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This year marks a special community milestone: Magna is celebrating 20 years in southern Kentucky. In the Kentucky Transpark, Bowling Green Metalforming was one of the first manufacturers to set up at the new northern Warren County industrial park. Employing nearly 1,500 people at a facility that’s over one million square feet, the Magna facility continues to evolve with new...
4 months ago
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A holiday tradition is making an in-person comeback for the first time since the
pandemic this season. The Landmark Association Christmas Tour of Homes is
returning to Bowling Green this Sunday, December 4th . With eight historic homes
featured on the tour, we’ll take you on a quick tour of what to…
about 3 years ago
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The birthstone for the month of October is the opal. Our friends at Morris Jewelry in downtown Bowling Green researched the history of the opal, an extremely special gemstone sometimes known for its magical origin stories. In this week’s Throwback Thursday, we visit the superstitions and scandals of the opal. “Opalus” means a change in color and originated in ancient...
about 3 years ago
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Throwback Thursday returns to Horse Cave in Hart County this week. Its founding
family was the Wilsons, pioneers who braved the travel what was then the pioneer
wilderness right after the American Revolution in the late 1700s. One of the
Wilson family homes still sits just off Main Street in downtow…
over 3 years ago
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In Throwback Thursday segments of the past, we’ve shared stories of the founding
of Bowling Green City Schools and many of their histories. This week, we’re
taking a closer look at the history of our Warren County Public Schools. With
more than a century on the books, public education in Warren Coun…
over 3 years ago
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One of the most famous Kentucky cave explorers would have celebrated a 135th
birthday this month. In 1925, the Floyd Collins cave rescue story hit national
and global headlines. Throwback Thursday revisits the unusual and unfortunate
events that took place at Sand Cave, just outside Mammoth Cave, ne…
over 3 years ago
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If you are one of nature’s own, if you love the starlight of a winter’s evening,
the witchery of yellow moonlight on the woodlands, nature will light her magic
torch, and Mammoth Onyx Cave will be a fairyland of dreams,” wrote Leon Foster
in 1922. Exactly a century ago, Mammoth Onyx Cave in Horse Ca…
over 3 years ago
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The summer solstice passed last week and we all enjoyed the longest day of
sunshine for the year. Days will start getting shorter and we’ll notice longer
covers of starry night skies. The Hardin Planetarium on WKU’s main campus
launched a new summer program last week. Called “Moonbeings,” this progr…
over 3 years ago
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Did you know Kentucky has a rich quilting heritage? From the painted barn quilts
on our road trip trails, to Paducah being the Quilting Capital of the World, to
even the “Crazy Quilt Mania” exhibit at the Kentucky Museum, there’s an
educational and artistic element to the quilting craft that’s been…
over 3 years ago
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over 3 years ago
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We’ve recently shared stories telling the history of southern Kentucky
communities, like Kyrock and South Union. This week, we’re heading north to Hart
County, where we find the area’s largest thriving Amish community. During the
late 1980s, these families began migrating to the Horse Cave and Munfo…
over 3 years ago
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It was recently announced that $1.6 million is being awarded to the city of
Bowling Green to rehabilitate the College Street pedestrian bridge. Constructed
in 1916, this is at least the third version of the College Street bridge. This
week’s Throwback Thursday tells the tale of that ominous night in…
over 3 years ago
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March is Women’s History Month, and Throwback Thursday this week is dedicated to
another woman who made Bowling Green history: Patsy Sloan, the first female
elected official and first female Mayor in the city’s history. We even found the
joint Bowling Green and Warren County Proclamations from 1986 …
almost 4 years ago
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Throwback Thursday this week takes us across the globe to the birthplace of
human society. This new Kentucky Museum exhibit opened earlier this year and was
curated with help from the Western Kentucky University History department.
Titled “The Ancient Near East in Kentucky,” this exhibit focuses on …
almost 4 years ago
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We visit nearby Logan County for this week’s Throwback Thursday. Another tribute
to Black History month, sharing more on the SEEK Museum in Russellville. Telling
the stories of struggles for emancipation and equality in Kentucky, the SEEK
Museum include six historic, restored buildings that tell of …
almost 4 years ago
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In observance of Black History Month, Throwback Thursday is sharing the
inspirational story of Frank Otha Moxley, namesake of the F.O. Moxley Center.
The first African American to earn a Master’s degree at WKU, former teacher,
coach, and mentor, Moxley paved the way for African Americans in the Bowl…
almost 4 years ago
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almost 4 years ago
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A famous Kentuckian was a midcentury bohemian artist and poet. Born in
southcentral Kentucky in nearby Allen County in 1924, Henry Faulkner’s legacy
can still be found nearly a century later. He was born to Bessie Lee Pursley and
John Milton Faulkner, but was orphaned by age six and placed in homes…
almost 4 years ago
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Did you know that Kentucky is the birthplace of America’s wine industry? Born
overtwo hundred years ago, the first commercial winery in America was founded in
Lexington. Now home to sixty-five wineries, with five in Southcentral Kentucky,
SoKY Sunrise’s Telia Butler tells us more in this week’s Thro…
almost 4 years ago
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As we head into the new year, Throwback Thursday thought it would be fun to
remember what life used to be like before the modern conveniences of some of our
most common household items—like ice cubes, air conditioning, and indoor heating
systems. What was it like to order ice, milk, and coal every w…
almost 4 years ago
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