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BRADD seeks public input on Hazard Mitigation Plan

After the early May flooding, southcentral Kentucky is no stranger to hazards and what steps can be taken to prevent them. But the area’s Hazard

Sheriff’s office receives state grant

The Warren County Sheriff’s Office was awarded a state grant to help reduce the number of drunk and aggressive drivers. The Kentucky Office of Highway ...

POLICE NEWS: BG man reports assault that left cut on hand

A Bowling Green man reported that another man charged at him some time between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Saturday, resulting in a severe cut ...

Clarification

A Page 1A story Monday about student finances should have said that student loan lender Sallie Mae estimated at an example university that textbooks cost ...

Big Red Bike Tour

Western Kentucky University freshmen this week are getting a head start on their college careers and learning their way around campus and Bowling Green through ...

Board won’t raise taxes

Facing a weak economy and a better-than-expected budget, Bowling Green Independent Schools decided Monday not to increase property taxes. The taxes will remain at 70.7 ...

Ransdell addresses faculty, staff during Opening Convocation

Western Kentucky University will continue its aggressive - though temporarily scaled-back - agenda of construction, improving scholarship and expanding international ties, President Gary Ransdell told ...

Dangerous stretch of I-65 will get barriers

Gov. Steve Beshear announced Monday the installation of 13 miles of temporary barriers along an accident-prone section of Interstate 65. The first leg of the ...

90 jobs coming to area

Two companies announced plans Monday that will create 90 new local jobs. An expansion at Magna Car Top Systems will result in 30 jobs in ...

Group seeking new educational habitat for quail

As farmers participate in more conservation programs, natural habitat for wildlife such as quail is returning to southern Kentucky - and so are the birds. ...

Money ‘talk’ big issue for families

Parents across the region are preparing, many for the first time, to send their kids off to college. But before they do, they should remember ...

Groundskeeper Club on duty

Brad Phelps, custodian at T.C. Cherry Elementary School, is a popular fixture at school. “When I walk in a classroom and when they see me, ...

POLICE NEWS: Woman tells police she hit man with a broom to defend herself

A Bowling Green woman was jailed after allegedly beating a man with a broom handle. Veronne’ A. Gibbs, 23, 720 Patton Way, Apt. 307, was ...

Photos: Big lift

Western Kentucky football players Jack Doyle (left) and Cy Schroeder help incoming freshman Hannah Boone of Murray (not pictured) carry her belongings into her dorm ...

BG Metropolitan Statistical Area's personal income down in 2009

Total personal income for the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area declined in 2009, according to a report this month from the Bureau of Economic Statistics. ...

Cumberland Trace Elementary School getting face-lift

Until recently, classrooms at Cumberland Trace Elementary School were much darker than they are now. When the school was built in 1969, it was mainly ...

On the run

Mac Slattery, 14, of Bowling Green, gives a high-five to his father, Tim Slattery, also of Bowling Green, after being the first male to cross ...

The Ruby Experience

At Regina Webb’s Bowling Green spa and salon, pampering treatments range from the Peppermint Sea Twist body wrap to the Outer Peace facial. But the ...

City buys last property for stormwater project

A city of Bowling Green project that’s more than a decade old could soon move from paper to concrete. The last piece of a stormwater ...

Group tours green buildings

Architects, academics and policymakers came to Bowling Green on Saturday to see for themselves why the city is gaining a reputation for green building. Kentucky ...

Traditional celebration

Friends and family dance in a traditional Hindu procession, leading the groom to the wedding, Saturday at the Sloan Convention Center. ...

INDICTMENTS: BG pair indicted on Rx forgery charges

Two Bowling Green residents were indicted Wednesday on prescription forgery charges. Lori L. McGuffey, 36, and Damon B. McKinney, 37, both of 115 E. 11th ...

Newgrass Festival returns

Christian Sedelmyer, fiddler for the Farewell Drifters based in Nashville, performs during the band’s set at the second International Newgrass Festival at Ballance MotoX in ...

Ground broken on senior housing

Ground was broken Friday on the first Housing Authority of Bowling Green development to cater exclusively to the elderly. Currently under development on four acres ...

Lazy Acres hearing pushed back to October

Gross violations of local health and building codes, a state supported revocation of an operating permit, and now two courtroom appearances. Don McConnell has managed ...