RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. – Logan County residents will have the opportunity to dispose of old electronics coming up next week. Residents can drop off end-of-life electronics at the Logan County Recycling Center, Friday Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everything except TVs and monitors is free. The goal is to divert the old electronics piling up in their closets,…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Officers and civilians alike across the nation honored Trooper Hayden Phillips on Thursday with their Workout of the Day. Phillips lost his life on duty Sept. 28 of this year, but he did not lose his legacy. The first annual Phillips Hero Workout of the Day was held at Warren East on Thursday morning to honor…
GLASGOW, Ky. – According to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, over the past three years in Kentucky, there have been more than 49,000 crashes involving a teenage driver, resulting in more than 13,000 injuries and 197 deaths. Three of those deaths occurred in Glasgow a year ago on Saturday, and the families of the victims are using the anniversary to push…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A fundraiser will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 to benefit the family of a fifth-grade girl battling a one-of-a-kind brain cancer. Piper Leonard, a student in Warren County, is currently in Cincinnati, Ohio undergoing treatments. Staff from her school are working together to put on a coed softball tournament to raise money for her and her…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green family is thanking firefighters and spreading awareness after their home reached explosive levels of propane Monday morning. Jessica and Josh Heffinger had spent several days thinking they were smelling a dead animal under their home. They purchased a detector for gas leaks and took it throughout the house, yet heard no alert. Then…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – October is Rett Syndrome Awareness Month, and the parents of a teen with the syndrome are hoping to spread awareness by sharing her story. Rett syndrome is a rare genetic neurological and developmental disorder that can affect movement, communication, learning and many body functions. Kylee, a 15-year-old in Warren County, was diagnosed with the disease after…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Barren River Area Safe Space is reminding people in crisis that it is available to help. Domestic violence is a shockingly common occurrence where someone in a relationship wields power and control over the other person, oftentimes using threats, violence, gaslighting and love bombing to abuse the victim….
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Lost River Cave’s Scare Crow Trail is open and as creative as always! Katie Cielinski, the director of philanthropy at the cave, says the trail is lined with exhibits that creators spent a lot of time putting together. “Some of them build all fall, and then we have other ones that turn it around in a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A man is in jail and a child has been taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center following a hit-and-run collision Saturday. According to the police report, the child was riding a motorized scooter while wearing a helmet and stopped when the driver of a Toyota Camry, 21-year-old Tyohn Powell of Bowling Green, struck the child. The…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Saturday, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call from Spectrum claiming a man was stealing fiber cable on Morgantown Road. When police responded, they located the truck and trailer reported and began following it. The driver, 45-year-old Matthew Martin of Morgantown, immediately pulled over when the deputy got behind him, but then, according to…
