BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Fire Department has released information surrounding visitation arrangements for engineer Stephen “Rosie” Rosebrook. According to the department, visitation will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church. Rosebrook began his career with the Bowling Green Fire Department in 2017 and has served the department as an…
GLASGOW, Ky. – The Glasgow Police Department is conducting traffic safety checkpoints within city limits starting this Friday through the rest of the month. According to a release by the department, checkpoints will be located at but not limited to Columbia Avenue, West Main Street, North Jackson Highway and Happy Valley Road. During the checkpoints, police say they will enforce…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – New improvements are coming to Feeding America, all to continue the fight against food insecurity in south-central Kentucky. Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland, has announced the arrival of a new refrigerated truck and an additional $10,800 in operating support. These donations will be used to further support FAKH’s work to provide equitable access to nutritious food across…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department is investigating a report of shots fired over the weekend on Chestnut Street. According to BGPD, officers responded on Saturday, Sept. 28 for a call of shots fired in the 1500 block of Chestnut Street. While no injuries were reported, police say one home was struck by gunfire. During the investigation,…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Despite the rainy skies on Saturday, dozens of folks flocked to Circus Square Park for this year’s International Festival. It was a great day full of delicious food, traditional dancing and so much more. If you lost any items or want to give feedback on how this year’s International Festival went, be sure to reach out…
(CNN) – Thousands of Verizon users were without cell phone service Monday following a widespread outage. More than 104,000 users across the U.S. reported having little or no service Monday morning. That’s according to Down-Detector, which tracks user reports of internet disruptions. The outage reportedly impacted a large swath of the Midwest, along with several major cities, including Atlanta, Chicago,…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Local linemen stepped up over the weekend to respond to a national crisis. Last week, News 40 reported that Bowling Green Municipal Utilities sent crews to help in various regions impacted by hurricane Helene. On Sunday, Pennyrile Electric announced local linemen from their organization are heading to eastern Tennessee to assist with outages. Two Pennyrile Electric…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Green River Regional Education Cooperative has just received over $700,000 to enhance school safety. GRREC has been awarded a $787,369 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to launch a new initiative called REPELS, which stands for Risk Elimination and Prevention for Expanded Layers of Safety. It aims to address school safety issues across 11 districts….
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A leader of a local nonprofit is being recognized for his role in improving the well being of the community. Tim Allen, president of Southern Kentucky Patriots, is this year’s region 4 winner of WellCare Kentucky’s fifth annual Community Health Champions Awards at Churchill Downs, according to a release by WellCare on Monday. Allen started SOKY Patriots…
BROWNSVILLE, Ky. – The Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office has received a state grant to improve officer safety. The department announced it has been named a recipient of a Commonwealth of Kentucky Office of the Attorney General’s Body Armor Grant Program. The office says Sheriff James Edward Vincent submitted an application for the grant and was able to secure funding. Vincent…
