Author: WNKY Staff

Lady Topper basketball non-conference schedule announced

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The 2024-25 WKU women’s basketball non-conference schedule has been announced and features 12 total games along with one preseason exhibition. Six of those games will be played in E.A. Diddle Arena. An exhibition against Lee University will unofficially tipoff the season on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in Diddle Arena. The Lady Toppers will hold the second annual…

Apple juice sold at Aldi, Walgreens stores part of expanded recall

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A recall affecting select apple juice in multiple states has been expanded. According to a release by Aldi Inc., the store is recalling Nature’s Nectar 100% Apple Juice sold in some Aldi stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin. This…

Road closed after sinkhole reported in Briarwood neighborhood

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – City officials say a sinkhole has opened up in the Briarwood neighborhood of Bowling Green. Currently, Single Tree Way is closed to traffic, according to the City of Bowling Green’s executive assistant and public information officer Deborah Highland West. West says the sinkhole is located along the 1600 block of Single Tree Way. News 40 crews…

Weather forecast alters I-165 ramp closures in Butler County

BUTLER COUNTY, Ky. – Due to the high chances of rain this week, the schedule for the Interstate 165 ramp closures in Butler County have been updated. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the northbound and southbound off ramp at exit 27 Kentucky 70 will close beginning Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 6 a.m. They will remain closed through the day and…

UPDATE: WKU student tests positive for measles

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A student from Western Kentucky University has reportedly tested positive for measles. On Tuesday, Sept. 10, WKU director of media relations Jace Lux confirmed one student has tested positive. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services released further information on Tuesday evening, stating the case involves a Tennessee resident that is a student at WKU. The…

9 charged in illegal catfish harvest operation in Kentucky, Alabama

GLASGOW, Ky. – Multiple people are facing charges in connection with illegal commercial catfish activity, which included harvesting at Barren River Lake. Kentucky Fish and Wildlife said in a Facebook post made on Tuesday that game warden Cody Fox and the law enforcement division’s Special Investigations Unit began an investigation into illegal commercial catfishing activity, including a Glasgow Pay Lake…