Wes Swietek

Like many things these days, exposure to the arts can now be delivered. The Ramsey Theater Company, based at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Bowling Green, is now […]

A new Italian eatery is slated to join Bowling Green’s food scene with an opening next Thursday. Salento Italia will join the recently opened SweetMilk breakfast and lunch restaurant in […]

One of the nice things about writing about historical events in the region is getting feedback from those involved. Such was the case with the recent story I did about […]

Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Vietnam War was growing increasingly unpopular across the nation as American military deaths mounted. School desegregation efforts were also making headlines in […]

Thousands of residents in the region remain without power Thursday in the wake of snow and ice from winter storm Fern. According to the Kentucky Electric Cooperatives, as of Wednesday […]

Since my book “The Cemetery Road Murders” came out in 2021, one of the persistent questions that I have received is, “what will your next book be about?” While some folks have known the subject matter, Daily News readers can get the scoop here, along with a first look at the cover. Over the years, […]

Val Pope was tasked with filming history. And like many World War II veterans, his unique story is not widely known. But efforts that span two continents are making sure he and others killed in the waning days of the war are remembered. Pope’s father, Elbert C. Pope, was a pharmacist at Moore’s Drug Store […]

The interest in the oldest still operating restaurants in the region continues amid our readers. As discussed in last week’s column, Frosty Freeze in Franklin is the clear front-runner with a history dating back to 1956. Reader Evan Brown offered that, expanding the search a little, Dovie’s Restaurant in Tompkinsville has been serving its iconic […]

It is May 1970, and the Vietnam War is raging. Along with the battles in the jungles of Southeast Asia, the war is the subject of growing dissent in the […]

OFF CHUCK-A-LUCK ROAD, HART COUNTY — Acres of poplars and soaring red and white oaks, a century or more old, surround a small wooden cabin overlooking a hilltop pasture in this part of rural Hart County. A winding gravel road is the only access point to the cabin. The small structure and the 152 acres […]