Author: WNKY Staff

SUNRISE SPOTLIGHT – Eeyore’s Birthday Party

For today’s Sunrise Spotlight, Ashlee is joined live in-studio with Felicia Bland to talk all about this year’s Eeyore’s Birthday Party. It will be fun for the whole family on Saturday, April 27th from 11 AM until 1 pm at The Foundry. There will be different vendors offering food, games, prizes and of course birthday cake.

UPDATE: Man involved in exchange of gunfire captured in Tennessee

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Warren County Sheriff’s Office has announced the capture of Jessie Ray Curtis, 36, in Tennessee on Thursday. According to deputies, Curtis sustained a gunshot wound to his back during an exchange of gunfire stemming from an incident on Ella Way in Bowling Green on Monday, April 22. Curtis has active warrants for first-degree burglary and…

Hot Rods Bats Fall Quiet in 6-0 Loss to Renegades

Wappingers Falls, New York – Cooper Kinney extended his hitting streak to six games, but the Bowling Green Hot Rods (11-7) were shutout 6-0 by the Hudson Valley Renegades (10-7) on Thursday at Heritage Financial Park. The Renegades began the scoring against Hot Rods starter Yoniel Curet in the bottom of the second. Josh Moylan walked and moved up to second on…

Norton Children’s and Norton Healthcare celebrate Bowling Green primary care location

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local families will now have a shorter trip for Norton Children’s medical care. On Thursday, April 25, Norton Children’s and Norton Healthcare celebrated an expansion to a primary care location in Bowling Green. This new location will help bring care closer to children throughout western Kentucky. This practice was previously known as the Bowling Green Internal…

SoKY Marketplace opens for the outdoor season

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – SoKY Marketplace has officially begun its outdoor season. On Thursday, April 25, the SoKY Marketplace hosted its opening day in downtown Bowling Green. The marketplace celebrated with its first farmer’s market of the season, a ribbon cutting and cooking demonstration by The Pie Queen of BG, along with music from Sugadaisy and Marmalade. If you missed…

O-I Glass hosts ‘topping-off’ for new facility in Bowling Green

Workers place final structural piece with Topping Off banner attached. (O-I Glass, Inc.) PERRYSBURG, Ohio and BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – O-I Glass, Inc. is celebrating a milestone in the construction of its glass packaging production facility in Bowling Green. On Thursday, April 25, the company hosted a “Topping-Off” event to commemorate the placement of the final beam. O-I Glass, Inc….

Police respond to bicycle vs. vehicle collision

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green police responded Thursday for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at Veterans Memorial Lane and Church Avenue. Just before 3:30 p.m., a vehicle turning left from Veterans Memorial Lane onto Church Avenue collided with a bicyclist, according to Bowling Green Police Department public information officer Ronnie Ward. Ward confirmed a pickup truck driven by…

Glasgow firefighters respond to house fire

GLASGOW, Ky. – Firefighters responded to a house fire in Glasgow on Thursday. The Glasgow Fire Department says it responded to the 100 block of Harwood Street for a reported house fire. When units arrived, city officials stated in a press release that light smoke was visible from the roof of the structure. Multiple units worked to extinguish the fire….

Traffic stop leads to drug arrest in Allen County

Source: Scottsville Police Department. SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – A man is facing several charges after a traffic stop in Allen County. On Thursday, the Allen County Sheriff’s Office says it conducted a traffic stop near the 2000 block of Old Gallatin Road. Deputies say through further investigation, they searched the driver, identified as 37-year-old Corey McGuffey. Authorities say they located a…