Drake, KY

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - A new face will be on the bench for South Warren Basketball this winter, but he is nowhere near new to Bowling Green. On Sunday, South Warren introduced Carlos Quarles as their new head coach for boys basketball. Quarles takes the place of Jason Holland who took the head coaching job in Graves County after Josh Frick left for Logan County.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - A nationwide shortage of baby formula has prompted one woman in Bowling Green to find a way to make it easier for parents and their babies that have been affected by the shortage. Amanda Poteet-Woolen is many different things: a birth professional, a birth and...

GLASGOW — The Barren County Clerk’s Office has released preliminary voter turnout results from last week’s early voting. Two types of voting were held – early excused and early unexcused. Early excused voting was held May 4 – May 11, and early unexcused was held May 12 – 14.

WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — This College Gameday Sunday college baseball is in the final stretch of its regular season. Louisiana Tech and Grambling state hosted their last home weekend series Sunday afternoon. Louisiana Tech defeats Western Kentucky University 11-2 and completes the weekend series sweep. Grambling State falls 16-8 to Texas Southern University. T.S.U […]

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Families are no doubt enjoying a new book this week, signed by local author and parks and recreation leader, Cameron Levis. At Lost River Cave on Sunday, lots of folks gathered to pick up copies of Levis’ newly published book, “Home is Where Your Park Is”.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - After a really warm stretch of weather today will be more comfortable to enjoy time outside. Rain returns mid-week, with a few strong storms possible. Hot weather makes a comeback by the end of the week. If you were one of the lucky ones you...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - The Public Theatre of Kentucky hosted its first garden party in the courtyard of the Historic Boxwood located at 1234 State Street in downtown Bowling Green on Sunday, May 15. All proceeds from Sunday afternoon’s event went toward Educational Outreach initiatives at the Public Theatre...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - The Capitol Arts Center in Bowling Green will host the Ernie Small blues band as they celebrate 40 years of playing their beloved music. The celebration will be hosted this Friday, May 20, at 7 p.m. on 416 E. Main Avenue. For more information, you...

The Russellville Panthers will take some momentum with them to Greg Shelton Field Monday to play the host Wildcats in the opening round of the 13th District baseball tournament. The Panthers, who have been coached by Kenneth Edmonds the second half of the season, broke a 30-game losing streak April...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – 50 years ago, five men met in a small garage in the Richardsville community and decided to start a volunteer fire department. Today, that department has grown much much larger. Over the weekend, the department celebrated their 50th anniversary with a cookout for the community.

RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech sweeps series over Western Kentucky with an 11-2 victory Sunday afternoon at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park. LA Tech (36-17, 18-9 C-USA) sweeps Western Kentucky (17-33, 7-20 C-USA) as the offense charges for a seven-run third inning and Jarret Whorff and Jonathan Fincher pitch lights out.

Despite winning their final 12 games of the regular season and 16 of their last 17, having the third highest RPI in the Fourth Region and the fourth most wins, the Logan County Cougars are not the top seed in the 13th District Tournament, which begins Monday night at Franklin-Simpson’s Greg Shelton Field.

After adding over 516,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 81.2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Don’s House of Comedy will feature three comedians this Saturday while a portion of the proceeds will benefit Kids on the Block. Kids on the Block’s mission is to provide ongoing education and prevention through puppetry for children and the community at large. The core message in each program is to teach children acceptance of differences in themselves and in others.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - A garden designed to engage all five senses and featuring more than 80 different plant and tree species was dedicated Thursday at WKU. The Kim Eisert Simpson Sensory Garden is located on the grounds of the Cliff Todd Center, home of the College Heights Foundation.

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - WKU will host the 2022 National Title IV-E Roundtable for Child Welfare Training and Education Tuesday through Thursday, May 17-19, at the Knicely Conference Center. The National IV-E Roundtable for Child Welfare Training and Education is a yearly gathering of representatives from public and tribal...

GLASGOW — WCLU Radio will host its annual election night broadcast on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The broadcast continued throughout the pandemic, but spectators were not in attendance at the radio station. This year’s broadcast will be similar to prior years, which includes live coverage of election results, interviews with candidates and analysis of races.

GLASGOW, Ky. (WBKO) - Hosparus Health of Barren River will host “Golden Tips for Your Golden Years,” on Thursday, May 19 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Parkview Event Center in Glasgow. The event is free to attend and will also have presentations from organizations co hosting the...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Police arrested a man Saturday on charges related to striking a pedestrian while driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Bowling Green Police Department stated in a citation that they were dispatched to the intersection of Lost Woods Avenue and Nashville Road Saturday in response to a white Chevrolet Corvette hitting a pedestrian and leaving the scene at around 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, May 14.