radioNOVO News for Bowling Green: July 14, 2026

RNN BOWLING GREEN 07/14/26

          A 25-YEAR-OLD BOWLING GREEN MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN A FATAL FENTANYL OVERDOSE. BRAYAN TORRES PLEADED GUILTY TO SECOND-DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER AND DRUG TRAFFICKING IN CONNECTION WITH THE JANUARY 2025 DEATH OF 18-YEAR-OLD ACACIA ROSE MARTINEZ. 
          IN A WARREN CIRCUIT COURTROOM TUESDAY, THE VICTIM'S MOTHER DETAILED HER DAUGHTER'S STRUGGLES WITH ADDICTION, URGING TORRES TO COMMIT TO SOBRIETY WHILE BEHIND BARS.

          WAWA HAS OFFICIALLY ENTERED THE SOUTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY MARKET WITH LAST WEEK'S GRAND OPENING OF ITS NEWEST LOCATION IN BOWLING GREEN ON GUNNISON TRAIL WAY. EAGER CUSTOMERS LINED UP AS EARLY AS FIVE A.M. LAST THURSDAY TO CELEBRATE THE CHAIN'S NINTH STORE IN THE STATE. COMPANY OFFICIALS SAY THE SITE HAS BROUGHT 45 NEW JOBS TO THE AREA, WITH A SECOND BOWLING GREEN LOCATION ALREADY SCHEDULED TO OPEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.