BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Department of Juvenile Justice is making some needed changes to help correct a system in disarray. Speaking with Vicki Reed, Commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Kerry Harvey, Secretary of Public Safety and Justice, procedural shifts are coming into play this year considering juvenile detention services. Harvey said the state is already in…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Just a little ways away from the square, Awaken Bakery in downtown Bowling Green is really beginning to make good on it’s mission. When first opening, Tiana Post told News 40 that Awaken Bakery would not be just a gluten free sweet shop but a satellite of sorts for nonprofit organization Safe Passage. Though Safe Passage…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Changes are coming to the state’s juvenile system but after a violent incident at the Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center, the most recent in a longer than desired list of unfortunate happenings over the past few months and years. On Monday, three juveniles attacked staff resulting in some injuries and it was handled internally. But it…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Congress recently just banned TikTok from government devices in order to protect national security, but now it could go even further. It’s not the first time it’s been debated. Last session, Florida senator Marco Rubio tried to pass legislation banning the app in the United States but it didn’t go anywhere. This time around, Josh Hawley,…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The company Canon has a program called “Explorers of Light” that helps bring world class photogrpahers to college campuses, and this week WKU students get a turn. Simon Bruty, a self made photographer is on the hill for 2 days to give students a master class in visual art. Simon has been a photographer for decades…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The city has wanted this for a long time according to the Downtown Development Coordinator, Telia Butler. In her interview with News 40, Butler told us that in following suit with other entertainment districts in the state, Fountain Row will soon be operational Sunday to Thursday as well. Adding these extra days is something that bars…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Immediately following the incident at Anna’s Greek Restaurant on January 17, the Bowling Green chapter of the NAACP launched on investigation into the events surrounding the night. The Republican Women’s Club of South Central Kentucky was scheduled to have Ryan Quarles, a republican candidate running for governor and former sergeant John Mattingly of the Louisville police…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Across the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative, there’s a man by the name of Stephen Parrott trying to start some dialogue. Parrott being a teacher at Bowling Green High School, an EMT field supervisor at the Med Center and a full time parent puts him in the position to speak on the issue of drugs affecting…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Popular liquor store WK Liquors just reopened January 19, 2023 after being destroyed in the December tornadoes of 2021. The opening was graced by many younger customers, some being students at Western who supported the owner with cleaning and rebuilding. They made a plaque for Minaj Patel and held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the reopening…
SIMPSON COUNTY, Ky. – Are we alone in this big universe? Well, who’s to say? There have been loads of UFO sightings in our state but this is one of the earliest to get media attention. It’s the story of Captain Thomas J. Mantell. He was a highly decorated World War II veteran who by accounts “knew his plane better…
