Plum Springs
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Bowling Green mall is under new ownership and management. According to a release, a local ownership group has purchased Greenwood Mall. Spinoso Real Estate Group has been selected to oversee the mall’s management, leasing and ongoing operations. The release does not identify the...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - “Cadillac Jack,” the bull at Leachman Auto Dealership on Scottsville Road, is set to return Sunday after being away for a makeover, according to the business. More than 10 people have called the business in recent months to ask where he went, Leachman...
You have stood in the grocery meat aisle, squinting at steaks wrapped in plastic. None of them look like they have a story to tell. Most of us grab the least sad package and hope for the best. There is a better way to fill your freezer, and it comes with a real butcher behind the counter.
WARREN COUNTY, Ky. – Warren RECC says power has been restored. WARREN COUNTY, Ky. – A power outage is currently affecting nearly 1,200 households in the Plum Springs area, according to Warren RECC on Wednesday morning. In a social media post, Warren RECC stated the outage occurred in...
Bowling Green buyers found room to negotiate as homes lingered and price cuts climbed.
In October, Warren RECC and TVA awarded nearly 90,000 in energy efficiency incentives to GM’s Bowling Green Assembly Plant. The incentives, presented during an Oct. 28 ceremony at the plant, recognize recent upgrades to the facility’s dust collection system, which Bowling Green Assembly right-sized to better align with current production needs and reduce energy use.
Horse-drawn buggies share the two-lane roads here with pickup trucks, and nobody seems to mind. Hand-painted signs point down gravel lanes toward farm stands, furniture shops, and bakeries run by Amish families. The community here ranks among the larger Amish settlements in Kentucky. Shops sit on family farms instead of...
You know that moment when you open the freezer and find nothing but ice cubes and a lonely bag of peas? It happens to the best of us. Feeding a family these days can feel like a part time job. Grocery prices keep climbing, and your cart seems to shrink every week.
Greg Davenport says he’s not opposed to progress. But he has serious misgivings when it comes to a proposed 16-inch natural gas pipeline that a public agency wants to run through his family’s Christian County farm, property his family has owned since the 1940s. “Basically, they said, ‘Sign...
FFA members from 15 chapters in southern Kentucky and northwest Tennessee learned about livestock sales, marketing, and much more during the annual FFA Day at Kentucky-Tennessee Livestock Market in Guthrie Thursday. Stephanie Barnett with Kentucky-Tennessee Livestock Market says the day came about because of multiple requests from FFA chapters and...
The Christian County Agribusiness Association is looking for community partners to help purchase a grain vac rescue system for the Christian County Rescue Squad. Agribusiness Association President Taylor Hancock says he and other community leaders have been meeting to determine what the rescue squad needs. Hancock says the association is...
- Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) has named Brandon and Taylor Henning of Breckinridge County as its 2026 Outstanding Young Farm Family. This annual award honors a young couple or individual who demonstrates exceptional management skill, innovation and leadership in production agriculture while remaining deeply involved in their community and the Farm Bureau organization. The Hennings placed second in the 2025 contest.
The distillery in question is MB Roland, the Pembroke craft operation in Christian County that helped put western Kentucky on the craft whiskey map, and it is headed to an online auction rather than
Hardin County agricultural champion Steve Rogers has been selected as Kentucky Farm Bureau’s 2026 Farmer of the Year. The announcement came Oct. 12 in celebration of National Farmer’s Day. Rogers grows corn, soybeans and wheat on 1,800 acres he owns near Glendale. He rents another 1,500 acres. “I’m...
Caratha Z. Buckner, founder of C’s Casa de Cigar, will host the Buck 333 Cigar Reveal on Saturday, November 7, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Fancy’s Liquor & Bar, 121 Sivley Road in Hopkinsville. Buckner’s interest in cigars began in 2021 and grew into a passion for...
Butler County voters rejected a proposed 6.3-cent real estate and personal property tax increase for Butler County Schools in the Nov. 3, 2026, vote. The tally was 58.3% against and 41.7% for. The district proposed the increase to pay for building repairs, new school buses and other needs to comply with state requirements.
Following the October closure of Family Dollar in Crofton, another retail chain has announced it will be taking over the building and expanding its local presence. Dollar General is already at work taking over the building, located at 230 S. Madisonville St. Company officials said the location will become a DG Market, offering the Crofton community fresh meats, fruits, and vegetables, as well as a larger grocery selection.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Residents across south-central Kentucky have an opportunity to learn how to grow their own food through a free gardening program offered by local extension offices. Several extension offices throughout the Barren River Area District are hosting Garden to Groceries, a seminar series designed to teach...
One Kentucky farm runs a meat market you can shop on your own, with self-serve hours that stretch into the evening. No cashier hovering. Just you, a freezer full of grass-fed beef, and the pasture where it came from. I love that kind of trust. Another farm on this list...
