Source: Office of Governor Andy Beshear. FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has announced the Kentucky State Police recovered over $5 million in cargo theft property. According to the governor, the KSP Vehicle Investigations Branch shut down an organized theft ring that was responsible for over $10 million in theft. The governor further stated KSP opened 16 cargo theft investigations…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff in honor of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. This is set to last until sunset on Tuesday, Dec. 19. According to a release by Beshear’s office, O’Connor was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. She died…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Hilltopper Basketball junior guard Don McHenry was named Conference USA Player of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday. McHenry is coming off a week that saw the native of Milwaukee post back-to-back team-high point totals in wins over Wright State and Austin Peay and help WKU improve to 9-3 on the season. McHenry earns the recognition after finishing…
Photo source: WKU College of Education and Behavioral SciencesFRANKFORT, Ky. – Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman has released a statement regarding a medical procedure she underwent Monday. Coleman stated, “Concerns were raised to me during a recent routine physical exam. With a significant family history of cancer, I made the decision to have a double mastectomy. I am happy to report…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department says pre-planned shoplifting operations have resulted in multiple arrests and several thousand dollars in recovered merchandise. Police say the joint effort with the Kentucky Organized Retail Crime Association and local loss prevention personnel led to two operations. During this time, police say they not only recovered over $3,200 in merchandise from…
Source: Bowling Green Police Department via Facebook. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department is asking for assistance from the public in locating a missing teen. Police say Ferschi Sanchez Mata, 13, was last seen Sunday at about 11 a.m. around West 13th Avenue. Mata was wearing a black jacket, white and black T-shirt, flare blue jeans and…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky — In Kentucky, 806 lives were lost to drunk driving in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), making it one of the deadliest states for drunk driving fatalities. To help make our roads safer during the holiday season, WNKY News 40 is participating in the Television Bureau of Advertising…
Source: @madelinewhite5/Magic Carpet Cleaning/TMX.LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — One Kentucky family got a little something extra when they picked out their Christmas tree this year: an owl. Lexington resident Michele White told WDKY-TV that it’s a tradition for the family to pick out a Christmas tree every year and this year seemed no different. They had the tree in their home…
FRANKLIN, Ky. – Two men have been sentenced in connection with a fatal overdose reported last December. The South Central Kentucky Drug Task Force says agents worked with Franklin Police Department detectives and the Simpson County Sheriff’s Office to arrest Jeris Carver, 30, and Jonathan Gipson, 32, both of Franklin, Kentucky, during an investigation. The drug task force says the…
