BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Senator Rand Paul recognized Southcentral Veterinary Services as a U.S. Senate Small Business of the Week. Originally given the award in August of 2021 but recognized in person today due to the pandemic, Southcentral has been keeping our community’s pets healthy since 2011. Veterinarian Dr. Eddy Grimes went to Warren East High School, then attended Western Kentucky University…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Over the weekend, Sen. Paul’s opponent, Charles Booker, stopped in Bowling Green to meet with community members. Booker won the democratic nomination over three other candidates in the primary election in May. He now faces incumbent Republican Senator Paul in the general election in November. Paul is running for his third term as Senator. Booker said he…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Senator Rand Paul addressed the recent tension between him and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Paul said that McConnell did not communicate with him on a federal judicial nomination. Paul says McConnell cut a secret deal with President Biden to nominate conservative Chad Meredith for a federal judgeship in Kentucky. Without Paul’s backing, the White House withdrew Meredith’s…
KENTUCKY-A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky have created a revolutionary mask to protect against Covid-19 on a more advanced level. College of Engineering Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. (lovingly called DB by colleagues), led his Ph.D. student Rollie Mills and other researchers to develop a medical mask membrane that destroys covid spike protein on contact. Other masks, like…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Harley-Davidson Bowling Green is rallying around one of their fallen fellow riders and customers. Brad Allen found out he had one year left to live from terminal cancer. He said he wanted to spend his last 12 months traveling around the country, following behind his wife on a Harley. Even though he lived in Brandenburg, Kentucky about two…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-To know him is to love him. Long-time umpire Will Ross was honored at the Hot Rods game on Saturday night. Ross is an umpire for the Bowling Green East Little League. He was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma this summer which is an aggressive form of lung cancer. The community has been rallying around him since his…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-It was a day of laughs, bouncy houses and basketball for kids at the BG Freedom Walkers’ Back to School Block Party at Parker Bennett Community Center. The third annual free event invited all kids and families to come out and grab backpacks, notebooks, markers and more to get ready for the upcoming school year. Local officials and…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Stuff the Bus is helping our community, one notebook and pencil at a time. The 14th Annual School Supply Drive brought in hundreds of school supplies and thousands of dollars for our local schools. Despite the high temperatures, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday at Crosslands Express, Stuff the Bus board members and volunteers collected donations. …
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-The USGA Junior Girls’ Championship wrapped up on Saturday at Olde Stone. Yana Wilson took home the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy. The 15-year-old from Henderson, Nevada faced off against her long-time friend in the golf world, 14-year-old Gianna Clemente. Wilson has now automatically qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach. Olde Stone was honored to have…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-High school sweethearts are traveling the country in an RV…you would never guess it but one of them is battling end-stage kidney disease. Jimmie and Dawn Bates stopped by Fresenius Kidney Care in Bowling Green today to talk to other people fighting kidney disease. Years ago, Jimmie was unexpectedly diagnosed with kidney failure during an emergency room visit…
