BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Love is in the air once again, and this Valentine’s holiday, the Historic RailPark & Train Museum is pulling out all the stops. Couples enjoyed the RailPark’s 8th annual “Romance at the RailPark” over the weekend. This year, the event’s theme is ‘Dirty Dancing’. After watching the 80’s hit movie, lovers boarded the train at the…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Local South Central Kentucky musicians and Nashville artists joined BG Forward to raise money for tornado victims. The concert included The Josephines, Fat Box, Lillie Mae and the Family Circus, Fort Defiance, The Young Romantics and Bowling Green Rock Band Academy. All proceeds are helping tornado victims pay utility bills and buy appliances. Local companies like…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – You’ve heard of phishing, but have you ever heard of SMShing? Even if you haven’t, you’ve probably experienced it. “SMShing” is a combination of SMS texting and phishing, and it’s a newer way hackers scam people with text messages. Many of you have seen the texts on your own phones: fake messages from the U.S. Postal…
GLASGOW, Ky. – One Kentucky judge is holding the state’s child welfare agency in contempt of court, saying they are not providing enough staff or resources to take on their caseloads. Family Court Judge Mica Wood Pence said the organization’s staffing shortages have led to high turnover rates, missed family meetings, delays, late reports, missed deadlines and postponed hearings. She…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Kentucky desperately needs people to help review foster cases to help kids have a better life. Foster Care Review reports they need about 200 volunteers statewide, with urban areas in dire need. Warren County alone needs about 30 volunteers. Officials with the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board said about 730 volunteers across Kentucky are reviewing…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – February is Black History Month, and one black-owned business has gone above and beyond to honor their local history. News 40 caught up with some of the people in Bowling Green’s Shake Rag Barbershop to hear about the business and the historic Shake Rag District. “The Shake Rag was really the talk of black community in…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A couple of lucky Western Kentucky University students are gearing up for Disney World and getting ready to cover the Special Olympic games. One WKU professor is already in Florida now. About 20 students studying meteorology, emergency management, disaster science and sports management will get to help out at the Special Olympics USA Games…
BOWLING GREEN,KY – Tuesday, four Warren County Regional Jail inmates, Lamont Edmonds, Brian Kessinger, Kelve McDowell and Michael Melton graduated from the jail’s six-week IN2WORK program. The program teaches incarcerated men and women about the fundamentals of food service or retail warehouse environment. In the end, they graduate with their Servsafe certification, and a guaranteed job offer at Aramark…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Starting Monday, February 7th, federal law requires drivers seeking a commercial driver’s license to meet new training standards. Now, federal regulations require CDL applicants and those applying for certain CDL upgrades to complete an approved Entry Level Driver Training program. Only after completing the training program can applicants take the CDL required exam. Drivers can complete…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – We have new updates on a Bowling Green murder-suicide. Warren County sheriff’s office responded to a murder suicide this Sunday morning. 60-year-old Norman D. Johnson Senior called authorities around 2:30 in the morning on Sunday. He told 911 that he just shot his wife, 43-year-old Kimberly A. Johnson, according to the WCSO. When law enforcement arrived…
