radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: May 8, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 05/08/26          BOWLING GREEN IS GOING GLOBAL AS A MASSIVE MANUFACTURING PROJECT BREAKS GROUND AT THE KENTUCKY TRANSPARK.          AKFA ALUMINUM SOLUTIONS IS INVESTING 79 MILLION DOLLARS TO OPEN ITS FIRST U.S. FACILITY.......... A MOVE EXPECTED TO BRING MORE THAN 300 JOBS TO THE REGION BY JULY 2027. THE UZBEKISTAN-BASED COMPANY WILL PRODUCE ALUMINUM PARTS FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE AND SOLAR INDUSTRIES.           KENTUCKY'S JUNIOR U.S. SENATOR RAND PAUL JOINED LOCAL LEADERS THURSDAY TO CELEBRATE THE MILESTONE, NOTING THAT THE PROJECT SOLIDIFIES KENTUCKY’S FOOTPRINT ON THE INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURING MAP.          A 70-YEAR-OLD MAN LIKELY WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS NATURAL LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE BRUTAL 2024 KILLING OF JOHNNY LEE CRAWFORD.          EARLIER THIS WEEK, GLEN “LENNY” SNOOK WAS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS, AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER AND ABUSE OF A CORPSE. INVESTIGATORS SAY SNOOK SHOT CRAWFORD, HID HIS BODY IN A BURN PIT, AND TORCHED HIS TRUCK.           SNOOK MUST SERVE AT LEAST 85-PERCENT OF HIS MANSLAUGHTER SENTENCE BEFORE BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.