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KY-1163 shut down after rollover crash involving pickup truck
GREENVILLE, Ky. (WFIE) - Crews blocked off the 900 block of KY-1163 in Greenville for an accident Friday morning. The Greenville Fire Department responded and reported finding two vehicles with heavy front end damage, with a pickup truck flipped onto its top. Authorities say one person was extricated from a...
Rolling roadblocks on Western Kentucky Parkway beginning Tues.
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) plans to begin demolition of the KY 2712, also known as Rob Roy Road, bridge over the Western Kentucky (WK) Parkway in Ohio County on May 21 and will be using rolling roadblocks to keep traffic moving while allowing time for work to […]
Judge in deadly crash case recuses herself
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – A Daviess County judge has recused herself from a vehicular homicide case. District Court Judge Shannon Meyer recused herself from Maddox Hall’s case due to a conflict. Judge David Payne will be taking over for the case. Hall is accused of being under the influence during a crash that killed Morgan […]
Passport to the best barbecue in western Kentucky
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Pulled pork, brisket, mutton, and more. These are just a few of the tasty treats you will find in the new West Kentucky Barbecue Belt. It’s a new campaign designed to attract tourists to the area to try local barbecue restaurants. The Bowling Green...
Two Owensboro people charged with fentanyl offenses
officials state detectives with the sheriff's office Special Investigations Unit (SIU) took Tyler Sowders, 26, and Lauren Turner, 22, into custody and found counterfeit Percocet pills containing fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, fentanyl, baggies, scales, US currency and two handguns.
Police say informant kept some of the drugs from a controlled buy
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WFIE) - A man is facing a drug trafficking charge after police say he stole drugs from a controlled drug buy, and used them to pay rent. Madisonville Police say narcotics detectives had Jeremiah Allison do the controlled drug buy. They say he was supposed to buy suspected...
Hanson man charged with arson; attempted murder
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on charges of arson and attempted murder on Friday. According to a release, deputies were sent to the 500 block of Wilbur James Road in Manitou after hearing reports of fire being set to a residence. At the home, a man told authorities […]
National Weather Service completes storm damage survey
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- The National Weather Service has completed surveying damage from last week’s storms in McLean County, Kentucky. The field team says that damage in Livermore was caused by 75 mile per hour straight line winds, and not a tornado. Last week, meteorologists surveying damages in Daviess County confirmed at least 3 tornadoes in […]
Benefit concert planned in Central City honoring The Everly Brothers & John Prine
CENTRAL CITY, Ky. (WFIE) - The Everly Brothers and John Prine have deep roots in Muhlenberg County created a positive economic impact for a struggling coal county by helping to establish and headline the Everly Brothers Homecoming/Central City Music Festival from 1988 to 2002. That event drew tens of thousands...
Sheriff Youngman completes FBI National Command Course
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Officials say Daviess County Sheriff Brad Youngman recently completed the FBI National Command Course (NCC) in Washington DC. According to the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Youngman was one of 50 sheriffs, chiefs of police and FBI supervisory special agents from across the United States selected to attend the program. Officials […]
Local food stand to host fundraiser for high school baseball coach
OHIO COUNTY, Ky. (WEVV) — A local food stand will soon host a benefit night to support a high school baseball coach who was critically injured in a car accident. Phat Bellies in Beaver Dam will donate 10% of all sales on Monday, May 20, to support Zach Gledhill's recovery process.
Drug trafficking investigation at Owensboro apartment leads to arrest
DAVIESS COUNTY, Ky. (WEVV) — An investigation into drug dealing at an Owensboro apartment complex ended with one arrest. Officials at the Daviess County Sheriff's Office say a search warrant was executed at an apartment building on Byers Avenue on Monday. DCSO says the target, 26-year-old Amarion McKenzie, was...
Watch: Thousands of cicadas invade property in Bremen, Ky.
MUHLENBERG CO., Ky. (WFIE) - Those cicadas we’ve been talking about have made their way to Muhlenberg County. Leslie Manis shared video of thousands of them in Bremen. “The sound is amazing, how loud they are!,” said Manis. The cicadas were expected. [Previous: The cicada invasion has begun]
Niagara and Yelvington residents prepare for wet-dry vote
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Two precincts, one question. Niagara residents in Henderson County and Yelvington voters in Daviess County will decide if their precinct should be dry or wet. While both counties allow the sale of alcohol, not all their precincts follow suit. Kentucky law allows for each individual precinct to allow or prohibit alcohol […]
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