BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Calling all shoppers! The bi-annual Gypsymoon Marketplace event had a record turnout on Friday and Saturday at Highland Stables in Bowling Green. Since 2015, the marketplace features dozens of vendors that sell vintage or antique items, handmade goods, artwork and more. Each vendor spends weeks leading up to the event decorating and designing their booth for the barn…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Wheels up! On Saturday morning, over 400 riders gathered downtown for the Great Teddy Bear Run. The run has historically provided all the teddy bears for the children served by the Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center. The non-profit organization serves children who have been victims of child abuse. Each motorcyclist rode the 13-mile loop around South…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-“We have a lot of low income individuals who really want to be home owners but they just can’t afford it,” said Housing Authority’s Finance Director Katie Miller. There are not many options for affordable home ownership in Bowling Green, but the Housing Authority is ready to change that. The City-County Planning Commission just approved a rezoning for…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-On Friday morning, Bowling Green Municipal Utilities held a fundraiser for a special young girl. Meet Hadley Jo Brindley. She’s seven years old and was diagnosed with a rare mitochondrial disease at just two and a half years old. There’s currently no treatment or cure for her disease. The degenerative disease affects her balance and coordination and her…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-April is sexual assault awareness month and Hope Harbor invited the community to come out to their annual Take Back the Night event. The event went virtual for the past two years and the organization was excited to have it back in person downtown at the SoKY Marketplace. The event is a community festival of inclusion and solidarity…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Not many people live to see 100 years old. But two people in Bowling green celebrated their 100th birthday on the same day! Jack Finkbone is a resident at Village Manor and they threw him a birthday party with family and friends. “Well it’s just something that I guess I have dreamed about that most people don’t…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- “I’m a Marine so I thought oh my gosh,” said Major General Jerry Humble. That’s the reaction of every Marine who walks through the O’Bannon House in Russellville. Lieutenant Presley N. O’Bannon built the house in 1812…over 200 years ago. “Every Marine that’s ever lived knows who Presley O’Bannon is,” said Humble. Presley O’Bannon is the first…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Arts for All Kentucky is working to include all people one craft at a time. “Our mission is to provide accessible and inclusive arts programming so that everyone can be involved, to make that a welcoming experience,” said Delaire Rowe, executive director of Arts for All Kentucky. Since 1987, the organization offers programs on visual arts,…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Bowling Green’s very own City Clerk Ashley Jackson has been named the 2022 Clerk of the Year. Jackson has been with the city of Bowling Green for nearly two decades. She began in 2006 as an Assistant City Clerk and was promoted to City Clerk in 2018. The Barren River Municipal Clerks Association nominated her and a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-As the temperatures rise as we near summer, the concern also rises for outdoor fires. “I expect the fire runs to pick up in the near future. We’ve had a lot of winds, a lot of down trees and tree limbs down, people are going to start to burn brush and trash and things like that,” said Woodburn…
