Author: Meghann Stamps

Kentucky State Police host 1st Cram the Cruiser of 2021

CHALYBEATE, Ky. – The Kentucky State Police spent Friday collecting school supplies for local kids with their first Cram the Cruiser event of the Year. In Edmonson County at the Chalybeate Dollar General, the KSP set up their cruiser with lights all aglow. People could come stop by and drop off school supplies that the troopers crammed into the cruiser….

Curbside Ministries brings children joy with water night and grilling

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A few hundred kids of all ages lined up and down Lee Street Thursday in Bowling Green for Curbside Ministries’s water night. The evening was filled with super soakers, water hoses, big red fire trucks and lots of burgers and dogs hot off the grill. Curbside Ministries Founder Terri Sheldon said she began the nonprofit in…

TV favorite retail store to open store in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – ShopHQ is opening its first in-person shopping experience in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  Shoppers will be able to go in person now to browse large selections of jewelry, clothes, skincare, electronics, home goods, small kitchen appliances, games, and more from their new outlet store. The brick and mortar outlet store will open this August on U.S. 31…

Vacation Bible School returns after pandemic

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Churches are finally back to celebrating Vacation Bible School with kids in the summertime. Many churches like Southside Baptist Church in Bowling Green missed having children there last year due to COVID 19.  Southside celebrated its last night of its week-long VBS with pizza night for the kids along with singing, dancings and games. They had…

Children co-pilot flights at Aviation Summer camp

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green – Warren County Regional Airport spent the day teaching kids the joy of all things flying.  The airport in conjunction with the Aviation Museum of Kentucky is in the middle of their week-long Annual Aviation Summer camp.  On Wednesday, 36 students spent the day learning aircraft instruments, engine and aircraft design, using aeronautical…

Bowling Green Starbucks store serves those in need

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Starbucks on Scottsville road built a micro pantry two weeks ago behind their store. Store Manager Maria Jones says she got the idea for the pantry when she saw Bowling Green’s micro pantry on Collett Avenue.  Maria’s daughter, and her daughter’s boyfriend build the pantry. Jones immediately turned to her personal Facebook page…

The Women’s Fund in Bowling Green announces $145,000 worth of grants for six nonprofits

BOWLING GREEN – The Women’s Fund in South Central Kentucky has helped people, especially women and children in South Central Kentucky with their donations to nonprofits in the community for nearly a decade.  Tuesday at the SOKY marketplace in Bowling Green, the Women’s Fund announced that this year, they will split $145,000 worth of grants into six checks for local…

Local attorney sings praises of Biden decision to fire Social Security Commissioner

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Last Friday, President Biden fired the nation’s Social Security Commissioner after his refusal to resign.   Former commissioner Andrew Saul was appointed head of Social Security back in 2019 during the Trump administration, and his term was supposed to last until 2025.  In Bowling Green, Democratic and Republican leaders expressed differing opinions about Biden’s decision.  “We’re disappointed…

Bowling Green company buys $3 million in semi-trucks; jobs will result

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – One Bowling Green transportation service is making a $3 million dollar investment that will bring many jobs to the locals in the community.  Last Thursday, Bluegrass Dedicated LLC announced the purchase of 25 new semi trailer trucks to keep up with its growing customers around Bowling Green. Along with these semis will come many additional jobs…

Babe Ruth Regionals Tournament day 2 commences

GLASGOW, Ky. – Friday the Ohio Valley Babe Ruth Regionals is in it second day of play. 20 solid teams of girls ages 8 and under and 16 and under have been on the mounds all day long at Glasgow’s Jackie B. Browning Park, playing their hearts out.  Besides bringing millions of dollars in tourism revenue to the town, the…