BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- The BG Freedom Walkers held the 2nd annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration in downtown Bowling Green at the SoKY Marketplace on Saturday. The event took place from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 636 Center Street and featured dozens of retail vendors, food vendors, bouncy houses, free refreshments, speakers and more. Over 100 people from the community showed…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- It’s one of the greatest nostalgia events in the country – the NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion is going on this weekend at the Beech Bend Raceway. Thousands of Hot Rods came into Bowling Green this weekend from all over the country. Beech Bend Park is packed. Martin Getz, Executive Director of the NHRA MotorSports Museum, says…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Girl Scout day camp is back in South Central Kentucky for the first time since the pandemic shut down everything in Kentucky. This week over 100 girl scouts from the ages of five to 17 are at the Houchens Girl Scout Camp. They’re learning skills like how to build a fire pit, put together a tent, make…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Live theater is officially back! The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center has announced the performances of ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ Friday, July 30th through Sunday, Aug. 1. The Tony award winning “play with music” reimagines the origins of Peter Pan, and how a miserable orphan comes to be the boy who would not grow up. Tickets are…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- The American Red Cross has teamed up with the Nashville Predators to host a local blood drive Wednesday and Friday at the Holiday Inn Plaza in Bowling Green. The drive was from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and will have the same hours on Friday. The Holiday Inn Plaza is located at 1021 Wilkinson Trace. All…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- The American Red Cross is asking for the community’s help. The organization is experiencing a severe blood shortage. This shortage comes as the number of trauma cases, organ transplants and elective surgeries rise. They urge anyone who can donate to make an appointment to give as soon as possible to prevent delays to critical patient care. You…
Alan Palmer has been impacting the community in a great way for his entire life. We hear his story in this week’s Flora’s Hidden Heroes.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce held their annual Golf Classic Monday at the Indian Hills Golf Course, presented by Graves Gilbert Clinic. Over 100 professionals from the business community participated in the event, split into two tee times, 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Meredith Rozanski, vice president of the Chamber, said the event looked so…
A woman from Michigan is visiting Bowling Green for two weeks, and has dedicated her time to volunteering at Lost River Cave’s Butterfly House. We hear her story in this week’s Monday Motivator.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- On Friday morning, the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce held a #SCKStrong ribbon cutting that signified the official grand reopening of the business community. They welcomed all from the community to join as they cut the ribbon to signify the reopening of businesses to full capacity. They also cut another “ribbon” made out of masks to…
