GLASGOW, Ky. – Friday at the Barren County Transportation Department, South Central Kentucky’s career team celebrated their partnership with Lake Cumberland CDL Training. They will start up the region’s first ever heavy equipment operation school in the region. This opportunity will allow the community to unite businesses that need backhoe drivers, dump truck drivers or paver drivers with certified employees. It…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – This week Camaro Fest is celebrating their 10th anniversary. Thursday morning, drivers, professional and amateurs lined up at the NCM Motorsports Park track in Bowling Green to rev up their engines up to 150 miles per hour. Somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000 car enthusiasts show up to the event each year. It’s billed as the nation’s…
GLASGOW, Ky. – Barren County magistrates are debating how they can use Jackie Browning Park in Glasgow to accommodate both the football and growing baseball needs in the community. In 2015, only 280 kids played baseball and softball on these mounds. Now, that number is 619. Barren County Parks Director Maxie Murray is dedicated to the teams out here. “I…
BURKESVILLE, Ky. – This summer, the Kentucky State Police are continuing their annual tradition of sending children across the state to Trooper island. The island is in the middle of Dale Hollow Lake, and is used solely for KSP’s camps. Monday, June 5th, Posts 3 and 16’s selected children ages 10-12 boated across the lake. The over 60 kids are…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Tuesday, the Bowling Green Starbucks on Scottsville Road hosted their Community and Coffee event to celebrate grant money going toward nonprofits The grants come from the Starbucks Foundation, that is giving over $2,ooo,ooo in grants nationwide that support community involvement. In April, every national corporate Starbucks partner had the chance to nominate local non profits that…
GLASGOW, Ky. – This week, Barren County will host the Ohio Valley Babe Ruth regionals. This four-day softball tournament, running from Thursday through Sunday July 11, will allow for around 40 to 50 teams of girls ages 8-16 at Jackie Browning Park in Glasgow. The regionals are usually held in Northern Kentucky, but this will be the second time that…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Greater Good Charities chose to build extensions onto the Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society for the animals. They were supposed to begin work on the Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society when COVID first struck last year, and now, coming out of the pandemic, they can finally begin their work. Rescue Rebuild, a program of Greater…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society has seen a huge rise in stray animals being turned in ever since the increase of fireworks in the area. They say that since the fireworks began, they get anywhere between 40 to 60 pets each day, and only somewhere around 20 percent of animals are claimed back by…
LUCAS, Ky. – With the 4th of July weekend starting, boating under the influence claims lives around this time every year. Conservation Officer Bryan Hill from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife says that in 2020, they recorded 46 fatalities from drowning and boating accidents. This year, that number is already at 29, and he’s scared the number will…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Thursday, July 3, Governor Andy Beshear announced that nine high-tech Kentucky companies will receive a total $900,000 in state matching grants. These grants will support high-paying jobs and technology development in the commonwealth. One of the companies receiving that grant is Bowling Green’s Adelphi Technology, Inc. The company will receive $80,000 to help expand their research…
