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When Liu Chunxue walked down the hallway Friday at W.R. McNeill Elementary School, a few students waved as she walked past. “Ni hao,” they said,

WKU will double Chinese teachers in area next year

Western Kentucky University will double the number of Chinese teachers it is bringing to area schools next year in response to a growing demand for ...

Guthrie speaks at tea party event

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Bowling Green, said he is “with” the tea party when it comes to its positions on cutting the national debt and ...

$400,000 awarded to fight drug crimes

Area law enforcement agencies have received a total of more than $400,000 in federal and state grants to help fight drug crimes. The Bowling Green-Warren ...

$100K in incentives OK’d for company

Kentucky recently approved up to $100,000 in incentives for a Bowling Green company to develop next generation clean engine controls for heavy duty trucks. Pure ...

Medical Center’s 10K set Oct. 23

Plans for one of Bowling Green’s autumn traditions were announced Friday during a news conference at The Medical Center. The 31st running of The Medical ...

Intersections to revert to traffic signals

Two intersections in Bowling Green will again be governed by traffic signals after functioning without them during a 60-day experiment. The intersections of Sixth and ...

Softball game to aid autism foundation

Teachers and staff members from two local schools will be competing in a softball game Sunday to raise money for an autism charity. After the ...

Summer Stroll set in Charleston Place

The Bowling Green City Commission will be in the Charleston Place neighborhood Monday night for another in its Summer Stroll series. Anyone interested in participating ...

Glasgow man faces several drug charges

A Glasgow man was arrested Friday after a probation officer allegedly discovered methamphetamine in his home. Mark Lee Douglas, 40, 700 S. Green St., Apt. ...

Law officers finish training program

Law enforcement officers from 16 agencies, including Western Kentucky University, were recognized at a graduation ceremony Friday after completing the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice ...

High school students focus on finance

Nikki Keown can answer several questions about finances, and she’s still in high school. “I’ve always been kind of interested in learning about finances,” said ...

WKU’s Swoboda plans to retire

A major figure in Western Kentucky University’s Division of Extended Learning and Outreach is set to retire next month. The announcement that Don Swoboda, dean ...

Cumberland Trace council sets meetings

The Cumberland Trace Elementary School Site-Based Decision-Making Council has announced it will hold its regularly scheduled meetings on Sept. 16, Oct. 21, Nov. 18, Jan. ...

POLICE NEWS: Bowling Green woman arrested, charged with variety of drug offenses

Tina M. Raines, 35, 902 Meadowwood Lane, was arrested at 5:01 p.m. Thursday at Russellville Road and Bogle Lane and charged with first-degree possession of ...

Big Red Blitz

Bowling Green nonprofit organizations were “blitzed” Thursday with some 900 hours of community service work from Western Kentucky University freshmen volunteers. About 300 of them ...

BRADD county unemployment rates on decline

All counties in the Barren River region saw a decline in their unemployment rates from July 2009 to July 2010 and most saw a decline ...

Plans for green housing in works

Bowling Green is about to get greener. Western Kentucky University and Habitat for Humanity announced Thursday they will partner to create a new 16-acre, 50-unit ...

Warren East’s council to meet Tuesday

The Warren East High School Site-Based Decision-Making Council will hold a special called meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Warren County Board of Education. ...

Theaters get creative to attract more patrons

When the economy gets tough, theater patrons aren’t going. That’s what southcentral Kentucky theater groups are finding out as they struggle to continue to offer ...

Glasgow will look across state for new police chief

City leaders in Glasgow are about to begin the formal search process for a new chief of the Glasgow Police Department. Glasgow Mayor Darrell Pickett ...

BGMU work forces lane closures on bypass

Bowling Green Municipal Utilities is performing water main repairs through 1 a.m. Friday at 1138 U.S. 31-W By-Pass, between East 11th Avenue and Broadway Avenue. ...

POLICE NEWS: BG man charged with knife assault

A Bowling Green man was jailed Wednesday after he allegedly stabbed another man during a fight. Joseph L. Crouch, 23, 4321 Glen Lily Road, was ...

Corrections

An article on Page 1A Tuesday should have identified Magna International as the parent company of Bowling Green Metalforming and Scott Worden as Magna CTS ...

Some offices will be closed

The first round of unpaid leave for most state employees early in September will cause several area counties’ clerks’ offices to shut down for the ...