BOWLING GREEN Ky.-On Oct. 10 18, city, county and state officials gathered at the Aviation Heritage Park as the shovels hit the dirt for a groundbreaking. A year later, an indoor museum is still a work in progress. As of now, the site work has been completed for the museum. Director of the park Joe Tinius said he’s thrilled that…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Protesters gathered outside of The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center Tuesday night after videos surfaced of white sorority women singing current song lyrics that include racial slurs. Tuesday at an annual Greek event, around 20 Western Kentucky University student protesters gathered outside of The SkyPAC. Protesters were chanting and speaking out against the actions of the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A disease affecting deer around the nation is spreading and now Kentucky wildlife officials need help from area hunters. It’s called chronic wasting disease. It’s an infection caused by abnormal proteins in deer, elk, moose and caribou. While it hasn’t been detected in Kentucky, it has been found in six of the seven states that border the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-To kick off the 2019 fall semester, students taking courses in Kelly Thompson Hall stepped into a new experience, one including round tables, multiple boards and projectors, and more space in general. Professor of physics Dr. Doug Harper said he enjoys utilizing this enhanced learning environment. “We’re really thrilled about the new environment. We have had this environment…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – An new law known as the Family First Prevention Services Act seeks to help keep children safe with their families. According to the Children’s Defense Fund, the month of October marks the start of the state being able to use Title IV-E funds for prevention services to keep children with their families. The funds can be…
FRANKLIN Ky.-It’s early on in the new school year and already three students are facing terroristic threatening charges after allegedly making threats toward two different area school districts. Thursday in Allen County, authorities said a teen was charged after admitting to leaving a voicemail for the Allen County Board of Education demanding money and threatening a massacre if the payment…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-Students from the St. Joseph Interparochial School in Bowling Green spent most of their Friday serving those who bravely served us. As part of the Day Of Caring initiative, middle schoolers went to the Fairview Cemetery to tend to the headstones of our fallen heroes. Retired Maj. Wade Tally’s father is buried in this cemetery, and said what…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-The Topper Transit buses are meant to be a convenient service for students. Updates to the bus routes, among other things, are causing some confusion and frustration. Students say an update to the bus routes this semester has caused some confusion on the Hill as far as what bus goes where. Bus stops are located throughout campus and…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-The walls are up on the New Cumberland Trace Elementary School in Warren County, and they’re some of the sturdiest money can buy. The walls are called insulated concrete forms. They’re concrete walls put in between two layers of material. The walls can withstand 250 mile per hour winds. For comparison, a hurricane reaches category five status at…
BOWLING GREEN Ky.-A Bowling Green charity that helps the homeless is asking the public for help. Room In the Inn currently occupies a space provided by State Street United Methodist Church at 416 E 11th Avenue. Due to structural issues, the building can no longer be used and house homeless individuals and families. Room In the Inn seeks to provide…
