You’re going to love today’s weather but not the rest of the weekend. Today starts off nice and our high temperature this afternoon is only going to climb into the mid-80s. Isolated showers could develop this evening and after midnight the rain chances increase. Showers, thunderstorms and warmer temperatures will be here for Saturday. That low-pressure system means a potentially stormy weekend, with some severe weather chances, but probably just gross stickiness and inconveniences. After you watch their forecast, be sure to tell them to fix their website. [WxOrNot]
Good news: A bunch of money is coming for stormwater. Bad news: It’s because everything is flooding. More than $600,000 is expected to come into the City of Bowling Green in the near future after a fee-in-lieu-of-construction, or FILOC, program was rolled out last fall in a wider effort to generate funding for stormwater infrastructure improvements. The FILOC was implemented last fall and forms half of a two-part effort to generate funding for repairs and improvements to the city’s aging stormwater mitigation system. [BG Daily News]
That sound you hear is your local university trading a $40 million structural disaster for loose change and a non-apology. WKU’s Student Life Foundation settled with the engineering firm responsible for Hilltopper Hall, the $40 million dorm opened in 2018 that had to be torn down because of design and construction flaws, for less than $1 million. S.E. Engineering agreed to pay $939,995 in a July 2025 settlement over Hilltopper Hall, according to documents signed by S.E. Engineering President Donald Stoneburg and Executive Director of Housing and Residence Life Cathrine LaRoche. [WKU Herald]
Lake Liberty, Casey County’s only water source, has been under pressure after months of little rainfall left the reservoir strained and residents scrambling to conserve. Nicki Johnson, director of the local chamber of commerce, said the dry stretch began early in the year. City Council member Brian Beeler said the solution came in the form of a pipe now pumping water from Green River directly into Lake Liberty. [WTVQ]
Glasgow’s got a new reporter on the radio. John Brown, better known throughout Glasgow as “Auggie”, has been covering stories across Glasgow and Barren County as the newest member of the GlasgowNews1 reporting team. A Glasgow native, Auggie graduated from Glasgow High School in 2017, where he played soccer before spending five years living in Cincinnati. [Glasgow News 1]
“Oh, no! Shocking crime wave! Internet users typed ‘Bowling Green cameras’ into Google and we’re calling it hacking!” You can’t make a respectable effort to report on some of the biggest events in the city (remember that massive Payne Street drug bust that was ignored?) and now they’re misleading regarding Flock cameras. No, cybercriminals aren’t hacking them — you can view many of them online, via public websites, no “hacking” necessary. Just google it. Yes, including some of the cameras in Bowling Green as we suggested. Because local officials apparently didn’t change their initial passwords in the beginning. We really did just google this to read about it, we haven’t actually accessed them, to be clear. There is no need for spin like this unless you intentionally wish to mislead or just don’t care at all. This community can find its own balance without such a heavy hand from a disinterested reporter. And if a public official tells you something, VERIFY IT before publishing it as factual. Please do the bare minimum and have some journalistic integrity. [WBKO]
Guess she needs something to do now that her campaign has gone belly-up and her political career could be ending. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman has secured a prestigious new gig as chair of the Please Remember I Exist Club. She was elected by her peer lieutenant governors as national chair of the 2026-2027 Executive Committee of the National Lieutenant Governors Association at the organization’s 2026 annual meeting. [Press Release]
Y’all are familiar with charlatans and wolves in sheeps’ clothing, right? We’re pretty sure both apply in this instance, as the person who wrote this op-ed about how Kentuckians should be unprotected and subject to cryptocurrency fake money scams was in a position of authority in Kentucky. They’re trying to shake you down and now everything they did in the State Treasurer’s office is in question. [t]”>Courier-Journal]
Glasgow is getting ready for a two-night America 250 celebration, with Entertain Glasgow hosting free concerts Friday on the downtown square and Saturday at Beaver Creek Park. Organizers say they scheduled the weekend at the end of July to give residents another chance to celebrate America 250 without competing with the many July Fourth events around the region. Gates open at 5 p.m., with food trucks on site and several downtown vendors expected to be open for business. [WCLU]
Who could have predicted that someone like that would do something like this? Former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis is facing a new lawsuit in her home turf accusing her of hiding inherited assets to avoid paying the $565,000 federal civil rights judgment against her for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The attorneys claim Davis lied under oath about the inheritance to defraud David Ermold and David Moore of the money a federal jury awarded them in 2023. [Herald-Leader]
The Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society is experiencing one of its busiest summers on record, with animal intakes continuing to climb as staff urge the community to adopt, foster and support local shelters. Humane Society Director Lorri Hare said the shelter had already taken in 1,055 animals during the month of July as of Tuesday, about 45 more than at the same point last month. [WNKY]
Finish your Legends of Summer Reading Quest at the Farmer’s Market. Join in for the last market AND the Summer Reading Finale. There will be a performance of “The Upside down Fairy Town” by River City Puppets at 10 a.m., extra games, and fun for the whole family! You can also meet Toothless the Dragon. [Warren County Public Library]
With Kentucky schools preparing to return to session doctors and health officials are urging parents and guardians to ensure children have required vaccinations and physical exams before the school year begins. Pediatric cardiologist Dr. Micean Johnikin said back-to-school season is a good time for students to get a physical, which can identify conditions that may not be obvious. [WKYT]
Hear us out: the Bowling Green Horror Club has the right idea with this one. Join them on Sunday at the Capitol Theater at 7:00 P.M. to watch Evil Dead. Five twenty-somethings discover the Book of the Dead in a secluded cabin, and unwittingly conjure demons that emerge from the surrounding woods with a hunger for fresh souls. [Capitol BG]
There are a couple locals who continue to praise this guy, so it only makes sense to raise awareness of his latest inappropriate behavior. After multiple no-shows, former Gov. Matt Bevin was scheduled to appear in court for a hearing Tuesday for his on-going child support case and failed to do so, again. [WAVE3]
Amid the nation’s growing healthcare affordability crisis, the federal government has warned more than 500 hospitals across the country for failing to comply with hospital price transparency requirements, including 9 hospitals in the Nashville area. The federal government argues that the lack of transparency is fueling high healthcare prices in the U.S., and if the requirements are not met, hospitals could be subject to penalties as high as $2 million annually. [The Tennesseean]
We know we can’t force you stay on top of what’s occurring with local government but we’re gonna keep mentioning it. Wanna stay in-the-know? Watch/listen to the latest Code Enforcement and Nuisance Board meeting that took place on July 28, 2026. [YouTube]