BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – If you’ve been sniffling, sneezing, coughing, or wheezing these last few weeks, you might be in the same boat as many other Southcentral Kentuckians. Spring allergies are in the air, but don’t just take News 40’s word for it. Listen to what these people in Bowling Green’s Fountain Square Park have to say. Renee Wilson said,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Some good news for the Commonwealth. Senator Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced that Kentucky will receive nearly $75 million for long-term disaster recovery. McConnell said that the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s grant will help our state recover from the tornadoes and Eastern Kentucky flooding. The grant can help the government cover their cost share of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Candidates Ron Cummings, Kelcey Rock and Shawn Helbig spent a couple hours this evening answering district 6’s hottest questions about zoning and traffic. Controversial opinions flew right away, with the traffic concerns that kicked off the meeting. While Cummings says traffic is not that big an issue in Warren County besides two specific periods of the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – March is National Kidney Month, and one Bowling Green hospital wants to raise awareness about Chronic Kidney Disease. The National Institutes of Health reports that Chronic Kidney Disease affects 37 million people in the U.S. Med Center Health says one in 10 Americans have kidney disease, but only 10 percent of those people even know they…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Cumberland Trace Elementary Schoolers hooped and hollered for their classmates at their World Down Syndrome Day Parade. The kids cheered on all their special friends in style as they rode around all their peers in their golf carts. Almost 20 kids with down syndrome at Cumberland Trace Elementary got the royal treatment, reading their friends’ signs…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Only a couple businesses in Warren County that were damaged by December’s tornadoes have applied for assistance through the Small Business Administration. Starting Wednesday, SBA representatives will work to make face-to-face contact with tornado affected business owners. SBA says they hope talking with business owners in person leads to more low interest loan applications and approvals…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Kentucky House of Representatives recently passed a provision allowing medical marijuana in the state. The Kentucky House passed an amendment adding PTSD to a list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana. Some of the other reasons Kentuckians can use medical marijuana are chronic, debilitating pain, epilepsy, any type or form of cancer. One Bowling Green…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Bowling Green City officials released a Request For Proposals that would supply all homes with fiber. The potential project is called, Fiber to the Premises, the city would use $16.5 million of ARPA funds to give all city businesses, institutions and homes access to fiber service. The city is looking for a vendor who can bring…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Since the Bowling Green Fire Department began in 1898, three women have actively fought fires over the years. Kristina Stivaletti is one of eight Bowling Green Fire Department recruits who will swear in at the end of April – making her the fourth female firefighter in the department’s almost 125 years. Her story starts when she…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Tuesday night’s night’s Bowling Green City Commissioners meeting brought up some controversial topics, including commissioner pay raises and the Downtown Entertainment District. Tuesday’s three-and-a-half hour long Bowling Green City Commissioners meeting brought up a number of hot topics. Mayor Todd Alcott says there has not been an adjustment on commissioners’ salaries in 22 years since 1999. …
