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Dog dies in Richardsville structure fire
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - A dog is dead after a structure fire in Richardsville Wednesday morning. Just after 6:30 a.m., the Richardsville Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Mt. Olivet Road near Ephram White Park, according to an RFD Facebook post. Responding authorities said smoke was coming...
Back to school discount at gas pumps Thursday. Here’s where
COVINGTON, Ky. (WXIX) - A national gas station chain with stores locally is offering a big discount at the pumps Thursday to celebrate back to school. Circle K is cutting 40 cents off per gallon of gas while supplies last between 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., according to Circle K’s website and operators at the Covington location.
Power outages, house fires and fallen trees: Louisville cleans up summer storm damage
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Severe summer thunderstorms tore through Louisville on Wednesday, taking down power lines, ripping up trees and striking homes with lightning bolts. In the PRP neighborhood, residents said a giant tree was struck by lightning and fell on a power line. At one point, nearly 500 LG&E customers lost power, and Lower Hunters Trace closed to vehicles.
Longtime Dairy Queen in Portland becomes another west Louisville business that's shut down
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- After more than 30 years in business, the Dairy Queen in Louisville's Portland neighborhood is now closed. But the restaurant's closure represents much more than just losing a place to get ice cream. For the past three decades, the corner where Dairy Queen was located, was...
National recruiting analyst says these two recruitments biggest for Mark Pope, Kentucky
Mark Pope spent much of this offseason recruiting for this season -- specifically through the transfer portal. But, now its full steam ahead for him and the rest of his staff at Kentucky for the 2025 class. Pope has been adament about keeping the state's top talent local and is...
Kentucky lands just right in latest ESPN Bracketology as summer workouts wind down
Summer workouts are winding down and that means college basketball is inching closer -- surely but slowly. There are three months until the Kentucky basketball program tips off its new era -- without John Calipari on the sidelines. After a busy -- but good -- offseason, Mark Pope has put Kentucky back in the conversation as a team that can make some noise late in the season.
Bunch named principal of Barren County Middle School
GLASGOW, Ky. (WBKO) – Barren County Middle School has a new principal. Joey Bunch was announced as the newest principal of the school on Wednesday morning. He succeeds Michael Davis, who recently accepted a role in the Barren County Central Office. Bunch has been a teacher, guidance counselor and...
Listeria outbreak affects local grocery stores selling Boar's Head
PADUCAH — Cold cuts that could be in your fridge right now are being recalled across the region because of a Listeria outbreak. The USDA said the source of the contamination is Boar's Head's Strassburger brand liverwurst. The company has pulled 71 items from stores nationwide. On the recall...
WATCH Brock Vandagriff to Barion Brown bomb kicks off fall camp for Kentucky
If you were lucky enough to play EA College Football 25 recently, you’ve probably had plenty of long bombs from Brock Vandagriff to Barion Brown for Kentucky. However, nothing beats the real thing, and that’s exactly what we’re getting now that fall camp has begun for the Wildcats.
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