Author: Meghann Stamps

Thanksgiving chefs: deep fry mishaps, salmonella, grease fires, oh my!

Turkey day - #1 week for kitchen fires

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – From salmonella to grease fires, cooking Thanksgiving dinner can easily become a trip to the emergency room. Here are a few precautions to keep your meal prep hospital free during the number one week of the year for kitchen fires. When it comes to turkeys, UK Agriculture Extension Agent Joanna Coles explains, “Most of the ones…

Urgent: Eastern KY schools need coat donations

Letcher schools says many without warm clothes

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With this cold snap in the air, many, many Eastern Kentucky flood victims are heading into the winter without warm clothes. Kentucky Association of School Administrators coordinated with Letcher County schools, who says some of their students and families experiencing homelessness from the flood, and the need for coats is urgent.  KASA needs your help to…

Where to find FREE Thanksgiving Meals across SOKY

Helping Hands of Bowling Green prepares master list

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – If you or someone you know is looking for a free dinner this Thursday, Helping Hands of Bowling Green created a list of places you can eat a free Thanksgiving dinner. Helping Hands of Bowling Green Thanksgiving Meals list: Barren LD Ralph Bunche Community Center 11:00-4:00 Thanksgiving Day Cave City Senior Center 12:00 PM Thanksgiving Day…

TC Cherry elementary kids help friends fight food scarcity

2nd annual cereal drive to benefit BGISD & WCPS kids

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For the 2nd year in a row, kids in one Bowling Green city school have rallied together to help feed their peers in need.  Kids at TC Cherry lined their hallways Monday morning to look at the whopping 2780 cereal boxes they’re donating to their classmates. Guarantee Pest Control of Bowling Green office manager India Blankenship…

Single mother of 60 foster children provides Thanksgiving meals

SMITHS GROVE, Ky. – Some would say Smith’s Grove Verta Murrell is a saint, and they’d probably be right. The single mother of 60 foster children has taken altruism to a new level over the last decade. Verta spends her Thanksgiving mornings driving streets of Smiths Grove distributing home-cooked turkeys and ham to the local homeless community and elders who…

BG high-end cheese shop opens downtown: Welcome Pastiche Provisions!

Hickory & Oak and Cheese Queen BG join forces

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Hickory & Oak and Cheese Queen BG joined forces to open this all-new Pastiche Provisions.  Owner Josh Poling says the gourmet cheese shop is the culmination of downtown’s redevelopment.  The shop is right in the middle of their soft opening, so now is the perfect time to stop by their building on State Street to try…

Create Christmas for kids in your community: start here!

Local organizations need all hands on deck

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – If you’re looking to help make Christmas a reality for community members in need, there’s no shortage of ways you can help out locally. To start off, Bowling Green’s Salvation Army has a number of programs you can help with. When you contribute to their Angel Tree program, kids in the community can get new gifts,…

NEW Nitro Extreme traveling motorsports show drifts into BG

Death defying stunts await at Greenwood Mall

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Motorsports fans, does the sound of burning rubber, Speed, wheelies, and monster trucks sound right up your alley? For the first time, the all-new Nitro Extreme traveling motorsports show rolls into Bowling Green on Thursday night. During the two-hour performances, you’ll see racers balance spinning cars on their sides and motorcyclists perform death-defying stunts… and that’s…

WCPS gives county leaders unscripted school tours; full transparency

4th annual WCPS Spotlight Tour

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – In honor of American Education Week., Warren County Public Schools spent Wednesday morning giving community leaders a transparent, unscripted look inside several of their schools. Warren County community leaders joined Superintendent Rob Clayton who served as a tour guide on the county’s 4th annual School Spotlight Tour. Clayton and his guests arrived to their stops with…

Hart County tourism agencies awarded big winners!

MUNFORDILLE, Ky. – Recently, Hart County experienced a big win for two local tourism agencies. Horse Cave/Hart County Tourism and Munfordville tourism swept award after award for their outstanding community support, digital footprint, print advertising and more.  The Kentucky Travel Industry Association awarded the two tourism agencies twelve total Traverse Awards for Excellence in Tourism Marketing. Out of 160 applicants,…