radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: April 13, 2026

  A FORMER WARREN COUNTY DISPATCHER HAS FILED A LAWSUIT ALLEGING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION WITHIN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE. MELISSA BUCKHORN CLAIMS CAPTAIN CURTIS HARGETT MADE UNWELCOME SEXUAL ADVANCES AND MANAGEMENT FAILED TO PROTECT HER AFTER SHE COMPLAINED.           WHILE SHERIFF BRETT HIGHTOWER SAYS THE AGENCY ACTED SWIFTLY TO SECURE HARGETT'S RESIGNATION LAST YEAR, BUCKHORN ALLEGES THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FORCED HER TO QUIT.          A NEARLY 30 YEAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MORGAN VIOLI HAS REACHED A MAJOR MILESTONE. 61-YEAR-OLD ROBERT SCOTT FROBERG IS BACK IN KENTUCKY AFTER BEING TIED TO THE 1996 KIDNAPPING THROUGH DNA EVIDENCE.           FROBERG REPORTEDLY CONFESSED TO THE CRIME EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND WAS BOOKED INTO THE GRAYSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER LAST WEDNESDAY. HE'S SCHEDULED FOR ARRAIGNMENT ON APRIL 21ST.          A SIMPSON COUNTY CITIZENS GROUP IS SUING TO STOP A PROPOSED DATA CENTER ON STEELE ROAD IN FRANKLIN.           LAST THURSDAY, FRANKLIN CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT FILED THE LAWSUIT......... CLAIMING THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S APPROVAL OF THE SITE WAS "ARBITRARY" AND ILLEGAL. THE GROUP ARGUES THE PROJECT VIOLATES LOCAL ZONING LAWS AND WILL PRODUCE EXCESSIVE NOISE AND POLLUTION. THE CASE NOW HEADS TO A SIMPSON COUNTY JUDGE