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…
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…
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…
Source: Bowling Green Police Department. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green man has been arrested in relation to an alleged package theft. According to the Bowling Green Police Department, police arrested Alexander T. Kennedy, 32, of Bowling Green on Monday evening for the theft of a package from a residence on Lynnwood Way. Police say a witness reported observing…
GLASGOW, Ky. – The Glasgow Police Department investigated a threat against a local school on Monday. Major Terry Flatt says the department and Glasgow High School collaborated to investigate a firearm threat against Glasgow High School. A male juvenile made threats of having a firearm and was going to “shoot it up” at Glasgow High School. The juvenile was wearing…
ALVATON, Ky. – First responders are at the scene of a rollover crash that occurred off of Alvaton Church Road and Mount Lebanon Church Road. According to sheriff Brett Hightower with the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, one person was transported to a local hospital. Details are limited at this time. News 40 will provide additional information as it becomes available.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A family who attends Jody Richards Elementary School recently reportedly lost everything in a house fire. Now, the school’s resource center is helping them by collecting supplies. The identity of the family involved has not been released, but one local resource says they are in desperate need of anything you can donate. The Jody Richards Elementary…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Commonwealth of Kentucky will join the nation in honoring those fallen on September 11, 2001. The White House issued an accordance with a proclamation on Tuesday. Governor Andy Beshear is ordering all flags at state office buildings to be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday in commemoration of Patriot Day and to honor the lives lost in…
Source: Kentucky State Police. LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. – The search continues Tuesday for a suspect in a shooting that injured five people over the weekend on Interstate 75. According to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, authorities are searching for Joseph Couch as an investigation remains ongoing. Couch is a suspect in a shooting the occurred on Saturday, Sept. 7 on…
Source: Barren County Schools. BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – A Barren County Schools educator has just been recognized as a Teacher of the Year award winner. The district announced Tuesday that Scott Johnson was just named Kentucky’s Elementary Teacher of the Year. Johnson is a teacher at Red Cross Elementary School in Glasgow. Previously, Johnson was selected as a Kentucky Teacher…
