The summer solstice passed last week and we all enjoyed the longest day of sunshine for the year. Days will start getting shorter and we’ll notice longer covers of starry night skies. The Hardin Planetarium on WKU’s main campus launched a new summer program last week. Called “Moonbeings,” this program searches for life beyond Earth, along the moons of our…
Did you know Kentucky has a rich quilting heritage? From the painted barn quilts on our road trip trails, to Paducah being the Quilting Capital of the World, to even the “Crazy Quilt Mania” exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, there’s an educational and artistic element to the quilting craft that’s been preserved thru storytelling. The Hart County Barn Quilt Trail…
We’ve been telling more southern Kentucky stories outside Warren County this summer, giving viewers a chance to explore more of what’s in their own backyard. In nearby Hart County, Horse Cave’s downtown sits on top of Hidden River Cave’s main entrance. Visitors walking down Main Street can catch a glimpse looking downward straight into the cave’s mouth. Downtown Horse Cave…
In the motorsports world, Bowling Green is known for Corvettes and custom car culture. Nearly 50 years ago, another type of automotive event came to Beech Bend Raceway for a couple years—the National Street Van Association’s Truck-In. With over four thousand vans attending in 1975 and 1976, this week we remember the weekends vans took over the city. According to…
We’ve recently shared stories telling the history of southern Kentucky communities, like Kyrock and South Union. This week, we’re heading north to Hart County, where we find the area’s largest thriving Amish community. During the late 1980s, these families began migrating to the Horse Cave and Munfordville area from Geauga County, Ohio. Horse-drawn buggies frequent the backroads in the Logdson…
A couple months ago, Throwback Thursday shared the story of Ruth Rabold, the green thumb of Bowling Green, whose landscape and garden efforts can still be seen all over the city. A Bowling Green Garden Club event that hasn’t been held since 2019 is making an exciting return next month. With nearly 20 years of history, the Fairy Garden Tour…
One of southern Kentucky’s coolest features is hidden underground. If you’ve ever done any exploring in your backyard, you may have noticed this area is home to the world’s longest cave system. Mammoth Cave National Park was established over 80 years ago. Covering over 45 thousand acres above ground across Edmonson, Barren, and Hart counties, there are also 420 miles…
One of southern Kentucky’s oldest attractions is celebrating several centuries of milestones this year. South Union Shaker Village in nearby Logan County was officially established as a faith-based religious colony in 1807. The Shaker community ceased in 1922, exactly a century ago. Throwback Thursday this week tells the tale of the Shaker Village turned museum in Auburn. The Shakers were…
Throwback Thursday this week is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Founded in 1902 by 15 chartering founder women, the Samuel Davies chapter is southcentral Kentucky’s tie to the war for American Independence. All of the Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR, have a direct line of descent to…
It was recently announced that $1.6 million is being awarded to the city of Bowling Green to rehabilitate the College Street pedestrian bridge. Constructed in 1916, this is at least the third version of the College Street bridge. This week’s Throwback Thursday tells the tale of that ominous night in 1915 when an angry mob nearly burned Bowling Green to…
