Bowling Green News

Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday.

A six-year-old girl is back home after being attacked by a pit bull earlier this week.

A young south-central Kentucky girl attacked by a pit bull Monday headed home from Kosair Children's Hospital Wednesday night.

In 1994, Kentucky's legislature overhauled its health care in an effort to lower premiums and get more people insured.

More than 1,000 students from across the area gathered today to learn to never give up and always dream big.

A leading contender for one of Kentucky's two U.S. Senate seats met privately Thursday with Republican floor leader Mitch McConnell in a get-together that was described as cordial.

A school-age child from Nelson County has died from swine flu. WBKO-TV in Bowling Green reports that the child had a complex medical history, according to the Lincoln Trail District Health Department.

Western Kentucky has fired head coach David Elson, though he will finish out the remainder of the season.

The Warren County Sheriff's Department makes four drug-related arrests. It happened Friday while serving a sealed indictment on 33-year-old Shelly Jones of Bowling Green.

Reynolds who represents Butler and Warren Counties is completing his first year of service after winning a special election earlier this year in February.

Thirty-four-year-old Steven Lamont Lowe and 27-year-old Carla Criswell are accused of conspiring to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine twice in 2008.

Another place that's a potential harvesting ground for the H1N1 virus is your local gym.

Western Kentucky University's nontraditional students will have a chance to feel like they're living on campus with a new set of planned community apartment complexes.

Police say a southern Kentucky man was killed when gusty winds blew a tree on top of him.

Gov. Steve Beshear today cut a ribbon to celebrate the impending completion of a widened KY 80 in the Jackson Purchase - an important step in a larger project to enhance the US 68/KY 80 corridor from Mayfield to Bowling Green.

Bowling Green Technical College celebrates its 70th anniversary. The college was was built in 1939 and was originally used to train industrial workers and Armed Services personnel for the duration of World War II.

It seems the Tax Increment Financing project is starting to take shape in many ways.

It's crucial for Bowling Green's downtown redevelopment, and SKyPAC's potential alliance with Bowling Green's sister city will have business booming in downtown.

Christian Family Radio is a non-profit and has seen first hand the hard work and dedication of the volunteers in our area.

The Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau offers travelers a new 'Salute and Stay' Military Attraction Itinerary as a reason to consider Bowling Green, Ky.