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BG had air service in past; officials try to bring it back
Government and business officials here continue to try to recruit commercial air service for the Bowling Green-Warren County…
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Interstate 65 considered city’s ‘river of gold’
Any economic developer will tell you that a town’s close proximity to an interstate highway is key in…
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Steamboats, trains played key roles for city
With everyone hopping on Interstate 65 for long-distance travel these days, it’s easy to forget the roots of…
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BG baseball more than Hot Rods
The crack of the bat and cheers from the crowd echo through downtown Bowling Green on summer nights,…
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Record crowd a milestone moment for Lady Toppers
The Western Kentucky women’s basketball team drew 14,984 total fans for 13 home games in the 2011-12 season.…
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Unveiled in ’79, Big Red a WKU icon
It has become more than a mascot. Big Red, Western Kentucky University’s amorphous, ambiguous, asexual and always lovable…
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Second to none
Herbert Oldham of Bowling Green remembers his alma mater, State Street School, as a friendly place where students…
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A taste of the arts in town
An opera house, literary clubs, parties and picnics – Bowling Green has seen of a variety of cultural…
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Civil War opened wounds, caused rifts within local families
“The Philistines are upon us,” wrote Johanna Louisa “Josie” Underwood in her Bowling Green diary in 1861. “It…
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Grandma Pauline Tabor ‘morphed into a madam’
When Mary Lucas first met Pauline Tabor, she was expecting the former brothel madam to be decked in…
