Author: Krista Garrison

Masks are washing into cave systems and rivers

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – You have likely seen masks on the ground in parking lots or on roads, but what happens to those masks when it rains? According to Andrea Strange with Warren County Stormwater, our cave systems and streams are where those littered masks often end up. “If it doesn’t get caught up in our storm sewer infrastructures, it…

Property tax drop box location at Warren County Sheriff’s Office

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Property tax season starts tomorrow and the Warren County Sheriff’s Office is making it easier to turn in payments. With property taxes, as always you can mail in your payment or drop it off in person, but this year, the sheriff’s office is offering a more COVID-friendly way of turning it in that doesn’t involve a…

Program created to help reduce poverty in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Leaders from across Bowling Green are examining how the city and local non-profits can better serve those experiencing material poverty. Material poverty includes food insecurity, homelessness, and hunger. The effort to help those in need is underway in Bowling Green to align many different groups under one goal. One in four people living in Bowling Green…

German American Bank sponsors financial literacy class for high school students

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A local school is benefiting from a financial literacy program funded by a nearby bank franchise. German American Bank, in an effort to support local schools and workforce development, has announced the bank will be sponsoring a financial literacy program for Glasgow Independent Schools. The goal of the program is to equip high school students with…

Bowling Green Fire Department lights up in tribute to fallen firefighters

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – This week, if you decided go for a drive when it’s dark out, swing by one of the Bowling Green Fire Department’s and check out their lights. BGFD is taking part in a national campaign to Light the Night with red. The campaign is through the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation that encourages fire departments and landmark…

The Medical Center introduces a tool that uses UV-C light to clean

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – Med Center Health is introducing Diversey’s MoonBeam3 short-wave ultraviolet light disinfection device in its rural hospitals. Hospitals have been a place many people have avoided since the beginning of the pandemic. But with many different and extensive cleaning protocols, people are feeling safer utilizing services of local health centers. The Medical Center at Scottsville, Franklin, Caverna and…

Go behind the scenes at the Kentucky State Police forensics lab

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – As National Forensics Week draws to close tomorrow, WNKY takes you inside the state’s largest crime lab for a behind the scenes look at how science answers the questions criminals leave behind at crime scenes. Many techniques for test fires, such as firing a bullet into water are used by forensics analysts to find out which…

BG Transit is rolling out a mobile bus pass app

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The local public transit is announcing a new app that will make bus fairs simpler for riders to purchase. With so many things going mobile and online, bus passes have been purchased using cash for many years. But now, that is changing. Go BG Transit is rolling out an app called Token Transit. This app will…

Halloween trick or treating times released

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Recommended Halloween trick or treating times have officially been release by the Bowling Green Police Department. With COVID-19 causing cancellations, the fate of Trick or Treating in the area has been under question. Police recommend turning off your porch light if you do not plan on participating. While things could change at any time, for now,…