BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce honors those who make an impact in the community. The Chamber hosted their annual Excellence Awards Luncheon today, which included the Athena & Young Athena Awards, as well as Small Business of the Year, Nonprofit of the Year and Minority or Woman Owned Business of the Year. Recipients included Dr….
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and SAFY of Bowling Green is looking for brand new foster parents. The best part is you don’t even need to have knowledge about what to do. “Whenever I went through the process of becoming licensed and a foster parent, there were lots of training courses that I took along…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Mental Health Awareness Month is ongoing, and LifeSkills wants you to help those who help others. 1 in every 4 adults struggle with mental health issues or illness. LifeSkills offers help in person or through telehealth to combat these issues. A new option added in the summer of last year is 988, a hotline you can…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – At his Team Kentucky update on Thursday, Governor Andy Beshear allocated $41.5 million in funds to support foster children and those who care for them. “Costs for out-of-home care have been reduced by $79.1 million. Every child… every child is a child of God, and they deserve our very best,” Beshear says. An additional $20 million…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Students at a local high school attended a pretty cool event. They are planning for the future at the SCK Launch Job Fair, which is happening at Greenwood High School. Local businesses like Houchens Food Group, Tyson Foods and even the Bowling Green Police Department are searching for future employees. Students have the opportunity to talk…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local first-grade students got to celebrate the Kentucky Derby in a unique way. First-grade students at Potter Gray Elementary got to design their own horse from a pool noodle. They then got to race them around a track on the school playground. Students from three different first-grade classes raced their horses with the winners facing off…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – While traveling to Louisville for the Derby, it’s always important to stay safe on the road. The Kentucky State Police gave some tips on how to make it to The Run of the Roses safely this weekend. “The big three that we always talk about is make sure you have that seatbelt because if you are…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A new development from Warren County Parks & Rec has local bikers excited. It’s a new mountain bike course in the works at Weldon Peete Park. “It’ll actually start at the very top of Weldon Pete Park as you enter in off Old Louisville Road and the starting point will be at the top of the…
SIMPSON COUNTY, Ky. – A local horse owner is back in the Derby, and after coming so close last year, he wants things to be different. “I watched the Derby replay multiple times, but I don’t think I’ve watched it once from when they left the gates till they went under the wire. I’ve had to quit almost every single…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A local Olympic athlete received a special gold medal on Monday. “You guys remember the Pride of Bowling Green in 2007… I remember when you guys came back into town from China, the Bowling Green basketball team represented the United States; was the United States basketball team in the Special Olympics in Shanghai, China in 2007,”…
