Author: Noah Faerber

Bowling Green wins 26 tourism awards from Kentucky Travel Industry Association

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The City of Bowling Green brought home 26 awards from the Kentucky Travel Industry Association’s yearly awards ceremony this past week. Downtown BGKY won 10 Destination Marketing awards for the Duncan Hines Days celebration. The Bowling Green Area CVB, National Corvette Museum and the Historic RailPark also brought up wins from this event. For the city,…

African and Afghanistan communities come together for unique lunch

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Two cultures are coming together to share a lunch with the community. The CARE program in Bowling Green hosted a lunch featuring different foods from Africa and Afghanistan. This is part of their Empowerment initiative for refugee and immigrant women in the community. This week featured African spaghetti, bread, an Afghan beef stew and a spiced…

How to protect you and your family from RSV this winter

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – It’s a lung disease that’s especially prominent during the winter seasons. RSV is mostly seen in children and older adults. “Honestly, it’s very similar to flu or COVID. It can be very confusing, especially this season… like the same symptoms as flu. So it starts with fever, cold, chills, myalgia and breathing problems,” Dr. Suman Shekar…

Warren County Emergency Management reiterates burn notices

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With the fires in eastern Kentucky still ongoing and after Wednesday’s fire off of Upper Dixie Highway, officials want to make sure you are following the burn notices in place. Until Dec. 15, you are not allowed to burn anything, leaves included, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. You also can not burn…

Ways to support family members and friends battling addiction this holiday season

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With the holidays in full swing, it’s important to check in on your loved ones, especially if they’ve been battling addiction. “I think for people who’ve been battling addiction issues… oftentimes, there’s an estrangement from family during that time, because you get absorbed in your addiction. So there’s estrangement, there’s hurt feelings because your family obviously…

Recent issue of car thefts sees criminals take vehicles to Louisville

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – In south central Kentucky, many communities are seeing an increase in car thefts. Warren County Sheriff Brett Hightower believes he’s seen the reason why. “We have folks from outside this community that are coming in here… getting off of I-65… and they are finding some of our well-in neighborhoods where people feel very safe in those…

Toddler formulas proven to have lack of benefits, University of Kentucky doctor comments

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Parents, there are new reports out recently about the nutritional benefits of toddler formulas. Researchers find that they actually do not provide many health benefits for the vast majority of children. The manufacturers of these formulas claim that they bolster the child’s immune system and improve brain development. We spoke with a doctor at the University…

WKU Homecoming set to help celebrate Veterans Day

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – While the Hilltopper football team gets ready to take the field on Saturday, the community is getting ready to celebrate Homecoming and an important holiday at the same time. “This year’s homecoming theme: Big Red, White and Blue obviously ties into Veterans Day… when we knew homecoming and Veterans Day were going to coincide, we knew…