Author: Meghann Stamps

Local students jump rope in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – People watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade can expect to see some familiar faces on their screens.  When the 95th Thanksgiving Parade floods the streets of New York on November 25th, a few local Bowling Green jump rope athletes will be there along with over 100 other athletes across the country.  Maggie Shirley from Greenwood High…

Community shows out for youth football team at Toy Bowl

BOWLING GREEN, Ky – Saturday Afternoon, one Bowling Green football team got the royal welcome of a lifetime. The Warren County Youth Football League’s Toy Bowl game kicked off with a Sheriff’s escort.  Behind the blinking sirens, a parade of cars rolled into Bowling Green Junior High with horn honking and whooping filling the fall air.  “They were screaming through…

Car crashes through Bowling Green restaurant

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Saturday afternoon around 1:00p.m., a car crashed into Lisa’s Fifth Street Diner in Bowling Green. Owner Cliff Parker said that a customer has just gotten up from the table right next to the wall to pay for her meal, and only a few seconds later a car drove through the building where she sat.  Parker came…

Shooting at Bowling Green apartment complex

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department responded to a shooting incident at the Parkside Apartment complex. BGPD Advanced Patrol Officer Amber Kae Bowman said that one person was shot twice and taken to the hospital. Bowman said the person is in stable condition. Police said they have a person of interest, but there is no one in…

New Glasgow mural honors town’s history – one week till completion

GLASGOW, Ky. – Glasgow’s square is getting livelier by the day, and their next big project is bound to draw in even more eager downtown goers.  A few months ago, the planning and zoning committee, the Renaissance board, and Glasgow Tourism collaborated together, itching to get the next big eyepiece downtown. They decided the back of the City Hall building…

Nonprofit shares winter homelessness struggles

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With colder weather making its way in, one organization tells News 40 the ways homeless people need extra help. United Way of Southern Kentucky in Bowling Green said that around this time of year, people need more help with utility bills and food for themselves and their families around the holidays. They also see people who…

Domestic violence warning signs create cycles of abuse

BONNIEVILLE, Ky. – Statistics show that one of six women will be a victim of domestic violence in her lifetime. In the United States, a woman is physically assaulted every 15 seconds according to Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Domestic violence does not usually appear overnight.  Erica’s alleged killer, her husband William Billy Burden. followed this pattern of…

State representative proposes bill for easier insulin access

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Governor Andy Beshear said that right now more than half-a-million people have diabetes in the Commonwealth, and access to affordable insulin can be a struggle. News 40 spoke with one state representative who is working to make sure the life-saving medication is available to everyone who needs it. State Representative Patti Minter is proposing a Bill…

Missing 3-year-old now endangered child

BEAVER DAM, Ky. – The family of missing 3-year-old is using every means possible, including social media, to locate the boy who is now considered an endangered child. Family and police are still desperately searching for 3-year-old Noah Clare. Authorities say Noah was last seen with his father, Jacob Clare of Beaver Dam, at a trampoline park in Donelson Tennessee…