radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: July 24, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/24/26           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAMS HAVE CONFIRMED TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN KENTUCKY. AN E-F-1 TORNADO PACKING 110-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS HIT METCALFE COUNTY NEAR KNOB LICK, RIPPING METAL ROOF PANELS FROM BARNS AND DAMAGING TREES. MEANWHILE, AN E-F-2 TORNADO WITH 115-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS TRACKED OVER 20 MILES ACROSS GRAYSON AND HART COUNTIES, DAMAGING HOMES AND LEAVING ONE PERSON INJURED.          A BARREN COUNTY BUSINESS OWNER WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL MARIJUANA SALES. DRUG TASK FORCE AGENTS RAIDED THE HALL CONNECTION ON BON AYR ROAD, SEIZING CASH, PARAPHERNALIA, AND OVER EIGHT OUNCES OF CANNABIS FLOWER. POLICE ALLEGE 55-YEAR-OLD DANA STEADMAN WAS SELLING REPACKAGED OUT-OF-STATE PRODUCTS THAT EXCEEDED LEGAL THC LIMITS WITHOUT A LICENSE.          A TRIAL DATE'S BEEN SET FOR THE BOWLING GREEN MAN CHARGED IN A FATAL HIT-AND-RUN INCIDENT. A THREE-DAY TRIAL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 59-YEAR-OLD FRED LEE HART, WHO FACES CHARGES INCLUDING MURDER AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AFTER ALLEGEDLY STRIKING AND KILLING 38-YEAR-OLD MARIO HARRIS OUTSIDE HIS HOME ON BRANDYWOOD COURT.