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Man wanted in connection with homicide on Morgantown Road

Source: Bowling Green Police Department.BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department says an Auburn man is wanted on a warrant for murder in connection to a homicide investigation on Morgantown Road. According to police, 37-year-old Quinton “Q” LaShawn Hampton has been developed as a suspect in the shooting death of 30-year-old Darrius Wickware of Bowling Green. Police say…

Overdrive Performance Auto Sales offering Sober Ride at New Year’s

GLASGOW, Ky. – This New Year’s Eve weekend, a local business wants to help you get a safe ride home. If you’ve been drinking and find yourself without a sober ride, Overdrive Performance Auto Sales based in Glasgow, Kentucky says it is returning with a yearly service: its Sober Ride at New Year’s. The business says if for any reason…

UPDATE: BGPD investigating early morning homicide on Morgantown Road

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department has confirmed it is investigating a homicide following an early morning shooting Saturday off of Morgantown Road. Police say they responded to the scene at Brookwood Mobile Home Park at the 1800 block of Morgantown Road around 2:56 a.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired. Officers say upon arriving, they…

Owner of Bowling Green massage business charged with rape, sexual abuse

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The owner of a Bowling Green massage business has been charged after police say he has been accused of inappropriately touching a woman. Police say they arrested 38-year-old Lanieus D. Offutt on Thursday on charges of first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse. The Bowling Green Police Department confirmed Offutt is the owner of Phenomenal 1 Massage…

Kentucky man charged after missing teen found under trap door

Source: Pulaski County Jail, CNN via CNN Newsource. PULASKI COUNTY, Ky. (CNN) – Police say a man faces charges after a missing 16-year-old girl from North Carolina was found under a trap door in a home in Kentucky on Christmas day. Zackary Jones, 34, now faces more than a dozen charges, including rape, sodomy, strangulation, unlawful imprisonment, unlawful transaction with…

Scottsville K-9 receives new body armor

Source: Scottsville Police Department.SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – The Scottsville Police Department has received a donation of body armor for K-9 Nova. Police say the bullet and stab protective vest was given thanks to nonprofit Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., along with a sponsorship hosted by CareOne at Essex Park, Beverly, Massachusetts. According to police, the body armor is made in the…

UPDATE: 2 pedestrians killed in early morning collision

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department has confirmed the deaths of two pedestrians following a vehicle collision early Friday morning. BGPD public information officer Ronnie Ward said the fatal incident took place near midnight at Scottsville Road and Ken Bale Boulevard. According to Ward, a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old was approaching a green light at Ken…

Man charged with burglary in Glasgow

GLASGOW, Ky. – A man has been arrested after police say he was caught on camera leaving a Glasgow home. Police were dispatched on Tuesday, Dec. 26 to the 500 block of East Main Street, according to a uniform citation. The Glasgow Police Department says after speaking with the homeowner, officers learned the owner had been upstairs during the incident…

Powerball jackpot rises to $760 million after no winner Wednesday night

The ninth-largest lottery jackpot will be on the line Monday night when numbers are drawn for a $785 million Powerball prize.(CNN) – An estimated $760 million jackpot will be up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing after no winning ticket was drawn Wednesday night. The swelling prize is the fourth Powerball jackpot to exceed half a billion dollars this…