radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: July 16, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/16/26          A MARCH 2027 TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR 18-YEAR-OLD ASA HOWARD, WHO FACES THREE COUNTS OF MURDER FOLLOWING A DEADLY BARREN COUNTY CAR CRASH. AUTHORITIES SAY HOWARD WAS DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL WHEN HE CRASHED IN OCTOBER 2025, KILLING THREE TEENAGE PASSENGERS.          A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT HAS ALSO BEEN FILED AGAINST THE GLASGOW RETAILER ALLEGED TO HAVE SOLD ALCOHOL TO HOWARD SHORTLY BEFORE THE CRASH.           NEW DATA FROM GENERAL MOTORS SHOWS THE BOWLING GREEN ASSEMBLY PLANT GENERATES $1.65 BILLION IN KENTUCKY'S ECONOMY. GM SAYS EACH PLANT JOB SUPPORTS NEARLY NINE ADDITIONAL JOBS, WHILE ITS NETWORK OF 173 KENTUCKY SUPPLIERS ADDS ANOTHER $1.6 BILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. PLANT LEADERS SAY THE NUMBERS REFLECT THE IMPACT ON LOCAL FAMILIES AS CORVETTE PRODUCTION MARKS ITS 45TH YEAR IN BOWLING GREEN.