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…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department is launching its official recruitment campaign this year and is now accepting applications to join the department. The department is looking for someone who is honest, hard-working and personable. Deputy Chief Penny Bowles said Police Chief Doug Hawkins hires for character and trains for skill meaning the department can teach an…
GLASGOW, Ky. – After a school threat was posted this week, area schools kept an extra eye out for the safety of the students on Wednesday. Officials assured the public Tuesday that there was no information to suggest that threat made against schools in Kentucky was credible. The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security issued a release describing a generic social…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The City of Bowling Green is reminding the public of construction on the downtown Square. Construction is going to continue heavily affecting State Street and surrounding areas. Sidewalk, curb and gutter work is coming along, and the installation of the “guitar” paver system is starting in Morris Alley. Officials are encouraging drivers to go slowly and…
BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – The Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office and local parents are thanking a Good Samaritan who got an impaired driver out of a car after almost hitting a school bus. Kara Atwood was driving down Veterans Memorial Parkway in Edmonson County when she noticed a driver who she said was crossing the center line and driving very poorly. Atwood…
FRANKLIN, Ky. – In June 2018 the CDL Program began. Thursday, Southern Kentucky Community and Technical College cut the ribbon on the school’s own driving course. The program has four trucks and four trailers that have been donated to the school for students to learn how to operate the big rigs. Transportation companies along with virtually every manufacturing facility use…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Warren County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a suspected thief. Sheriff Brett Hightower said at 3:45 a.m. Aug. 14 a red Chevy Colorado crew cab vehicle driven by an unknown person entered a TS Trucking parking lot on Barren River Road and stole a trailer and pressure washing equipment. The suspect…
BOWLING GREEN. Ky. – WKU police is working with new college students this week at M.A.S.T.E.R. Plan. Thursday was the first day of content sessions for WKU M.A.S.T.E.R. Plan. Officer Tim Gray held a training session for 31 first-year male students discussing their purpose, personal safety, decision making, stress management and understanding the various roles of the campus police. Students…
