Author: Meghann Stamps

Trucking Industry in need of drivers

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – News 40 has shown how cracks in the American supply chain have affected supplies for local restaurants, farmers, and pharmacies. One common denominator in the supply chain issues? Lack of truck drivers.  Taz Trucking general manager Erdin Zukic has worked for his parents’ Bowling Green company since before he got his own driving permit. Zukic said…

$4000 raised to in honor of 16-year-old who died in ATV accident

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Tucker Stringfield was many things: a baseball player, a duck hunter, a jokester and a good friend. At 16-years-old, Tucker lost his life this weekend in an ATV accident, surrounded by his friends.  Friday night, Tucker’s friends and family surrounded together in Bowling Green near the WKU Learning Center for a Trucks for a Tuck event….

Blue Trick-or-Treat buckets can represent autism

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. –  Trick-or-treaters carrying a blue bucket of candy, might have chosen this color for a reason. Some people on the autism spectrum, or with a special need or disability use these buckets. Trick-or-treaters with autism or special needs might not follow the same social cues that a neurotypical child would on Halloween night. Executive Director Stephanie Morton…

Nation’s first and only traveling water circus performs in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Cirque Italia Water Circus came alive before Bowling Green’s eyes for the first time this season. The first and only traveling water circus performs in the city from Thursday night through Sunday night. It had acrobatics, spinning, juggling, and every talent thinkable under the strobe lights. The performers were shrouded with a curtain of water –…

Warren County tap drinkers concerned over water changes – BGMU comments

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Some people in Warren County who drink their water straight from the tap have complained about an earthy taste, smell and even color change. Bowling Green Municipal Utilities marketing coordinator Shelley Lowe said this yearly problem is especially worse in the fall.  She said this time of year as the water turns over in the Barren…

T.J. Regional Health offer free flu shots and skin cancer screenings

GLASGOW, Ky. – Saturday, T.J. Regional Health will host a drive through flu-vaccine clinic from 8:00 a.m-11:00 a.m at the main pavilion.  Also at that time, people can also walk inside the main entrance to the free skin spot check cancer clinic.  The flu shot is not a requirement for the free skin cancer screening.  Rain or shine, the hospital…

Glasgow’s “The Haunted Asylum” wants to give YOU nightmare fuel

GLASGOW, Ky. – Bridge Kentucky and Overdrive Performance are partnering together to send chills all through Glasgow with their “The Haunted Asylum”- a haunted house straight out of one’s nightmares. People can go straight behind Yancey’s off of W. Wayne Street where they’ll run right in (and possibly right back out of) the horror show.  The show is still open…

Mr. B’s closes on Tuesdays due to short staff; KY restaurants lose 24,000 workers since start of pandemic

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Mr. B’s off of Scottsville Road is known around Bowling Green for their great pizza and tender wings. Now, though, with so few workers, the restaurant has to close its doors on Tuesdays. Restaurant manager Emily Stone said, “I’ve worked here for almost 10 years, and it’s never been anything like this before.” Stone said they need…

How to keep your pets safe on Halloween… one pet especially targeted

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – While Halloween is a fun time for kids to dress up, trick-or-treat and of course dig into candy staches, the holiday can be a tough time for pets. At All Creatures Animal Hospital, veterinarian Dr. Vicky McGrath said that for some pets, seeing people come to their doors in costume can trigger their instinct to protect…