BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A local church is giving back to the community in a big way for the holiday season. Mount Zion Baptist Church presented a check this afternoon to Megan’s Mobile Grocery for the holidays. The grocery bus serves people in the community who are less fortunate and can’t travel to the grocery store. The bus instead comes right…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – It’s the season of giving. And the Bowling Green Fire Association just gave a whole lot. “People have been very grateful and again we’re just very excited that we can do this for our families and help make a difference in their holiday,” said the Family Enrichment Center’s Director of Development Katie Dykes. This morning the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Some 122,000 children without a home. That is how many children in our country are in foster care and nearly 3,000 of them are right here in Kentucky. “When they leave foster care without a family, they tend to have, or they’re more at risk for negative outcomes. Homelessness, being uneducated, unemployed, becoming early parents – not…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Med Center Health is partnering with DeRoyal Industries Inc. and Premier Inc. to domestically produce isolation gowns. “We are excited to work with Premier and DeRoyal on a domestic solution,” said Fred Genter, vice president of Supply Chain Management with Med Center Health. “Having a PPE manufacturer this close to home will help protect the supply chain…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Two brothers. Bonded by blood. But not blood brothers. “This bleeding disorder actually brought our family together. You know it all came full circle once we found out about Trey and were able to bring him home,” said mother Monica Poynter. Tag, 6, and Trey Poynter, 9, both have hemophilia A- a rare bleeding disorder that can cause…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- “I feel frustrated, with one word. That’s about it,” said Anna’s Restaurant owner and operator Vilson Qehaja. Restaurants and bars are feeling the effects of the second hard hit of the pandemic. Governor Andy Beshear has ordered that all restaurants and bars close indoor dining beginning at 5 p.m. Friday. Qehaja voiced his frustrations. “It’s been very…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A Western Kentucky University employee saved the life of a truck driver whose blood sugar had fallen critically low. Charlene Meador, Environmental Services Assistant, was driving into work on an early Friday morning. She noticed a truck stopped in the roadway by the Kentucky Museum loop. The vehicle window was down and the driver was slumped over. …
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- “Nobody does it better than Bowling Green,” said Kentucky Secretary of Transportation Jim Gray. Bowling Green has done it again with the completion of the Southwest Parkway Construction in the South Central Kentucky Industrial Park. The $4.5 million project was a 5,500 foot long extension to Russellville Road to allow for better traffic flow and access to…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Bowling Green Municipal Utilities is resuming normal disconnect practices starting Tuesday. Current balances will be subject to disconnect on bills with due date on or after Nov. 4. After suspending disconnects and late fees, BGMU has accumulated more than $1.1 million in past due balances and waived more than $350,000 in late fees. The organization announced that…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- Saturday is the first annual Drive Up for Down Syndrome event at the National Corvette Museum. People can bring their car of any kind for the event’s first car and vendor show. All proceeds from a $25 entry fee for cars goes towards the Down Syndrome of South Central Kentucky organization. Vendors set up at 8:30 a.m.,…
