Photo courtesy of Kentucky State PoliceBOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police Post 3 located in Bowling Green is reminding drivers it will be conducting traffic safety checkpoints. KSP Post 3 serves several counties, including Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Simpson and Warren County. The agency says some of its measures to ensure safe roadways include traffic safety…
Today at The Capitol, they will have two screenings of the movie Moonstruck. Starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, the story depicts a Brooklyn widow, engaged to a mama’s boy, who falls in love with her fiancé’s brother. Admission is free and show times are 2pm and 6:30pm. Today at the Logan County Public Library, meet author Sandra Wiseman Smith and…
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has fired the Southeastern Conference’s longest-tenured coach, ending Mark Stoops’ tenure in his 13th season with the Wildcats after back-to-back losing records. Athletic director Mitch Barnhart said in a statement Monday morning that he informed Stoops they decided to go in a new direction and started a national search for his replacement. “We will continue…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2025) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 snow & ice team is monitoring weather forecasts for possible winter weather in the District 3 area tonight. Anti-icing operations have been deployed to interstates and expressways in the District 3 area ahead of a possible winter weather system. The National Weather Service Louisville is predicting rain…
GLASGOW, Ky. – The Glasgow Police Department is investigating a vehicle-versus-pedestrian accident. Major Terry Flatt says officers responded to the accident on Friday evening at the intersection of S L Roger Wells Boulevard and Calvery Drive. GPD’s preliminary investigation shows that a vehicle operated by Yahir Panzo, of Glasgow, was traveling northbound on Calvary Drive and attempted to make a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Friday night. BGFD Fire Chief Justin Brooks says units were dispatched to 1530 Kenton Street at 8:47 pm. Units attacked the blaze and controlled it. No injuries have been reported. American Red Cross is at the scene to support victims. BGFD is currently investigating the…
OAKLAND, Ky. – A second person is dead following a fatal crash in Oakland on the evening of November 17. Warren County Sheriff Brett Hightower says Heather M. Brod, 36, of Smiths Grove, died Friday at a Nashville area hospital as a result of injuries sustained in the two-vehicle crash. Stacy Merideth, 57, of Scottsville, was also killed in the…
GLASGOW, Ky. – The Glasgow Police Department is investigating an injury accident. Major Terry Flatt says officers responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian injury accident Friday evening at S L Roger Wells Boulevard. Flatt says the accident is still under investigation. WNKY News 40 will bring you more information as it becomes available.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU Football will close the regular season against Jax State on Saturday at AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama, with a Conference USA Championship Game berth on the line. With a win, the Hilltoppers would host the league’s title game. The Hilltoppers and Gamecocks will kick off at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday, and the game will be…
BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – An annual holiday tradition in Edmonson County has a new date. The annual Edmonson County Lions Club Christmas Parade, originally scheduled for Saturday, November 29, will now be held on Sunday, November 30, in downtown Brownsville. The Edmonson County Lions Club says the date change is due to potential weather conditions. The parade will line up at…
