radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: July 27, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/27/26            A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS REVOKED PROBATION AND SENTENCED 38-YEAR-OLD ANDY SCHMUCKER TO NEARLY 6 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN A 2020 MURDER-FOR-HIRE SCHEME. SCHMUCKER WAS ORIGINALLY GRANTED PROBATION FOR DRIVING THE GUNMAN TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF A FRANKLIN MAN, BUT JUDGE GREG STIVERS IMPOSED THE 71-MONTH SENTENCE FOLLOWING REPEATED PROBATION VIOLATIONS, INCLUDING POSITIVE DRUG TESTS            A 33-YEAR-OLD TENNESSEE MAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION IN ALLEN COUNTY. AUTHORITIES SAY TYLER TRIVETTE OF MOUNTAIN CITY FACES MULTIPLE COUNTS, INCLUDING THIRD-DEGREE RAPE AND ELECTRONIC SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, AFTER TARGETING A 15-YEAR-OLD VICTIM ONLINE. THE MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING.             RETIRED BRIGADIER GENERAL DAN CHERRY HAS RECEIVED THE 2026 MEDAL OF HONOR FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THE VIETNAM WAR VETERAN WAS HONORED FRIDAY AT BOWLING GREEN’S AVIATION HERITAGE PARK FOR HIS MILITARY SERVICE, WORK IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND LONG-STANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.