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Parvovirus spreading across the Commonwealth
WARREN COUNTY, Ky. (WBKO) - A deadly virus known as Parvo, or parvovirus, is spreading quickly across Kentucky. Kentucky is ranked fifth for most number of cases across the United States. Parvo is a virus that targets canines’ intestinal tract and their heart in some severe instances. Symptoms for this...
Construction project to impact roadway in Bowling Green
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - A construction project is set to temporarily impact a portion of a roadway in Bowling Green. According to the City of Bowling Green Municipal Government, the inbound lane of Morgantown Road from Old Morgantown Road to Loop Drive will be restricted Aug. 1-2. The restriction...
Leaving A Legacy: Abraham Williams retires from Bowling Green Housing Authority
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – It’s a big change for everyone but it’s well deserved, the retiring of Abraham Williams from the Bowling Green Housing Authority as the executive director. Williams drew a big crowd to the Garvin House as he has his retirement party today, celebrating 29...
The Bryce Inn comes down, Smiths Grove is changing
SMITHS GROVE, Ky. – The legendary Bryce Inn is coming down, and it’s a sad day for the Bryce family but a new dawn for the town. It was built in 1973 and taken over by the recently relocated Bryce family in 1975, it’s been standing for almost four decades and now the time has come to usher in something new.
'I would love to know what they're talking about:' a Bowling Green group aims to help adult refugees learn English
On a humid summer morning in Bowling Green, roughly 25 international students gathered inside a classroom at Forest Park Baptist Church. It's the time of year when schools are out for summer break, but for those gathered on this day, class is very much in session. The students worked on...
Mobile Disaster Recovery Center open in Clay County
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) - Two mobile Disaster Recovery Centers are open in Clay and Warren counties to assist Kentucky survivors who experienced loss from the May 21-27 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, landslides and mudslides. The mobile Disaster Recovery Centers are located at:. Clay County: Clay County Community Center, 311...
National preservation company visits Bowling Green to help restore Pioneer Cemetery
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Pioneer Cemetery in Bowling Green received a little tender loving care Thursday. The Landmark Association and the City of Bowling Green invited Atlas Preservation to demonstrate tombstone cleaning and restoration. The company is in the middle of a forty eight state tour in order to teach locals to care for graveyards with headstones of marble, granite and limestone, which can be centuries old.
New weekly series coming to Bowling Green to help revitalize the downtown area
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - The city of Bowling Green is making an effort to revitalize the downtown area, which runs from the bottom of the hill at Western Kentucky University to the riverfront. Officials began this by allowing people to take their adult beverages to go in the first...
KY abortion rights advocates mark milestone, lament state’s barrier to ballot initiatives
Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Fund members, who in June announced a pro-abortion access messaging campaign, gathered at the Warren County Courthouse in Bowling Green Thursday to say their campaign has reached 1.8 million people through digital ads. Ona Marshall, who founded KRFF and co-owned one of Kentucky’s last two abortion clinics, also criticized Kentucky’s lack of […]
School safety improvement project underway for Bristow Elementary School
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A school safety improvement project is underway near Bristow Elementary School. The project includes a restricted crossing U-turn for the school, transportation officials say. This is set to open by the beginning of the school year. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, District 3 says motorists should...
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