BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The coronavirus is causing havoc on the stock market and headaches for companies big and small. Local businesses are seeing a potential impact from factory shutdowns and quarantines in China due to the novel coronavirus. One local clothing business, Steel Mill and Company, received an email Wednesday morning from one of their supplier’s sewing companies “have…
BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – Edmonson County is receiving federal funding to help repair damage to some of the county’s infrastructure. Edmonson County was awarded around a quarter of a million dollars in emergency funding from FEMA to help repair roadways, tiles, and bridges that have been damaged over the past year from flooding. The county has already done some of the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A bill passed the state Senate unanimously that would help deepen the pool of jurors in the state of Kentucky. As of right now, in order for a person’s name to be put into a list of potential jurors, the person must have a driver’s license, be registered to vote or file resident individual income tax…
SMITHS GROVE, Ky. – The Smiths Grove Police Department is investigating multiple thefts as well as property destruction that have occurred over the past six months. Chief Jason Franks said Broadway Street has been hit multiple times. Tools, a generator and weed trimmers are some of the items taken from nearby garages and yards. Police are also investigating damage to…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Multiple bills concerning animal welfare have been introduced in the Kentucky general assembly during the 2020 session in Frankfort. Senate Bill 21 would allow veterinarians to report suspected animal abuse legally. Right now, veterinarians must keep all patient information confidential. Another one of the bills, Senate Bill 140, would require the department of agriculture to provide…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – High school students from across the region are competing in a variety of occupational skill and leadership activities at SKYCTC in Bowling Green today for a chance to win scholarships. During the Skills USA competition, students learned leadership skills while being evaluated on public speaking, job skills, and trade skills. Students from multiple counties around South…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – One lucky individual is the proud recipient of a brand-new Corvette, courtesy of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. The winner, selected during a raffle drawing Thursday afternoon at the museum is Mike Donnelly of Huntsville, Ala. Over the last few months, 1,500 raffle tickets were sold for $150 each. All the proceeds fund the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Officers from the Bowling Green Police Department are helping out a local non-profit by showing off their baking skills. Court Appointed Special Advocates of South Central Kentucky, or CASA, is hosting its Boogie Down Bourbon Street Friday night, where King Cakes baked by BGPD’s very own employees will be served at the Mardi Gras-themed event. The…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A bill aimed at lowering the cost of insulin has unanimously passed in the Kentucky House. House Bill 12 states that one in every eight Kentuckians have been diagnosed with diabetes, many of whom rely on insulin to survive. According the bill, insulin prices rose by 45% between 2014 and 2017. And, over the last 14…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Students all across the country are celebrating National Engineering Week, including students at Glasgow High School. Wednesday morning, two Glasgow High School graduates, Daniel and Sydney Cambron, who are now engineers, visited the school to tell students about their successes in the field. “Her and her husband are both graduates of Glasgow High School and both…
