BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At Hillvue Heights Church, they’re kicking off their fall season “reach week” with a trunk or treat. News 40 was out on church grounds this evening where about 150 cars were lined up and full of candy for eager kids, but it goes beyond that. The station talked to Kathy Trulock, the kids pastor at church…
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY – Around the state, deer are working to add on to their numbers of already one million strong. October through December is deer mating season, and Kentucky is no stranger to deer or deer-related collisions. Wes Watt with the Kentucky Department of Transportation told News 40 Tuesday that last year, at least 3,000 crashes happened because of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At the Bowling Green Ballpark, hundreds of people showed up to take a crack at getting casted on the hit show Survivor. News 40 visited the ball park a couple of times today to check out the crowd which was made up of people from literally across the country. Some of the diehard fans told News…
BARREN COUNTY, Ky. – Through the non-profit “Helping The Hardworking” Barren County invited over 100 farmers to eat for free at the Parkview Event Center. Jamie Byrd, Barren County’s judge-executive, started the non-profit in 2019 to lend a hand to those who spend their days laboring long hours. She said this is just her small way of bringing the community…
Source: Bowling Green Independent School DistrictALLEN COUNTY – it’s that time of year again where the Bowling Green Independent School District is allowing kids to get a hands on experience on the farm. At Need More Acres Farm just outside of Scottsville, elementary school students are learning where some of their food comes from. The program is possible through a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Congratulations are in order for a local school here in our area, Drakes Creek Middle School was named a 2023 Blue Ribbon school earlier last month, one of five in the entire state. A blue ribbon is given to a school to highlight their overall academic excellence or show their progress toward closing the achievement gap…
LOGAN COUNTY, Ky. – We’ve been following the trail for a while now and this week, Logan County Tourism finally named their winner for the hay bale trail. The county wide hay bale trail overall winner is the nelson family. The architect told us the whole family is surprised that they won the over-all county favorite because usually it’s a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – On the South Lawn of Western Kentucky University, the Epsilon Theta chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. held their annual “Sleep Out For The Homeless” event where they collect toiletries to later deliver to shelters and ask their fellow students to join in outside for an overnight experience. The chapter invited some guests to speak…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Alongside the Harvest Festival in downtown Bowling Green, The Capitol will be screening a monster movie marathon. Famous throwback movies will be playing for free, courtesy of the library at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and News 40 spoke to the manager of the venue briefly about the partnership with the festival….
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Around this time of year, we’re regaled with scary stories and movies, so it makes you wonder if Bowling Green has a ghost problem? News 40 spoke to paranormal investigator Dr. Tamela Smith about local ghost stories, who told us a few locations that have a spooky past. Smith mentioned the Getty building, as well the…
