BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Award-winning folk artist Willie Rascoe made a stop at the Pioneer Cabin on Western Kentucky University’s campus to display some of his creations and share some of his story with members of the community. Rascoe hails from Hopkinsville and is part of an ongoing effort by the WKU Folklife Program to allow Folklore Studies and Anthropology…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Hammer-In makes a return this year to the Kentucky Museum on Western Kentucky University’s campus. The event is a showcase of the blacksmithing talent in the area and this year features a special guest, Ernie Dorrill from Mississippi, who specializes in Gothic and Renaissance smithing. Director of the Kentucky Museum Brent Bjorkman is excited to…
BOWLING GREEN Ky. – Members of the UAW Local 2164 held a rally today to stand in solidarity with their brothers and sisters on strike across the United States. Although the General Motors Plant in Bowling Green is not currently striking, Brian Ferrett, president of the 2164, thinks it is good for the morale of the workers. “It’s just a…
BOWLING GREEN Ky. – The Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society is offering free microchipping services at their clinic through the end of the week. The service helps ensure that any facility that your pet may end up in that has a scanner will be able to reunite you with your pet. The procedure usually take around ten minutes and…
GLASGOW Ky. – The Barren County Veterans Association and the City of Glasgow together found a way to honor local veterans. The idea came to Matt Muller, president of the BCVA, from other cities that have done similar tributes, and he pitched the idea to mayor Henry Royse. They were able to find a multitude of different veterans from different…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Scarecrow Trail has returned to Lost River Cave with the same creativity as in past years. The trail features a variety of scarecrows designed by local groups and businesses and is free to the public and open from dawn to dusk until Oct. 22. One of the scarecrows this year is designed by Haley Lee,…
WARREN COUNTY Ky. – A flyer purported to be from the Ku Klux Klan in Kentucky was found in the Hunting Creek Estates neighborhood and was reported to the Warren County Sheriff’s office. The Trinity White Knights are a group that is known and tracked by the Southern Poverty Law center and they think that the act may have been…
WARREN COUNTY, Ky. – Recently, Warren County Public Schools held an event aimed at attracting people to drive buses or be bus monitors for the school district. Like many districts across the Commonwealth, WCPS is also experiencing a shortage in bus drivers. Training and safety manager Michelle Dennis says the event was a smashing success and accomplished the goal of…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The students of Bowling Green Junior High School were able to join in a celebration of the Hispanic Heritage of themselves and of their classmates with a large event in the gymnasium. Branda Givens, the assistant coordinator of youth services, did much of the work to set up the event, inviting groups from around the area…
BOWLING GREEN Ky. – With online sports betting now legal in the Commonwealth many people believe that the state will be better off for it with more tax revenue and a way to keep some money from bets inside of the state. At Double Dogs in Bowling Green, general manager Michael Mays thinks there may be an impact on customers…
