The Bowling Green Daily News

10/15/2025

09/22/2025

Behind a combined three second-half touchdowns from running backs George Hart III and La’Vell Wright, the Tops finally found their way into the end zone after a frustrating first half against the Wolf Pack.

Western Kentucky’s defense delivered a stout performance and the offense got going late behind a resurgent run game as the Hilltoppers rallied past Nevada for a 31-16 win Saturday night at Houchens-Smith Stadium. Behind a combined three second-half touchdowns from running backs George Hart III and...

09/22/2025

The wall features the names of over 1,100 Kentuckians who died, were held as prisoners of war (POW), or are missing in action (MIA) during the Vietnam War.

Hundreds of visitors stopped by The Traveling Kentucky Vietnam Wall at the American Legion Post 23 Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. Vietnam veterans and their families shared stories, hugged, looked for lost friends and family on the memorial. The wall travels throughout the state to bring the memorial to....

09/22/2025

“This is the big step in making these dreams a reality, the work we’ve been doing for a lot of years,” Neighborhood and Community Services head Brent Childers told the Daily News.

The wheels are turning on Bowling Green’s Riverfront Park project as the city has gone to bid for phase one of the park, a step the city has described as a major one in getting the park going. “This is the big step in making these dreams a reality, the work we’ve been doing for […]

09/22/2025

The event featured the 10K, 5K run/walk, wheelchair race, and Children’s Classic.

Nearly a thousand runners of all ages took part in the 46th Med Center Health 10K Classic Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. The race unveiled a brand-new race route starting and ending at the Bowling Green Ballpark, home of the Bowling Green Hot Rods. The event featured the 10K, 5K run/walk, wheelchair race...

09/22/2025

Western Kentucky University dedicated the building at its Friday ribbon-cutting, with numerous public figures, building donors and Western community members in attendance. Several involved in the facility reflected on the building, which was funded by $74.4 million from the Kentucky General Assembly, $7.5 million from Amy Chandler and David Chandler, and many donors, including 35 after whom additional spaces were named.

When Tanner Redmon first entered Western’s new business college in August, he noted a community had already taken to it. Sunlight had beamed through Amy and David Chandler Hall’s glass walls and windows, with a warm aroma of coffee from the cafe Topper Grind, and voices filled the halls as stude...

09/17/2025

COMMENTARY

Driving into rural Hart County recently to report on today’s front-page story about the old growth forest, we travelled down Chuck-A-Luck Road. Quite a name. Of course I had to figure out what exactly Chuck-A-Luck was … TrendingBG man arraigned in fatal Dolphie’s incidentHigh-tech research fir...

09/17/2025

After dropping a 45-21 road decision to highly-regarded Toledo on Sept. 6, the Hilltoppers had an early bye week – a product of starting the season with a Week 0 home game against Sam Houston. That gave the Tops extra time to both correct what went wrong the last time out and prepare for Saturday’s opponent as Nevada (1-2) comes to town for a 6 p.m. matchup at Houchens-Smith Stadium.

Western Kentucky has had a long time to reflect on the team’s worst performance of the season. After dropping a 45-21 road decision to highly-regarded Toledo on Sept. 6, the Hilltoppers had an early bye week – a product of starting the season with a Week 0 home game against Sam Houston. That gav...

09/17/2025

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