BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local restaurants, are trying to figure out how to handle COVID-19 in more ways than one. Multiple Bowling Green restaurants have had to temporarily close their doors because an employee or employees have tested positive for the coronavirus. One example, Anna’s Greek Restaurant in Bowling Green. This past weekend, a kitchen staff member tested positive. The…
MORGANTOWN, Ky. – There is a serious need statewide for poll workers to help out on Election Day this November. Polling locations normally struggle to get a full staff during voting days in South Central Kentucky, but with COVID-19, fewer people are volunteering to work the polls. A typical Kentucky election entails approximately 3,700 voting locations and 15,000 poll workers….
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A local volunteer fire department is receiving a federal grant to purchase safety equipment. Congressman Brett Guthrie announced Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program is awarding over $7,000 to the Richardsville Volunteer Fire Department The funding will go toward personal protective equipment, but the specifics have yet to be…
MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. – Mammoth Cave National Park is beginning construction on improvement projects near the Green River Ferry. One of which involves a partially glass bridge made to be handicap accessible extending an already accessible trail. “The accessible trail Echo River Springs is a really cool trail. We have a few accessible trails in the park, but this is…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – John Lewis, a well-renowned civil rights activist and congressman died Friday at the age of 80 after a battle with stage four pancreatic cancer. His death is affecting locals in Bowling Green as well. Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 march on Washington, and spoke shortly…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Some good news in Bowling Green, more adaptive sports opportunities are making their way into the community. The Bowling Green Parks and Recreations division received a $21,000 grant for adaptive sports from the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute’s Wellness Edge Program. The money will go towards the adaptive sports program to provide youth sport wheelchairs…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green man is facing several criminal charges after a two-year-old child was shot in the leg in the man’s apartment. Warren County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to 150 Evon Way, Apt. 3 Thursday afternoon after someone reported a child being shot, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. The child was taken…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local Bowling Green City School children received the usual Thursday meal delivery with a special addition this morning. Need More Acres farm provided 1,000 watermelons to deliver to families for this week’s food supply drop off with the Bowling Green Independent School system according to Dalla Emerson, the director of food service operations for the school….
ROCHESTER, Ky. – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell toured a Green River dam Thursday afternoon. The Muhlenberg County dam is under renovations to protect a major water source for thousands of people who live in the area. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell along with other government officials toured the progress on Thursday. The Rochester Dam along the Green River is…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green police are investigating the death of a man in his late 30s. Police were called to the scene Wednesday night in the 1400 block Magnolia Street. As of 10:23 p.m. Wednesday, police had not released the man’s identity or cause of death.
