BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green Police responded to a shooting at around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday on the corner of W 15th Avenue and Butler Way. According to Bowling Green Police Officer Ronnie Ward, a passerby saw a man in his car injured from a gunshot wound and called 9-1-1. Upon arrival, police shattered the window of a car to…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local and state governments along with local electric companies are working together to prepare for the ice that is supposed to be coming on Thursday. With the rain, ice and frigid temperatures on their way, South Central Kentucky could be looking at some significant ice storm damage. Ronnie Pearson, the director of Warren County Emergency Management, says…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Tuesday morning, the Bowling Green Rotary Club donated a check to the Center for Gifted Studies. The donation will pay for six students to attend a summer camp on Western Kentucky Universities campus. The scholarships will go towards kids who meet the gifted requirements who cannot afford to attend the camp otherwise. The Center provides exciting…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With winter weather coming, pet owners need to be vigilant to protect their animals. Dogs left outside on chains could suffer from the dangerous temperatures and could even die. Cats will be looking for a place to warm up. Experts advise setting out dry straw in containers rather than blankets because wet or frozen blankets won’t…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – On Friday, the Kentucky Department of Corrections announced a partnership with state agencies to provide state inmates with identification cards. Only one jail is participating in the new pilot program and that is the Warren County Regional Jail. Three state prisons are also participating. The jail was chosen because since 2018, they have been operating a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green woman died Saturday morning following a crash on Interstate 65, according to Kentucky State Police. At 4:56 a.m. the Kentucky State Police Post 3, Bowling Green was requested by the Warren County Sheriff’s Department to respond to a fatal collision at the 32 mile marker of I-65 south. A preliminary investigation revealed that a tan…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky State Police are preparing for the big game by participating in Operation C.A.R.E which stands for Crash Awareness Reduction Effort on Super Bowl Sunday. KSP, along with law enforcement across the country, will have more patrol cars out on interstates and highways to keep drivers safe. KSP troopers will be enforcing all traffic violations, including…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department is still working on a case from more than eight years ago. The case involves a young man who was killed and found in the trunk of a vehicle. His killer has not yet been identified. He loved everybody and everybody loved him. That is the way Joey Smith’s family described…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet is announcing grant funding equaling more than $2 million from the federal Violence Against Women Act: Services, Training, Officers, Prosecution Formula Grant Program to 28 agencies across Kentucky. Two of those are in South Central Kentucky. Wednesday, Governor Andy Beshear announced the distribution of funds to programs that assist…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Wednesday afternoon the Bowling Green-Warren County Drug Task Force, with assistance from ATF arrested Joshua Bledsoe, 20, of Bowling Green, according to a release from the task force. Detectives were obtaining a search warrant for 2029 Grider Pond Road in reference to an ongoing drug investigation, according to the release. While waiting for the warrant, Bledsoe…
