Author: Krista Garrison

Atmos Energy reminds public to call 8-1-1 before you dig after gas line breaks

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At 10 a.m. Wednesday the Bowling Green Fire Department and Atmos Energy were called out to Old Morgantown Road in reference to a gas line break. The incident occurred after a contractor accidentally cut the line in a mishap with machinery. Lines were marked correctly, but, according to Atmos Energy’s Kay Coomes, accidents happen sometimes. The…

COLD CASE: Police need help solving the 1983 murder of Cenia York

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police are reaching out to the public to ask for leads on a nearly 40-year old cold case. On Sept. 19, 1983, Cenia York, 57, was walking to a barn on her property when she was shot to death, according to Kentucky State Detective Shey Foley. “I believe KSP along with the ambulance service…

Local mom wants to see DUI’s taken more seriously

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Tracy Moser is angry. Her son was driving to his dorm at Western Kentucky University Saturday when his car was struck by a hit and run driver who Moser suspects was driving under the influence because her husband who had been following behind their son, TJ, saw an alcoholic beverage on the floorboard on the driver’s…

Blaze Pizza participates in Health Care Heroes Week

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A local pizzeria is offering discounts to healthcare workers in the state to honor their hard work and sacrifice throughout the pandemic. As healthcare workers continue to battle the pandemic on the frontlines in the nation, Governor Andy Beshear named this week Health Care Heroes Week and encouraged Kentucky businesses to join in the honors. Blaze…

Golf event underway in honor of child that passed away in 2017

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A golf event kicked off this morning in memory of a young child that passed away back in 2017. The Playing for Mason event teed off Friday afternoon at the Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green and coming to a close on Sunday. The 2021 Mason Cup is a unique junior golf event allowing competitive…

BEASHEAR: Hospitals reaching “critical point”, mask mandate “something we have to be considering”

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Governor Beshear held a press briefing this afternoon about the current spike in COVID cases covering some hot button topics such as hospital capacity and masking. Beshear says hospital capacity in the state is reaching a critical point. He says yesterday there were more people fighting for their lives with COVID that ever before. The governor is…

Second annual East Coast Rat Fink Reunion underway

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The National Corvette Museum is hosting the second annual East Coast Rat Fink Reunion from Thursday through Saturday in Bowling Green. The art vendors and car show will honor the late artist and engineer Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and his impact on hot rodding history. Roth is known as the person who created the Hot Rod…

Veteran: ‘I think we turned our back on the Afghanistan army’

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local veterans have some very strong opinions about what is going on over in Afghanistan and are concerned about the people left behind. Some veterans believe America should not have pulled out completely while others believe removing troops from the area was a good idea but are unhappy with the way the removal was done. Many…

McConnell: Afghanistan is ‘lost’

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – United States Senator Mitch McConnell was in Butler County Tuesday to talk about his  to community leaders and said that Afghanistan is “lost.” McConnell said he is and was completely against the removal of troops from the country for fear that the Taliban would do exactly what they did, take back over. McConnell said just because…