Author: WNKY Staff

Patients at Norton Children’s hospitals receive cards, gifts for Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2024

Carlyle Coppins, WNKY Staff,

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Hundreds of children at Norton Children’s received cards and gifts on Valentine’s Day. On Wednesday morning, staff delivered 2,687 valentine’s cards and 1,770 stuffed animals to patients at Norton Children’s Hospital, Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Norton Children’s Medical Center and Novak Center for Children’s Health. During the last few weeks, Norton Children’s encouraged the community to…

Valentine’s Day candy is looking more expensive than its regular counterparts

February 14, 2024

WNKY Staff,

(CNN) -You can call it a holiday markup. Some special Valentine’s Day editions of popular candies appear to be priced higher than about the same amount of their regular versions. They include Haribo, Sour Patch Kids and Jolly Ranchers. That’s the determination of a food and cooking website publisher. Fletcher is a former supermarket industry data analyst. She looked at…

2 injured in Glasgow vehicle collision

February 14, 2024

WNKY Staff,

GLASGOW, Ky. – Two people have been injured following a two-vehicle crash in Glasgow on Tuesday. The Glasgow Police Department says it responded to the intersection of Bob Lewis Road and Highway 1297 for an injury accident. Police say they learned a 2016 Jeep Cherokee driven by Maeghan Stone stopped in traffic while waiting to make a right turn onto…

Man charged after reported stabbing in Hart County

February 14, 2024

WNKY Staff,

HART COUNTY, Ky. – A man is facing charges after a person was stabbed in Hart County on Sunday evening. The Hart County Sheriff’s Department says it responded to the 10,000 block of North Jackson Highway for a male with a stab wound from a domestic incident. At the scene, deputies say they located a male neighbor with multiple knife…

Bowling Green to host Mid-South Conference Winter Championships

February 14, 2024

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky – The Mid-South Conference will host its Winter Championships in Bowling Green. The championship season begins Friday, February 16. The featured events are the Men’s and Women’s Wrestling Championship, Men’s and Women’s Bowling Championship, Men’s and Women’s Championships and Cheer Championship. Mid-South Conference Winter Championship Schedule Men’s Wrestling Championship Friday February 16th 10am-3pm Ephram White Park Bowling…

Local lunch hour offering Black History Month special

February 14, 2024

WNKY Staff,

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A lunch hour held every Monday at SoKY Marketplace is offering special dishes next week for Black History Month. The “Afrighanistan Lunch Hour” by CAREUSTZ is part of an initiative to empower refugee and immigrant women in Bowling Green and surrounding areas. The dishes for this Monday will include chicken stew with fufu with cassava leaf…

Tops finish second at Bentwater Intercollegiate

February 14, 2024

WNKY Staff,

MONTGOMERY, Texas – In their first tournament of the spring season, the WKU Golf team finished second in the Bentwater Intercollegiate. The squad boasted three players in the top-25. The Tops were led by graduate student Luke Fuller. Fuller had a great wire-to-wire showing for the Tops as he cemented himself in the top-10 early, which is where he remained…

Warren East Boys Basketball wins third straight

February 13, 2024

WNKY Staff,

SCORE Franklin-Simpson 54 at Warren East 59

Elisa Beth Brown, director of instructional programs, to retire from BGISD

February 13, 2024

WNKY Staff,

Source: Bowling Green Independent School District. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Director of Instructional Programs Elisa Beth Brown has announced she plans to retire at the end of the school year. According to the district, Brown has served as an administrator in the Bowling Green Independent School District for nine years, first as assistant principal for instruction at Bowling Green High…

Barren County High School cheer team wins national championship

February 13, 2024

WNKY Staff,

Source: Barren County Schools. BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – The Barren County High School Cheer Team won the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship for Small Varsity Coed Division II. The district says the varsity competition, considered the most prestigious in the nation, was held at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The Universal Cheerleaders Association has hosted the competition for…