BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A bill introduced by State Representative Patti Minter of Bowling Green is moving through the state legislature. It would create a day to honor women veterans. The bill received a unanimous vote Thursday in the Kentucky House State Government Committee. House Bill 318 would designate June 12 as Women Veterans’ Day in Kentucky. According to a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department has received official approval to establish the “Bowling Green Law Enforcement Academy.” Thursday, the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council voted to approve the request for BGPD to develop the department’s own police training academy. Until now, recruits had to attend the Department of Criminal Justice Training Academy in Richmond, Ky. The establishment…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department is in the final stages of a recruiting campaign. Last month, the police department held an open house recruitment fair for the first time ever. The department has also been running television commercials encouraging people to apply to be police officers and has been actively recruiting on the department’s and city’s…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Department of Justice United States Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that for the first time in Kentucky’s history, Bowling Green will have a fully-staffed federal prosecutor’s office. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky Russell Coleman, law enforcement and community leaders congregated for the announcement at the downtown Federal Courthouse. “We want assistant united State…
MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. – A local sheriff’s office is welcoming a new deputy, and she’s got four legs and a tail. That new deputy, K-9 Rina. She’s brand new to the Hart County Sheriff’s Office and to her new dad and partner, Caleb Butler. Rina is a Belgian malinois from Hungary and only knows commands in Dutch. She turns two years…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The city of Bowling Green is using new technology to help communicate better with the city’s diverse community. City employees with city-issued cell phones now have access to a video chat language app called Language Line Insight Video Interpreting. The app utilizes trained interpreters in more than 240 audio-only languages, as well as video interpreters in…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Automotive students at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College in Bowling Green gave new life to an old Kentucky State Police cruiser. KSP trooper Daniel Priddy said the students only charged the agency for the materials and performed the labor for free on the 1978 Ford LTD. The students did the detail work on the outside…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department has made three arrests after a nearly nine-month-long investigation into multiple thefts from businesses and vehicles. Officials say at least two business were burglarized, two vehicles were stolen, and numerous catalytic converters were taken from cars. John Wheatley, 46, of Bowling Green was charged with a slew of crimes including nine…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local seniors spent part of their day partaking in an unconventional Super Bowl weekend celebration. Seniors at Signature Healthcare of Bowling Green played a game they called Wheelchair Super Bowl. Seniors were able to play different games in teams such as throwing a referee flag, catching a football and racing in their wheelchairs. There were also…
BOWLING GREEN, KY. – A Thursday morning wreck involving a semi and a pick-up truck on Nashville Road near the Bennett Lane intersection had traffic blocked in both directions for about an hour. One person was injured and taken to an area hospital for treatment. The collision resulted in a fuel spill of more than 50 gallons, according to information…
