Author: Krista Garrison

Boutiques holding Black Friday deals, preparing for Small Business Saturday

BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – Small businesses all over the nation have been preparing for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. After COVID-19 threatened to put small companies out of business, the idea of shopping local grew. According to a press release, a majority of consumers say they plan to shop small this holiday season. In Edmonson County, a cute boutique is…

Volunteers help serve free meals to community members

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Thanksgiving is day for giving thanks, but it is also a day for giving back to the community. Several residents spent their Thanksgiving morning hours serving free home-cooked Thanksgiving meals to people in the area. Teresa’s Restaurant, Lisa’s Fifth Street Diner and a local church provided meals to people in need or who just simply wanted…

WKU hosts international students for a Thanksgiving meal

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Western Kentucky University faculty and students spent a portion of their holiday week preparing a mean for international students to enjoy. This is the fifth year that the school has helped coordinate this meal for students from other countries. Most students go home for Thanksgiving, but most international students can’t. Thanksgiving is a holiday most countries…

Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing teenager

BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – Wednesday night, the Edmonson County Sheriffs deputies responded to Brownsville Manor Apartments for a report of a 12-year-old child that had possibly run away. Officials are searching for missing Madison Lynn “Maddie” Sowders who was last seen by her family going to bed that night. Officials say she was wearing black sweatpants, a black and camouflage hooded…

Kentucky State Police hosts Cram the Cruiser

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police are hosting a fundraiser to collect food for locals in need. This two-week long food drive campaign, Cram the Cruiser, has been going on since 2010 to collect food to supply area food pantries and people in need. The food is distributed to make sure families have food to fill their stomachs over…

Last minute shoppers prepare for Thanksgiving

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – People around the nation are finishing up their Thanksgiving shopping. Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, chickens, turkeys’… you name it… they’re flying off the shelves as people prepare for the holiday. Some people were getting all the fixin’s while others were just picking up a few last minute items. One family said their favorite pie was still…

The Capitol is fundraising by lighting their marquee for Christmas

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – If you’re a fan of books, the library and Christmas, then the capitol arts theater is right up your alley. Over the next month, the Warren County Public Library will be hosting several free events at the capitol and are inviting you out to attend the Christmas fun. You may have noticed lights are switching colors…

Man accused of spraying painting political messages downtown convicted, sentenced

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The man responsible for spray painting political messages in downtown Bowling Green will serve prison time. Javier Hernandez-Cerrito pleaded guilty on several accounts in connection to the incident. Hernandez-Cerrito spray painted the Bowling Green ballpark, Bowling Green Daily News, Morris Jewelers as well as a sidewalk in several places surrounding Fountain Square Park in May. Several…