Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 9th of October.
Good morning, Bowling Green.
Freckles is a sweet, housebroken, crate-trained dog looking for a new home after her owner moved; she knows basic commands like sit and lay down.
Visit Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society or call 270-783-9404 for more details.
Skeleton’s Lair Scream Park opened its 27th season on Cemetery Road between Bowling Green and Scottsville and hosts Jeepers Creepers 25th Anniversary Weekend with Kevin Ball autographs today and Saturday.
More events are Five Nights at Freddy’s (Oct. 16–17) and SCREAM 30th Anniversary (Oct. 23–24) featuring haunted woods and hayrides.
Western Kentucky University announced three teachers – Katherine Cleary, Lana Green-Willis, and Dorothy McCubbin – will join the 2026 Kentucky Teacher Hall of Fame.
Their induction will take place on Friday, Dec. 4 at WKU’s campus.
Both lanes of Glen Lily Road will be closed between Pedigo Park Drive and Collegeview Drive starting Monday, Oct.
15 at 8:30 a.m. — crews will work on a sewer tap project and the closure is expected to last three to four days.
A Bowling Green woman reunited with the TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital team that treated her for blood clots in both lungs.
She thanked the team, including a pharmacist whose calming voice made a lasting impression.
Due to possible inclement weather, Western Kentucky’s baseball scrimmage with Tennessee Tech has been moved from Saturday to today at Nick Denes Field, with first pitch at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free + fans can attend without a fee.
Griffin Jackson finished fifth in the Boys’ State Golf Tournament at Bowling Green Country Club after posting 71 on each of two days, finishing two strokes behind the leaders.
Western Kentucky was picked to win Conference USA and redshirt junior Teagan Moore was named preseason player of the year while sophomore Armelo Boone also earned honors; the Hilltoppers will start the season on Nov.
2 at E.A. Diddle Arena.
Chloe Witcher, a senior golfer from Barren County, is set to close her season at the Girls’ State Golf Tournament Finals starting Friday at Bowling Green Country Club — she tees off at 9:12 a.m.
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