Author: Krista Garrison

KSP holds annual charity golf course in Edmonson County

EDMONSON COUNTY, Ky. – Golfers hit the greens at the Shady Hallow Golf Club in Edmonson County Friday morning for a good cause. Kentucky State Police Post 3 in Bowling Green hosted its annual golf scramble. Door prizes were given away and a prize was given to first, second, and third place. The scramble is held as a fundraiser for…

Morgantown passes restaurant tax

MORGANTOWN, Ky. – Eating out in Morgantown will soon cost a little bit more. The city voted Thursday night to implement a restaurant tax that will take effect January 1. The 3% restaurant tax will be used to fund renovations of Charles Black City Park in Morgantown. The park has seen its fair share of visitors and foot traffic over…

State police to hire victim advocates for each post

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police is announcing a new program going into effect throughout the state. The program will allow each of KSP’s 16 posts to hire a victim advocate. The funding for this Victim Advocacy and Support Services Program comes from a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Justice’s Victims Of Crime Advocacy Grant program. “This whole…

Expert talks to sheriffs about psychological preparedness

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At the Kentucky Sheriff’s Conference Thursday, Dave Grossman, an American author and a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, gave a talk on the study of the psychology of killing and psychological preparedness. He spoke to the sheriffs about carrying their weapons, practicing drawing their weapons, training for sharper aim and much more. Grossman also…

Horse Cave seeks public input on new police patch

HORSE CAVE, Ky. – The Horse Cave Police Department is holding a contest in order to allow the community to have some input on the departments image. Interim Police Chief Heather Childress wants to revamp the police department including a new patch that will be the representative image of the department. This new patch will be designed by none other…

Kentucky sheriff’s meet in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Kentucky Sheriff’s Association is holding its 90th annual Sheriff’s Conference at Sloan Convention Center this week. Tuesday, sheriff’s from around the state heard from Dr. Kimberly Miller about managing a department in their training class. “This is something that has been happening for quite a few years. Used to be, sheriffs were just elected by…

Troopers ask for funds to buy more bears

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Today is national Teddy Bear Day and Kentucky State Police are celebrating with a fund raiser for their Trooper Teddy program. Tuesday, KSP held a drive asking for $5 donations from 500 people in order to raise $2,500. By Tuesday afternoon, they had already raised over $3,000 for the teddy bear program. The purpose of the bears…

Campus police teach personal safety

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Campus police attended an annual safety event held at Western Kentucky University. The goal of Stay Safe WKU is to inform the students of different resources on campus and to teach students how to be smart with personal safety. WKU used the event to let students know about their counseling services as well as information technology…

New details released on Smoothie King robbery

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green police released new details Monday about the attempted armed robbery at Smoothie King Saturday night.  The would-be robber entered the business but he left empty handed.  He demanded money and indicated that he had a weapon and that’s when the employees took off out of the back door of the smoothie business leaving the…

Police search for Smoothie King attempted robber

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green police responded early Saturday night to an attempted robbery call at Smoothie King on Nashville Road. The would-be robber entered the business but he left empty handed, BGPD spokesman Officer Ronnie Ward said. Police from three agencies saturated the area but did not locate the suspect. As of 9:15 p.m. police were inside the…