BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A veteran’s appreciation event is set to take place Saturday. The 2020 Freedom Ride will take place Saturday morning at the VFW post 1298 in Bowling Green. The beginning lineup will be at 10 a.m., and the ride will officially start at 11. The entrance fee will be $30, and that price will include the ride, T-shirt…
GLASGOW Ky.- Due to the fact that COVID-19 cases remain high and wide-spread throughout the community, the Barren County Schools are extending the closure to in-person instruction through Nov. 13. This announcement was made Thursday afternoon via the school district’s Facebook page. According to that post, the hope is that by extending the closure, when the district resumes in-person instruction…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Many would agree that 2020 has been a stressful year. To help, students at Western Kentucky University had a chance to relieve some stress through a smashing good time. Students were given the chance to pick up a sledgehammer and smash some leftover pumpkins Thursday. The event was called The Great Stress Squash, and it was…
GLASGOW, Ky.- With Election Day 2020 officially in the books, local county clerks now have a good idea of how this year compared to 2016. In Barren County, city and county officials say 2020 had more absentee and early voting than all of 2016. As far as the election as a whole, Barren County had just over 18,000 voters in…
EDMONTON, Ky.- In the small, rural area of Metcalfe County, officials like Judge-Executive Harold Stilts say the cooperation for Election Day between voters and poll workers was encouraging. The county had two available polling locations for voters. “I think everything went rather well. Everybody was real polite about wearing their mask. The poll workers were staying up on the sanitizing…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A local attraction is once again preparing to offer the community a safe holiday experience. Wendy’s Twinkle at the Track presented by U.S. Bank is a drive-thru holiday light experience that’ll take place at the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park track. This will be the second year for the event. Because the entire event is from…
GLASGOW, Ky.- Friday morning, citizens in Barren County were given the chance to get flu vaccinations. At multiple Barren County schools like Hiseville Elementary, anyone could come by to get flu vaccinations at no cost to them. This was not just limited to students, anyone in the community who wanted one could get one. This came from a partnership between…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- There’s some big news for music and performing arts lovers. Two big organizations are joining forces to revitalize the arts scene in the region. Orchestra Kentucky and the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center are joining forces to create what’s known as the Arts of Southern Kentucky. This is a single organization that seeks to overcome the challenges…
RUSSELLVILLE Ky.-A local middle school is offering students the chance to experience voting firsthand. Students at Russellville Middle School had the chance to fill out mock ballots for president and senate in the school’s gym. This is the second year for this experience. This is for social studies class, where the students research and decide which candidate they would vote…
GLASGOW Ky.-Because of the temporary closure of the schools, the Barren County School District’s nutrition and food staff want to remind parents what it means for meals. Since the transition to online learning came so suddenly, the district offered two days of hot breakfast and lunch pickup at all Barren County School campuses. These meals were offered Monday and Tuesday…
