Bowling Green News

The following people were indicted Wednesday by a Warren County grand jury: Rufus Earl Huff, 32, 501 Columbia St., Glasgow, theft of identity, giving a peace officer false name or address, alcohol intoxication in a public place, $1,000 bond. Deborah Francis ...

Pink tablecloths, raspberry tea and bright spring fashions evoked the charms of women’s friendship at the annual Mother-Daughter Tea and Fashion Show on Saturday afternoon, sponsored by the Women’s Center at The Medical Center. Brenda Kirk of Glasgow heard about ...

Ten low-income women and their children can still get in on a weeklong free summer camp that sponsors and participants alike describe as an amazing and life-changing experience. The Women and Kids Learning Together camp will take 20 women and ...

Nearly 19 years after the Emergency Vehicle Awareness program was created to educate young drivers, there is now interest in taking it beyond Warren County. The program was created by Gerry Brown, the retired fire chief from the Bowling Green ...

History buffs take note: The Landmark Association is offering glimpses into several historic properties at a Monday fundraiser and at its annual meeting May 22. The Landmark Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic structures and architecture, ...

Freddie Norris said he doesn’t know if there is enough support for it to pass, but on Monday the Glasgow city councilman will present an ordinance to limit smoking in the city. Norris said it doesn’t completely outlaw smoking in ...

School personnel deal with the most trivial events students go through - from breaking up with a boyfriend to having a fight with their parents or best friend - to more serious events that have an impact on ...

Though only in residence for one academic year, 54 students of the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky received that new institution’s inaugural high school diplomas in a ceremony Saturday afternoon at the Colonnade in front ...

Baby Boomers have been recognized for being more educated, having a longer life expectancy and being more numerous than the generations that preceded them. Now that the first wave of boomers is nearing retirement, the financial, physical and emotional challenges ...

The so-called “Silver Tsunami” of aging Baby Boomers could be washing up in nursing homes and other assisted living facilities in the community. In a survey of 218 adults age 43 and older in the Barren River Area Development District, ...

They have been studied thoroughly by experts, their tastes perceived to dictate the nation’s popular culture, their votes seen as essential to the success of any candidate who lines up with them on the issues. For nearly 60 years, the ...

Western Kentucky University conferred degrees upon 1,785 students in two ceremonies Saturday at E.A. Diddle Arena, marking the school’s 163rd commencement. Click here for photos from the graduations. Graduates of the College of Health and Human Services, Ogden College of Science ...

Photos by Hunter Wilson, The Daily News, photo@bgdailynews.com

It doesn’t pay anything, but the intangibles are great, city parks and recreation director Ernie Gouvas said of the city’s golf volunteer program. In interviewing those people who want to be volunteers, Gouvas said people often tell him they want ...

A new employer and a possible purchase of a restaurant building are drawing attention to Western Kentucky University’s Innovation and Commercialization Center on Nashville Road. Heath/Zenith will open its world headquarters in space formerly occupied by an appliance store. The ...

With a weekend crowded with proms, graduations and other events, law enforcement is preparing for incoming crowds and hosting events to remind young drivers to stay safe. The Western Kentucky Police Department will have additional officers working over the weekend ...

A few more legal moves remain to be made, but soon Warren County’s one part-time property inspector will have a slightly larger job. In addition to checking violations of the zoning ordinance county-wide, and basic maintenance standards in unincorporated areas, ...

Western Kentucky University didn’t get the 9 percent tuition hike Friday it was seeking, but got a compromise that WKU President Gary Ransdell said should mean no further cuts to the university’s budget. Ransdell had proposed a 9 percent across-the-board ...

It’s a unique sight: a jumpsuited worker tethered to a hovered helicopter, dangling amid power lines. Many area residents with their eyes to the skies this week saw the scenario as work crews subcontracted by the TVA prepared existing power ...

A Bowling Green juvenile girl was charged with second-degree assault after allegedly hitting her mother in the head with a drum stick between 11 p.m. and 11:23 p.m. April 30 in the 700 block of Glen Lily Road, according to ...

Two buildings were evacuated Wednesday morning as a precaution after a gas leak was reported at Nashville Road and Loving Way. Firefighters did not find any measurable gas in the buildings, said Marlee Boenig, spokeswoman for the Bowling Green Fire ...

The junior and senior classes at Warren East High School watched Wednesday as emergency responders showed them what could happen in a bad accident. The mock accident was done just before prom and simulated a three-vehicle crash with one fatality ...

A Logan County man is suing the Russellville post of the American Legion and its president, Barry White, alleging that White threw him out because he’s black. On March 14, Barry Sydnor went with six other people to Logan Post ...

This year’s St. Jude Dream Home is nearly complete, and tickets for the home will go on sale Friday. Located in Alvaton’s September Lakes subdivision, the home is 3,173 square feet with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a covered rear porch, ...

Staff at the state’s Council on Postsecondary Education have recommended that Western Kentucky University only get an 8 percent tuition hike instead of the 9 percent proposed by WKU President Gary Ransdell and approved by the WKU Board of Regents. ...