Joe Imel

The Med Center Health 10K Classic, in its 47th year, was run Saturday , Sept. 19, 2026, at the Bowling Green Ballpark. The event featured a 10K wheelchair race, 10K race, 5K race and the Children’s Classic Run. Titus Winders won the men’s overall title with Corbin Harris coming in second and Wayne Blas third. Purity Sanga won the women’s overall title with Daisy Jepkosgei second and Rachel Tinius third. Matthew Porterfield won the wheelchair race with Matt Davis coming in second. Aerelle Jones won with 10K female wheelchair race. The top three male 5K winners were, in order, Lucas Page, Jay Beckner and Logan Rose. The top three female 5K winners were, in order, Sarah-Emily Woodward, Anna Cline and Autumn Tandy. (Joe Imel/Daily News)

Bowling Green firefighters, Toys for Tots volunteers from multiple counties, Marine Corps League members and deputies from the Warren County Sheriff’s Department handed out toys in the housing authority. “We are making sure that everyone has a good Christmas morning,” said Teresa Zackery, assistant coordinator for Toys for Tots of Southern Kentucky/Marine Corps League. Zackery added that this is the 14th year for the program in the area.

The Med Center Health Foundation’s Make the Season Bright celebration to light the Hospitality House for the Christmas season was held Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. The event featured carols, cocoa, gingerbread houses, pictures with Santa and the lighting of the Hospitality House, a place for family members or caregivers of patients with extended hospital at The Medical Center to stay.

Earlier this year, local leaders in Bowling Green used AI to host one of the largest town halls in U.S. history. This digital town hall, "What Could BG Be?", has since inspired a nation-wide AI-powered conversation, We The People, about what it means to be American today. Bowling Green hosted the launch event Monday for We the People, the new national dialogue being conducted between Google’s Jigsaw team and the Napolitan Institute in the lead-up to the nation’s 250th anniversary. Speakers included; Rep. Brett Guthrie, Warren County Judge Executive Doug Gorman, Napolitan Institute CEO Scott Rasmussen, and Scott Carpenter, Managing Director of Jigsaw. 

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, and Children’s Classic. […]

Bowling Green Independent Schools honored the Bowling Green High School Hall of Honor, Class of 2025: Alan Simpson, Class of 1981; Clinton Lewis, Class of 1995; and Cierra Waller, Class of 2005 at at luncheon at BGHS, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. 2024 honoree Patrick Martin was honored as well. The honorees and their families visited and toured the school prior to being introduced on the field at the homecoming football game. The Hall of Honor was established to recognize the outstanding character, achievements, and contributions of Bowling Green High School graduates.  A distinguished honoree demonstrates the district motto of “Excellence Is Worth The Effort” in their professional careers, civic endeavors, and personal relationships.

More than 1,000 people turned out for the Health & Wellness Expo, sponsored by Med Center Health, at the Sloan Convention Center, Saturday, June 7, 2025. Attendees took advantage of health screenings, services, information on healthy living, and door prizes. Some of the screening booths included, blood pressure, blood glucose, body fat, depression screening, EKG, […]

An invitation and an email made me think about someone that was my go to guy for photos time after time back in my days on the streets lugging cameras around looking for stories. First, a recent invitation from Mark Reynolds to speak to 55 members of the Russellville Rotary Club found me standing in […]

The winter weather in the region will delay delivery of the Daily News weekend edition. The weekend edition will be delivered Monday by the USPS and single copies will be available in our office at 813 College St. Hazardous driving conditions continue to be an issue, and authorities have urged motorists to stay off the roads. […]

I am writing this column in hopes the weather prognosticators were right. By the time this goes to print, we will either be calf-deep in snow or thanking the infamous Bowling Green bubble that seems to give us a different weather pattern than our neighbors in all four directions. My money is on my favorite […]