7, 2025

WNKY Staff,

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. – WKU women’s golf concluded its historic 2024-25 season at the program’s first NCAA Regional on Wednesday at Keene Trace Golf Club. The Lady Tops fired a 3-under 285, their best round of the week by 12 shots, to move up the leaderboard and finish 10th. Individually, junior Sydney Hackett had a career-day with a 6-under 66 to…