Author: WNKY Staff

Lawmakers file bill to curb drag performances in Kentucky

Source: WKYT. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WAVE) – Lawmakers in Kentucky are filing legislation focused on regulating adult-themed businesses. Sponsors of the bill say this will prevent sexually explicit events or activities from happening near children. By their definition, adult-themed businesses include sexually explicit book and video stores, arcades and cabarets. This legislation is similar to a bill that did not pass…

ADHD medication recalled due to pill mix-up

Source: FDA. (CNN) – An important prescription drug recall is affecting an ADHD and narcolepsy medicine. Azurity Pharmaceuticals has recalled some of its Zenzedi tablets after a different drug ended up in the pill bottle. The company says it issued the recall after some of the tablets had an anti-histamine medicine called Carbinoxamine maleate mixed in the package. Zenzedi is…

Firefighters respond to house fire on Dennis Way

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Fire Department confirmed crews responded to the scene of a house fire on the 500 block of Dennis Way on Monday. Fire officials say crews were dispatched around 4:13 p.m. to the structure fire. The residence was fully involved when units arrived before they quickly put out the fire, officials say. BGFD public…

Kentucky State Police searching for escaped inmate

HENDERSON COUNTY, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police is searching for an inmate after it says he escaped from the Henderson County Detention Center on Friday. Troopers say Tylee Thompson, 33, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was last seen heading northeast of the jail wearing tan inmate clothing. Thompson is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall and 215 pounds with brown…

Bowling Green man sentenced on drug and firearm possession charges

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green man has been sentenced in relation to drug and firearm possession charges. According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Kentucky, Steven Phelps, 41, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon….

UPDATE: Local preaching minister dies in single-vehicle crash on Greenhill Road

WARREN COUNTY, Ky. – Further details have been released after a preaching minister in Bowling Green died Sunday night in a single-vehicle wreck. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office says it responded around 5:51 p.m. to the 1800 block of Greenhill Road, where deputies found a 2017 Toyota Highlander off of the roadway that had traveled through a wooden fence. The…