BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-The gift of a single book can make a world of difference to kids still recovering from last year’s tornadoes. “It’s not the first thing you think of. It’s not clothes or a roof over your head or things like that,” said Western Kentucky University Associate Professor of Literary Education Nancy Hulan. WKU and the Rotary Club partnered…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-A new single about Bowling Green has prompted the release of an entire playlist made up of songs about the small city in the Commonwealth. “What better way to share our story than through the incredible words of someone like Spencer or Moon Taxi with this song, but also to showcase the other musicians and songs that have…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Downtown Bowling Green is about to look a lot more festive…Downtown Lights Up is just a couple days away! For the first time ever, there will be two lightings. The first one is at 5:30 p.m. at Circus Square Park and the front of SKyPAC. The second one will be at 6 p.m. at Fountain Square Park. If…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Today is Giving Tuesday and while there’s many ways to give back…one way you might not have thought of is to give blood. A single donation of blood can save up to three lives in the community. Blood Assurance is the sole provider of blood for Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital. The organization is having several drives in Bowling…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-A protest demanding justice for the 1955 brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till is happening in Bowling Green Saturday. “That is no way to treat a child. A child might do anything, 14 years old, they might do anything,” said Veterans Association of African Descendants elder Mmoja Ajabu. You might wonder why Bowling Green? The white woman, Carolyn…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-A group of protestors, demanding justice for the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi nearly 70 years ago, is on their way to south central Kentucky. News 40 confirms that the white woman who accused the black teen of making advances towards her in 1955 is now living in Bowling Green. 89-year-old Carolyn Bryant Donham moved…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Catching you up on a story News 40 brought you before…a star made out of something special now sits on top of the 25-foot tree in front of SKyPAC. The brass and aluminum star is made out of debris from the tornado, recovered from a house on Magnolia Street. It may look small sitting up 25 feet in…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Soccer fans from every nation have been waiting for it since 2018. “It’s been exciting to watch USA play and it only happens every four years so everyone’s excited to watch the games,” said fan Manny Garcia. “Pretty much four years that you’re waiting for it so everybody’s really excited,” said Pub by Novo manager Perry Bargery. The…
METCALFE CO., Ky.-You might have seen a familiar face on your screen during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade… Metcalfe County High School student Aidan Grindle was playing with the Macy’s Great American Marching Band in the Big Apple. He has had his eyes on the parade since 2018. He got the call in February, after interviewing and sending videos of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-What better way to prepare for a thanksgiving feast than to run a 5k before it? “I can do this and eat an extra piece of pie,” said runner Peggy Sturgeon. “Burn off the calories so you can eat all day long ya know!” said BG Running Club Vice President Kevin Coomes. The Great Turkey 5K Run kicked…
