NASHVILLE – Nashville Soccer Club, in a historic press conference for the organization at GEODIS Park, announced today the signing of Academy product Adem Sipić, as Nashville SC’s first Homegrown player. Sipić will become eligible to compete as a Boy in Gold in Major League Soccer in the 2024 season through 2027, with a club option for 2028. As part of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – This fall, Western Kentucky University will be better protected after the campus police department received more than $48,000 to upgrade weapons and equipment. The WKU Police Department says they applied for two grants through the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, which would allow the purchase of new, updated equipment. “We received a letter that we are…
Photo source: Adair County Emergency ManagementCOLUMBIA, Ky. – Several people are now safe after two children made a call for help in Adair County, officials say. Adair County Emergency Management says first responders were dispatched Tuesday shortly before 5:30 p.m. Officials say the callers were two young girls that reported multiple children and adults had fallen into a ravine. The…
Photo source: Kentucky State PoliceCOLUMBIA, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police is looking for a man it says is facing multiple charges, including cruelty to animals. Rennie Lee Peck, 49, is described as 6 feet 1 inch tall with blue eyes. Authorities say Peck has several tattoos, including an artistic sleeve with a gun, a graveyard and skulls on his…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green man has been arrested after police say a woman sustained a stab wound. Bowling Green police say they were dispatched Monday to Webb Drive for a report of a man hitting a woman. Upon arriving, police say they spoke to a woman, who said she had been in a verbal argument with Eugenio…
Photo source: FDA(CNN) – A fruit company based in Salem, Oregon is voluntarily recalling several of its frozen fruit items that contain strawberries. Willamette Valley Fruit Company says the strawberries were grown in Mexico and could be contaminated with hepatitis A. The company is recalling the following products out of an abundance of caution. They include Great Value Sliced Strawberries,…
Image source: Getty Images(CNN) – Bud Light is no longer the top-selling beer in the U.S. Modelo Especial took over the spot in May. According to an analysis of Nielsen data by consulting firm Bump Williams, Modelo respresented more than 8% of retail store beer sales in the four weeks ending June 3. Bud Light was just above 7% during…
OLIVE HILL, Ky. (WOWK) – The suspect in an attack on a Kentucky police officer in rural Olive Hill, Kentucky was arraigned Tuesday morning. Investigators say Wesley Cornell, 30, of Vanceburg, Kentucky was arrested by a SWAT team. It comes after an exchange of gunfire in the Laurel Creek Road area of Lewis County Monday after an hours-long manhunt. A…
One local non-profit’s mission is to empower and support anyone impacted by sexual trauma. Hope Harbor say they are, “a non-profit crisis counseling center that provides one-of-a-kind services to victims of sexual assault and their families and friends.” On May 26th, the organization hosted its annual Speakout Speakeasy, a fundraising event themed after the 1920s. News 40’s own Julie Milam…
Photo source: Warren Count Sheriff’s OfficeBOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The identity of the driver who died after a crash Saturday at Greenwood Mall has been released. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office says Jermiah D. Whitney, 31, operated the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix that struck the outside of the building near Belk. Authorities say Whitney died due to what is believed…
