Merf Radio | radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: July 8, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/08/26          A 21-YEAR-OLD BOWLING GREEN MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED ON MURDER AND DRIVING-UNDER-THE-INFLUENCE CHARGES FOLLOWING A FATAL TWO-CAR CRASH IN MAY. AUTHORITIES SAY DAJUAN SYKES WAS IMPAIRED WHEN HIS VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD MAKYAH MACKEY ON CORVETTE DRIVE. MACKEY DIED AT AN AREA HOSPITAL FROM HER INJURIES. SYKES PLEADED NOT GUILTY DURING HIS ARRAIGNMENT.  A PRETRIAL CONFERENCE IS SET FOR AUGUST 4TH.          A 37-YEAR-OLD OHIO COUNTY WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER CRASHING INTO A NEIGHBOR'S CAR AND BARRICADING HERSELF IN A CLOSET WITH THREE CHILDREN. DEPUTIES FORCED ENTRY INTO THE CROMWELL HOME LATE TUESDAY AFTER HEARING A CHILD SCREAMING IN PAIN. INSIDE, DONNA MURCH ALLEGEDLY LUNGED AT OFFICERS WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE BEFORE BEING TASERED. SHE NOW FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING CRIMINAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT OF A POLICE OFFICER.          BUTLER COUNTY HAS APPROVED A ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER PROJECTS, MAKING IT THE THIRD COUNTY IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY TO TEMPORARILY HALT SUCH DEVELOPMENTS. LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THE PAUSE WILL ALLOW TIME TO RESEARCH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON RESIDENTS. EDMONSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES HAVE ENACTED SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS, WHILE BOWLING GREEN COMMISSIONERS VOTED AGAINST A MORATORIUM.