MORGANTOWN, Ky. The City of Morgantown is in the process of major renovations at City Hall. The city received a $237,000 federal grant and was allotted $130,000 from the city in order to make the building in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The major renovations include completely gutting the first floor, adding an elevator, widening hallways and expanding…
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – Congressman James Comer hosted a Town Hall Meeting in the Allen County Fiscal Court Room Thursday. The meeting was open to the public where community members were able to ask the congressman questions. Comer said Town Halls are a great display of democracy and he was glad to have held around 50 meetings in his two and…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local residents spoke Wednesday about the recent decision of Walmart to end sales of handgun ammunition. Walmart’s announcement follows the Aug. 4 shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, where 22 people were shot dead. Walmart also announced that stores will begin asking customers not to openly carry weapons inside locations in states that allow…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Authorities are investigating after multiple vehicles in the Drakesborough neighborhood in Warren County have been ransacked over the past week. The suspects are still at large, but the warren county sheriff’s office now has surveillance footage showing two people opening car doors. Officials said the crooks took around $400 in cash from a single vehicle, a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The building of the Bowling Green Police Department’s new evidence facility is still in progress. The building is being constructed behind the police department on the corner of Adams and 10th Street. Officer Ronnie Ward said the builders ran into a small setback when they began digging and came up on a very large rock. Since…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Warren County Technical Rescue volunteers had boats in the Barren River off of Upper Iron Bridge Road Monday morning after a report of a woman who capsized in a kayak at about 7 a.m. Officials said the woman grabbed a kayak that wasn’t hers and took it out onto the water. Technical rescue team members from…
FRANKLIN, Ky. – Gov. Matt Bevin joined Department of Local Government Commissioner Sandra Dunahoo at the annual Governor’s Local Issues Conference to announce over $5 million in grant funding for Kentucky communities. Two of the grants were awarded to Simpson and Butler counties. A $1 million Community Development Block Grant was awarded to Simpson County, on behalf of the Franklin-Simpson Industrial Authority,…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – As the Historic RailPark and Train Museum’s annual fundraiser and part of the Save the Depot campaign, the park is hosting the Bowling Green Canteen Floorshow with a 1940s style nightclub environment. The yearlong Save the Depot fundraising campaign kicked off this past January to raise money for the preservation of this historic landmark that has become…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Western Kentucky University Police Department spent Thursday gearing up for the first home football game of the year. Plans called for officers to be at all the major intersections around campus as well as in and around campus. Some officers were in vehicles, on foot, on bikes and in plain clothes. WKU police Officer Tim Grey,…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Multiple police agencies around Kentucky gathered at the Bowling Green Police Department throughout the week for Crisis Intervention Training. CIT trained officers are more equipped on how to handle a situation when dealing with a person in mental health crisis or with mental disabilities. The officers are taught how to best use their training to calm…
