GLASGOW Ky.- An announcement given by a representative from the Glasgow-Barren County Community Foundation involved a large endowment of $1 million. The endowment is coming from 1953 Glasgow High School graduate Rosemary Kopel Brown, and her husband John will help provide funding for 2 scholarships named after two long-tenured teachers. Mary Davis and Lee Smith. “We’re tremendously excited about this….
GLASGOW Ky.- A Glasgow library is giving the community a chance to donate underwear to local children. An area is now set up in the Mary Wood Weldon Memorial Public Library where anyone can stop by and drop off underwear to be given to the local school family resource centers. Children’s sizes 4 through 16 are needed the most, but…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Over the weekend, the 2019 Youth Art Expo was held at the Ingen Art Gallery and studio in Bowling Green. Art students from the Glasgow Independent School System had their works on display. Students from the schools won multiple awards on different pieces of art. Students featured works of art involving painting, collages and watercolors.
FRANKLIN, Ky.- Right outside of Franklin-Simpson High School sits the school’s letters. Since Nov. 10, an F, S, H and S have been standing as a safety measure to prevent people from driving through the front lobby. It was done by the school’s welding students, in an effort to empower students to be college and career ready. “A lot of hard…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.- An admission fair took place at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College on Thursday to highlight the new GED+ program. GED+ is a new program offered by the college that allows students to enroll in tuition free short-term classes while they pursue a GED. Attendees had the chance to visit the different departments covered by GED+ including…
BOWLING GREEN Ky. – One can never forget the importance of being part of a healthy family. According to Kentucky Youth Advocates, nearly 67 children per 1,000 in Warren County live in foster care. The number has grown from 58 per 1,000 children recorded from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, the percentage of children being reunited with their families after exiting…
BOWLING GREEN Ky. – Warren County Schools superintendent Rob Clayton gave staff and parents an update Tuesday night as to how things are going district wide. As part of his state of the district presentation, Clayton highlighted the fact that the student population at the county’s schools is growing rapidly. There has been an increase of over 3,000 students since…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-Since Oct. 1 2018, 50 families and 86 children in the Barren River Region have been touched by the act of adoption. To celebrate this number, an adoption celebration was held at Christ Episcopal Church. One of the speakers was Tyler Hunter, 22, who was adopted into his new family at the age of 14. “I was an…
Seven units from the Bowling Green Fire Department responded to a call at Georgia-Pacific on Southwood Court at 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday. The fire was in an area of the building that is under construction and the fire progressed to roofing material. Workers were forced to evacuate the building, but no injuries were reported.
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-Some local elementary school students are looking to fund a trip to Washington D.C., and they’ll get a little help from jolly old Saint Nick to do it. Students at William H. Natcher elementary will raise money by hosting their second annual breakfast with Santa on December 14th (?) from 8am to 2pm at the school. Students will help serve…
