BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At the old BGFD Station 5 on Porter Pike, a new joint training facility will stand in 2024. While the Bowling Green Fire Department is looking forward to the new building, they’ll never forget station 5 that has served as the department’s training facility since the 70s. BGFD Chief Justin Brooks said there are great memories…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With Memorial Day weekend on our heels, the Barren River District Health Department has some tips to offer for those who are looking to enjoy the great outdoors, weather its off in the woods or in your backyard. Janarae Conway, the Branch Manager for Disaster Prevention and Response at Warren County Health Department, said she had…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – It was a regular Monday morning for Addie and Michelle Meredith, until it wasn’t. Addie is a third grade student at Foundation Christian Academy in Bowling Green where her grandmother is a teacher, and they ran into something awe-striking when headed to school on May 8. Less than what Michelle estimates to be a half mile…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Right next to Bowling Green Fire Department’s station 5, a new facility will be erected to help both law enforcement and EMS. Station 5 for a long time has served as the fire department’s training facility, but now a new building dedicated to the fire department and police department will serve as a not only a…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – On the way to school one morning, a Cave City woman and her granddaughter had to make an unpleasant stop in a thunder storm. Michelle Meredith’s car was struck on I-65 by lightning, prompting the Cave City Fire Department to respond when the vehicle, of course, became unsafe to use and the engine destroyed. News 40…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – He didn’t stay in Bowling Green but he did eat like a local. Guy Fieri sat his camper in Diamond Cavern camp ground but swung through Bowling Green to do a little filming around town. Fieri spent some time at Chaney’s Dairy Barn so News 40 went to talk to Carl Chaney, who owns the farm….
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At a home on Gary Avenue, a woman died after what police believe to be a case of abuse or neglect of an adult. Jazzmyne Rose Fikes, age 44, was bedridden due to her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, according to her caretakers . Lonnie and Alexander Leonard were tasked with caring for her, but she was…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At the WKU Innovation Campus on Nashville Road, Tyson Foods will be showing the community they care. In an interview with News 40, Bowling Green’s plant manager Brian Wikel told us that one of Tyson’s five Cs is “care”, and they do that through events such as food donations. Wikel said Tyson is big on community…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – It’s a civic duty some say, others say they couldn’t care less but it is a way to make your opinion heard. Democracy is one of the many things that make the United States a unique place to live and in the United Sates, citizens are able to vote for leaders in the local community, state…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – On the night of Saturday, May 13, the Hot Rod’s ticket office was vandalized. Jeff Ciocco, Director of Stadium Operations said he was there that night when the suspect threw a rock through three of the five windows at the ticket office and though he didn’t hear anything, he told police and News 40 that the…
