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…
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…
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…
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,…
