Author: WNKY Staff

Girl Scout Cookie ordering in Kentucky available on Monday

January 10, 2024

WNKY Staff,

Photo source: Girl Scouts of the USA, CNN via CNN NewsourceIf you live in Kentucky, you can look forward to ordering your favorite Girl Scout Cookies starting Jan. 15. According to Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana, the 2024 Girl Scout Cookie season is upon us, and that means more Adventurefuls, Thin Mints and Samoas in your future. You can also order…

Bonnaroo lineup announced for 2024

January 10, 2024

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Source: CNN, Bonnaroo via CNN Newsource. (CNN) – The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone and Fred Again have been announced as headliners for the Bonnaroo music festival. It’s set to take place on June 13-16 in Manchester, Tennessee, about an hour from Nashville, Tennessee. Other performances scheduled for the festival include Megan Thee Stallion, Cage the Elephant, Jon Batiste…

Police: Man charged after forcefully entering empty preschool bus

January 10, 2024

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GLASGOW, Ky. – A man is facing charges after police say he forced his way onto an empty bus near the Glasgow Preschool Academy bus garage. Officers say they arrived on the scene at West Cherry Street, where they learned 33-year-old Dustin Wooten had walked up to a bus in the parking lot and force the door open before entering….

UPDATE: Man charged with murder in death of wife on Blue Bell Way

January 10, 2024

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Source: Warren County Sheriff’s Office.BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A man is facing a murder charge in relation to the death of his wife on Blue Bell Way on Tuesday evening. Deputies say 76-year-old Terry Ernest Thomas has been arrested on one count of murder and receiving stolen property (firearm) following the death of his wife, Mary Thomas. The Warren County…

Briggs Named CSC Academic All-American Second Team; First Time Since 2000

January 9, 2024

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — For the first time since 2000, WKU Volleyball sees a student-athlete named to the College Sport Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-American team list. Fifth-year senior Paige Briggs was tabbed second team the organization announced Tuesday, joining Natalie Furry (third team) as the only two Hilltoppers to ever land on the nationally acclaimed list, as nominated and voted by college sports information…

High School Basketball 1/9/24

January 9, 2024

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SCORES Franklin-Simpson 51 at Bowling Green 33 Bowling Green 73 vs. Franklin-Simpson 44 Barren County 59 at Warren Central 23 Barren County 47 at Warren Central 66

1 dead after shooting on Blue Bell Way in Bowling Green, authorities say

January 9, 2024

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Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputies respond to a shooting on Blue Bell Way outside of Bowling Green, Ky., on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Tucker Allen Covey / WNKY News40)BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – One person has died following a reported shooting on Blue Bell Way on Tuesday evening in Bowling Green. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office says a call came in…

Kentucky woman charged with murder after body found

January 9, 2024

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Source: Kentucky State Police. MANCHESTER, Ky. – A woman has been charged with murder after authorities say they were notified about a body in Clay County on Saturday. Troopers responded to the area of Crawfish Road in Clay County, where they say they found 77-year-old Rufus L. Smallwood Jr., who was pronounced dead by the Clay County Coroner. The Kentucky…

Franklin man sentenced for drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession

January 9, 2024

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Franklin, Kentucky man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison in relation to drug trafficking and firearm offenses. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Kentucky, 27-year-old Corey Kaiser “knowingly and intentionally” possessed and intended to distribute over 190 grams of methamphetamine in October 2021. Officials say Kaiser also had three…

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IRS to start accepting tax returns on Jan. 29

January 9, 2024

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(CNN) – You can get a jump start on federal income taxes starting Jan. 29. This is when the IRS will begin to accept 2023 returns. If you are not ready to get that far ahead, there is plenty of time since you have until April 15 to file. There are exceptions to that deadline – taxpayers in Maine and…