BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Students from all over the Commonwealth had the chance to check out a new show at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green Thursday. The show is called Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium. It’s an educational performance involving the use of giant puppets modeled after various prehistoric sea creatures. SKyPAC offers school day matinees throughout the year,…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.- Feb. 12 six years ago an enormous sinkhole opened up at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. The sinkhole swallowed up eight classic cars on display. It’s a story that made national and international headlines. Six years later, the museum features a sinkhole exhibit. The museum’s director of marketing and communications, Katie Ellison said the sinkhole…
OAKLAND Ky.- After learning that 47% of students at Oakland Elementary School had never celebrated a birthday with a birthday cake, a local gym is working to change that. The family resource center coordinator at Oakland Elementary, Nicole DeFreeze, recently conducted surveys with the students, and found that 47% of those students have never had a birthday cake. Defreeze works…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-Approximately 750 middle school and high school-aged students from around the commonwealth gathered at Western Kentucky University for the 7th annual Idea Festival, a daylong activity filled with opportunities for students to unleash their creative ideas. “The idea is for students to get exposed to a lot of different ideas, see that they can take their passions in…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-SouthCentral Kentucky Community and Technical College celebrated Black History Month with an annual read in event. The 5th annual African-American Read In took place at the college, where students and staff were given the chance to select poetry or literature written by African American authors. They then read it to the audience. Every year, attendees are encouraged to…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-A typical morning assembly at Parker-Bennett-Curry Elementary School yielded a surprise for one particular student, specifically for fourth grader M.K. Hudson. Hudson was selected from 50 students nationwide to receive a full scholarship to Space Camp, an announcement that he wasn’t expecting. “I really didn’t know. I was just here like a normal kid, just waiting for something…
FRANKLIN/ BOWLING GREEN Ky.- On Friday, snow meant a busy day for law enforcement. “Anytime that we have snow or ice, or any type of inclement weather, the number of collisions go up,” said Kentucky State Police Trooper Post 3 Daniel Priddy. The morning started with a fatality on I-65 in Simpson County. Around 6:30 a.m., police were called to…
FRANKLIN, Ky. – At just after 6:30 a.m. Friday, Kentucky State Police were called to an area near Mile Marker 6 on Interstate 65 southbound for a traffic fatality. Brian E. Lowe, 46, of Bowling Green, was driving a 2008 Ford pick up truck south near Exit 6 when his vehicle exited the right shoulder of the road, traveled down…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-A Black History Month celebration took the stage at Bowling Green Junior High school. Coming from Nashville, Baba Musa and Natures Drummers are a musical group specializing in African-style percussion music. Led by Baba Musa, the goal is to introduce the students to another culture’s style of music. Baba Musa said he really enjoys the student’s reactions. “My…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- High school students from all over the commonwealth spent a school day at Western Kentucky University for the DECA regional conference. DECA, which stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America gives business students the chance to create ideas that can be pitched or sold to businesses. Vice president of membership Emma Finch said it’s also seen as…
