Author: WNKY Staff

Thanksgiving dinner to cost less on average this year

(CNN) – Paying for Thanksgiving dinner won’t be as painful this year as in years past. It’s getting less expensive thanks to lower turkey prices and cooling inflation. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, a Thanksgiving meal of 12 classic items for 10 people will cost $61.17 on average. That’s a 4.5% drop from last year’s record high average…

Glasgow-Barren County Emergency Management issues statement on wildfires, burn ban

BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – Barren County has already experienced wildfires this season. That’s according to a recent burn ban issued by Barren County judge-executive Jamie Bewley Byrd. Glasgow-Barren County Emergency Management director Garland Gilliam issued a statement Tuesday: “We went ahead and issued the burn ban yesterday, because local fire department had been out on the third field fire in…

Section of KY 101 in Scottsville set for temporary closure

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – A section of KY 101 in the City of Scottsville in Allen County is set for a temporary closure starting Wednesday. Transportation officials say the closure is taking place between East Poplar Street and East Cedar Street at mile point 0.2. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says a utility project is causing the closure. Trucks and other large…

2 hunters dead from accidental self-inflicted gunshot wounds, sheriff says

GARRARD COUNTY, Ky. (WLEX) – Two men have died from accidental self-inflicted gunshot wounds during the opening weekend for deer season in Kentucky. WLEX reports that the Garrard County sheriff says Russell Stillwell, 77, of Indiana was hunting near Poor Ridge Road and the Buckeye Community when he tripped and fell, accidentally firing his gun Saturday. On Sunday, the sheriff…

Crash closes section of Russellville Road

UPDATE: The road has reopened but may have backed up traffic, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Warren County Sheriff’s Office says Russellville Road at Morehead Road is closed due to a wreck. Authorities say the road will be closed as they clear the scene. Details are limited at this time. Use caution in…

Bowling Green man charged with trafficking in fentanyl

Source: Bowling Green – Warren County Drug Task Force. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Several thousand M-30 fentanyl pills have been seized following an arrest in Bowling Green. The Bowling Green – Warren County Drug Task Force says it purchased more than 1,000 of the pills during a covert drug purchase Monday. Tyrell Whitney, 26, of Bowling Green was later arrested…

Bauer Named CUSA Setter of the Week

DALLAS, Texas — Conference USA announced volleyball’s slate of weekly award winners Monday, as the No. 23 Tops finished regular-season conference play undefeated for the fourth straight season, as they took care of Middle Tennessee this weekend. The Tops are set to play Jax State on Friday in the first round of the CUSA Volleyball Tournament. Redshirt-sophomore setter Callie Bauer earned her second CUSA Setter of…