Today
in Bowling Green
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
Good morning, Bowling Green. Here's your local news at a glance for Monday, the 23rd of February.
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Riverview At Hobson Grove museum will host three 1 p.m. programs in March and April to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary. These events at Hobson Grove Park include a Kentucky Derby slideshow (featuring a book signing), a Revolutionary War trunk display, and an Underground Railroad talk with $30 tickets. Bowling Green Daily News
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Gary Hairlson, a WKU alum and retired multimedia director with 40+ years of experience, spoke at the WKU NABJ Speaker Series event on Feb. 19 at the JRH auditorium. He urged journalism students to read and write more to build strong reporting skills. College Heights Herald
- ➤ On campus this week, WKU will begin demolishing buildings on State and Chestnut Streets and share new dorm renderings as a petition gathers to save the greenhouse + novelist Nathan Gower visits campus after a Men’s Basketball win over Liberty. College Heights Herald
SPORTS NEWS
- ➤ Western Kentucky’s softball team finished a perfect 4-0 weekend at the Hilltopper Classic on Saturday at the WKU Softball Complex, winning 9-1 over Detroit Mercy in five innings and 8-4 against Western Michigan to improve their overall record to 10-3. Bowling Green Daily News
- ➤ Bowling Green junior guard Braylon Anderson scored 22 points as the Purples closed out their season with an 82-71 win over Muhlenberg County Friday night. They will face No. 1 seed Warren Central in the District 14 tournament on Tuesday. Bowling Green Daily News
- ➤ The final Daily News Top 10 poll confirms Warren Central's Dragons and Barren County's Trojanettes as unanimous No. 1 picks this season, with Bowling Green ranking fourth in the boys' poll and seventh in the girls' poll & key positions remaining stable. Bowling Green Daily News
- ➤ Allen County-Scottsville’s girls' basketball team earned honors on Friday when junior Avery Morris was named the Region 4 Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year and senior Debora Patrick earned the KABC Region 4 Girls’ Player of the Year award — Morris set the school’s scoring record in a 20-7 season. Bowling Green Daily News
- ➤ WKU’s baseball team split its doubleheader against SEMO Saturday, losing 8-7 then winning 11-8 to clinch the series and improve to a 5-3 record; they will travel Tuesday to Kentucky Proud Park for a 3:00 p.m. contest + game streamed live on SEC Network. Bowling Green Daily News
- ➤ The Western Kentucky Lady Tops improved their score by 14 strokes in the second round of the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational held Saturday in Eatonton, Georgia after weather delayed play. WKU Sydney Hackett shot 3+ under par 69 to lift the team into 10th place going into Sunday's final round. Bowling Green Daily News
- ➤ Western Kentucky beat Liberty 94-73 at Liberty Arena on Saturday, handing the Flames their first CUSA loss and snapping a 17-game win streak+ The Hilltoppers shot 52.5% with key scores from Teagan Moore and Grant Newell. Bowling Green Daily News
- ➤ South Warren’s Brian Bosse earned four podium finishes at Friday’s KHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Kentucky’s Lancaster Aquatic Center in Lexington, finishing fourth in the 50-yard freestyle while his team tied for sixth with 104 points, and Bowling Green’s Jeremiah Lewis placed eighth in diving. Bowling Green Daily News
- ➤ The Western Kentucky women’s golf team finished the Reynolds Lake Invitational on Sunday in Eatonton, Georgia with an eighth-place ranking. Senior Sydney Hackett led the team with a seventh-place finish and they will compete at the Daniel Island Invitational on March 2 and 3 in Charleston. Bowling Green Daily News
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Hilltopper Basketball vs. New Mexico State
5:30-7:30 p.m. — E.A. Diddle Arena — Cost info not specified — Catch the action as the Hilltoppers take on NMSU in a thrilling basketball matchup.
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WKU Baseball vs. Indiana
3:00 p.m. — Nick Denes Field — Free entry — Catch the excitement of WKU Baseball as they take on Indiana.
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WKU Baseball Doubleheader against Indiana
1 p.m. — Nick Denes Field — Free entry — Catch an exciting doubleheader as WKU Baseball takes on Indiana.
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WKU Baseball vs. Indiana
1-5 p.m. — Nick Denes Field — Check website for ticket prices — Enjoy a thrilling baseball matchup featuring WKU battling Indiana.
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Great Pages Circus
4:30-6 p.m. — SOKY Fair — Adults $20, Children free with paid adult — Enjoy thrilling performances and a fun atmosphere at the Great Pages Circus.
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Missouri State Bears vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Women's Basketball
3:30-7:30 p.m. — Diddle Arena — Check event page for ticket prices — Witness an exciting women’s basketball matchup as two teams battle on the court.
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WKU Baseball vs. Indiana State Sycamores
3:00 p.m. — Nick Denes Field — Check website for ticket info — Catch an exciting college baseball matchup under the sun in Bowling Green.
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WKU Baseball vs. Indiana State
4 p.m. — Nick Denes Field — Visit for exciting collegiate baseball action as WKU takes on Indiana State.
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WKU Baseball vs. Indiana State
1-5 p.m. — Nick Denes Field — Admission details unavailable — Catch the excitement of college baseball action with WKU battling Indiana State.
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WKU Softball vs. Eastern Kentucky
6:00 p.m. — WKU Softball Field — Admission varies — Catch the excitement as WKU Softball takes on Eastern Kentucky in a thrilling matchup.
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