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Former psychiatrist sentenced to prison
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A former Pikeville psychiatrist has been ordered to spend more than two years in prison, for illegally prescribing ADHD medications to patients without a legitimate medical need. Jason Noah Stamper, 52, pleaded guilty in March to a single count of distributing amphetamine. In his plea agreement,...
Bowling Green man convicted on terrorism charges after working with 2 WKU students to join ISIS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Bowling Green man was convicted on multiple terrorism charges and he was working with two Western Kentucky University students at the time. A federal jury convicted Mirsad Ramic, 34, last month for his involvement with ISIS. Court documents show Ramic and the two WKU students all left the U.S. to support ISIS back in 2014. They purchased one-way tickets out of Nashville and ended up in Gaziantep, Turkey, near the Syrian border, court documents show.
Kenton County Police request help after masked men burn pride flag in Latonia Lakes
Kenton County Police are seeking help after two masked men burned a pride flag posted on a private residence on Club House Drive in Latonia Lakes in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 13. The incident was captured on the property owner’s security camera and shows what appear to...
Louisville instructor out of a job after post on Trump assassination attempt
(The Center Square) – The Louisville college instructor who made a controversial social media post over the weekend regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is out of a job, and he's blaming the school for kowtowing to "domestic terrorism." One day after announcing the faculty member was on unpaid leave, Bellarmine University issued a statement Tuesday evening saying the individual "is no longer a Bellarmine employee." The...
FIRST ALERT | Chris Bailey tracks a September cold front
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - We continue to track a strong cold front across the region as it brings along a big blast of September air behind it. The front is also pretty active with showers and storms showing up along and ahead of it, bringing a high-water threat to some.
Laurel Co. deputies asking for help finding missing man
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - Officials with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office are looking for Phoenix Grubb, 40. Grubb was last seen off Pine Top Road, four miles west of London, on July 13. Grubb is described as 6′1″, 300 lbs., a white male, hair above ear, with a...
Former UK Guard Feels He Was ‘Best Player In The 2024 Draft’
When a top three overall recruit in the country signs on to play Kentucky basketball, everyone thinks high draft pick. That wasn’t the case for former blue-chip recruit Justin Edwards. Edwards was on the wrong side of history when he became the first top-three recruit to go undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft. This is even more daunting when considering the 2024 NBA draft class was widely regarded as weak. In Edward’s mind though, all this was a mistake. In an interview with Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Edwards reportedly stated,
Police: K9 sniffs out drugs during stop in Madisonville
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WEVV) — Police in Madisonville say they used a K9 to sniff out drugs during a traffic stop. Officers say they pulled a driver over for a signal violation on Tuesday, and that Crystal Goff was in the car. MPD says Goff handed over an insurance card,...
Areas of BG strewn with hate messages
BOWLING GREEN — Residents in several neighborhoods across Bowling Green woke up Tuesday morning to find messages containing hate speech on their front steps. Personnel from the Bowling Green Police Department swept through the neighborhoods that received the messages and cleaned them up. “We are aware and we have...
Mayor, Public Information Officer spotlight City Council information campaign
Hopkinsville Mayor, J.R. Knight and City Public Information Officer, Amanda Brunt appeared on WHOP recently to spotlight their ward and council member information campaign. Last week the “Know Your Ward and Councilperson” social media campaign was launched across city social media platforms. Since the campaign started, each day a council member and a map of their ward has been posted along with the council member’s email and phone number.
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