Author: WNKY Staff

2 injured after collision between CSX train and passenger car

HORSE CAVE, Ky. – Two people were injured on New Year’s Eve after authorities say a train collided with their vehicle in Horse Cave. According to the Kentucky State Police, shortly before midnight Sunday, a train was traveling south through Horse Cave when a 2006 Ford Fusion tried to cross over the rail road tracks at Guthrie Street as the…

The Medical Center at Bowling Green welcomes New Year’s baby

Source: Med Center Health. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Med Center Health says an Elkton family is ringing in the year with a newborn. According to Med Center Health, Aurora Sage McWethy was born Jan. 1 at 12:16 p.m. The hospital congratulated her parents, Tiffany and Caleb McWethy, along with her big sister Emerson McWethy and big brother Easton McWethy. Aurora…

Craig ties for 4th in Patriot All-America Invitational

LITCHFIELD PARK, Az. – It was a Happy New Year indeed for Lady Topper junior Catie Craig. Craig had the honor of being invited to compete in the Patriot All-America Invitational over Winter break. Craig had a tremendous showing on a big stage, tying for fourth on the leaderboard. Established in 2011, the Patriot All-America Invitational was created for the families of the fallen or severely…

Lander Named Cusa Player Of The Week

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Hilltopper Basketball senior guard Khristian Lander was named Conference USA Player of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday. Lander finished with 19 points through 31 minutes of play and accounted for a game-winning driving layup with seven seconds remaining in regulation in the Hilltoppers’ win over Abilene Christian on Saturday. The game-clinching bucket by Lander propelled WKU to its seventh…

UPDATE: Suspect in Morgantown Road shooting death in custody

Source: The Bowling Green Police Department.BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a homicide investigation off of Morgantown Road. According to the Bowling Green Police Department, 37-year-old Quinton “Q” LaShawn Hampton was wanted on a warrant for the murder of 30-year-old Darrius Wickware of Bowling Green. Hampton was located on Memphis Junction Road…

Man wanted in connection with homicide on Morgantown Road

Source: Bowling Green Police Department.BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department says an Auburn man is wanted on a warrant for murder in connection to a homicide investigation on Morgantown Road. According to police, 37-year-old Quinton “Q” LaShawn Hampton has been developed as a suspect in the shooting death of 30-year-old Darrius Wickware of Bowling Green. Police say…

Overdrive Performance Auto Sales offering Sober Ride at New Year’s

GLASGOW, Ky. – This New Year’s Eve weekend, a local business wants to help you get a safe ride home. If you’ve been drinking and find yourself without a sober ride, Overdrive Performance Auto Sales based in Glasgow, Kentucky says it is returning with a yearly service: its Sober Ride at New Year’s. The business says if for any reason…

UPDATE: BGPD investigating early morning homicide on Morgantown Road

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department has confirmed it is investigating a homicide following an early morning shooting Saturday off of Morgantown Road. Police say they responded to the scene at Brookwood Mobile Home Park at the 1800 block of Morgantown Road around 2:56 a.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired. Officers say upon arriving, they…

Owner of Bowling Green massage business charged with rape, sexual abuse

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The owner of a Bowling Green massage business has been charged after police say he has been accused of inappropriately touching a woman. Police say they arrested 38-year-old Lanieus D. Offutt on Thursday on charges of first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse. The Bowling Green Police Department confirmed Offutt is the owner of Phenomenal 1 Massage…

Kentucky man charged after missing teen found under trap door

Source: Pulaski County Jail, CNN via CNN Newsource. PULASKI COUNTY, Ky. (CNN) – Police say a man faces charges after a missing 16-year-old girl from North Carolina was found under a trap door in a home in Kentucky on Christmas day. Zackary Jones, 34, now faces more than a dozen charges, including rape, sodomy, strangulation, unlawful imprisonment, unlawful transaction with…