The Daily News reported Sept. 29, 1930, that Ben Reeves, a local World War I veteran, had been found in Tulsa, Okla., after being reported missing in Bowling Green two years prior. Read more
Square dancers from across the state attended the unusual wedding of a couple from Muldraugh in Meade County – unusual because the ceremony took place about 250 feet underground, 50 years ago on Sept. 16, 1972. Read more
Twelve-year-old Jack Butts was shot and killed as he gathered hickory nuts 100 years ago Sept. 21, 1922, in Simpson County, according to the Daily News. Read more
“With six patients admitted, Greenview Hospital opened on Tuesday,” staff writer Roger Miller reported for the Daily News in the Sept. 13, 1972, edition of the paper. Read more
The Daily News reported that the city of Bowling Green celebrated National Defense Day on Sept. 12, 1924, like many other cities across the country with a parade, bands and military speakers. Read more
On Sept. 5, 1937, the Daily News reported that Mrs. Mae Sweeney Horner had been missing for five days from her home in Bowling Green. Read more
“Rip” Wingfield, a local national guardsman, suffered painful injuries after being bitten by the company mascot, Captain Bob Cat, according to the Daily News on Sept. 5, 1921. Read more
According to an article in the Daily News dated Sept. 2, 1933, a former Bowling Green citizen and regionally known gardener came to Bowling Green to survey plans for a new area to be a designated park in the Covington area. Read more
Community Tweets
On Sept. 2, 1924, the Daily News reported that the burglar alarm at American National Bank (formerly located at 922 State St.) sounded at 7:30 the previous evening, causing a group of “several hundred citizens” to converge on the downtown area. Read more
Bowling Green’s population was expected to hit 15,000 when the latest census was complete, according to a front-page article in the Aug. 22, 1922, Daily News. Read more
The nursery at the City-County Hospital in Bowling Green lodged a record-breaking 25 occupants on Aug. 22, 1962, according to the front page of the Daily News. Read more
The Daily News reported Aug. 16, 1959, that the funds needed to create the Barren River reservoir were one step closer to reality. Read more
On Aug. 8, 1921, the Daily News reported that Marion and Beulah Rust, managers of the Bowling Green YMCA, had been invited by the Near East Relief Organization to manage the care of Armenian children orphaned during World War I. Read more
On Aug. 8, 1952, Warren Fiscal Court passed a resolution clarifying its policy that the newly built $60,000 Warren County Old Folks Home at Woodburn was open to all “indigent old persons … regardless of race, creed and color.” Read more
The Daily News reported Aug. 18, 1966, that construction on a short section of a four-lane highway across Western Kentucky University’s campus would begin Aug. 22. Read more
An article from Aug. 5, 1926, said two men wanted for a double homicide in Butler County were sent to Bowling Green to be housed in the Warren County jail. Read more
On Aug. 2, 1922, the Daily News reported that an early morning electrical storm passed through the area, causing a great deal of damage. Read more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture declared a state of emergency in four states, including Kentucky, on July 31, 1952, in the wake of a record heat wave that saw at least 14 straight days of temperatures in the 100s. Read more
Bones found 90 years ago in a cave near Glasgow Junction were the remains of people who lived between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago, according to a front-page article July 26, 1932, in the Daily News. Read more
On July 18, 1930, the Highway 31-W Association announced in an article in the Daily News that it was running a campaign to get new members to help raise money for purchasing advertising for “The Route to Mammoth Cave.” Read more
One of the headlines July 20, 1923, in the Daily News was “$300,000 Loan Fund Gets Approval of State: Means New Advance In Education.” Read more
Charles Breedlove, “a youthful transient” from Champaign, Ill., was arrested at a local railroad yard for stealing a watermelon, according to the July 14, 1937, issue of the Daily News. Read more
On July 17, 1908, the Daily News printed a rebuttal by John Moltenberry, chief of the Bowling Green Fire Department, denying accusations alleging his department failed to suppress a fire at Major Covington’s home outside city limits. Read more
On July 9, 1925, the Daily News reported that 47-year-old Melburn Hester was reported missing by his family. Read more
On July 9, 1921, the Daily News reported that a local affluent family’s home had been ransacked and burglarized while they were out visiting friends. Read more
About 800 men were included in Selective Service registration for 18- and 19-year-olds in Bowling Green and Warren County, far short of the number expected for the day, according to a front-page article in the July 1, 1942, edition of the Daily News. Read more
A sale at a downtown Bowling Green shoe store 90 years ago prompted a stampede of shoppers, resulting in injuries to at least three, according to the June 30, 1932, edition of the Daily News. Read more
On June 24, 1921, the Daily News ran an article reporting that professor Charles H. Richardson, the head of the Department of Mineralogy at Syracuse and assistant geologist of Kentucky, was going to write a book about the quarries in this vicinity. Read more
The Daily News reported June 23, 1913, that a new apartment complex was going to be built at 12th Avenue and Chestnut Street. Read more
On June 15, 1947, the Daily News reported that the city council was expected to vote on an ordinance authorizing the purchase of five new traffic lights. Read more
On June 15, 1904, the Daily News reported that a new boat named the Lotus, chartered to do the towing at lock No. 6 near Brownsville, would be captained by 24-year-old Crescent Hill, Ky., native Miss Grace Kennedy. Read more
On June 8, 1937, the Daily News reported that there had been a number of street lights being broken out to facilitate “bootlegging.” Read more
The June 8, 1928, Daily News reported that the newly developed “art” of flag pole standing was coming to Bowling Green. Read more
Under the headline “Rat Killing Campaign to Open in City Next Tuesday,” the Daily News outlined plans by the Boy Scouts to poison the city’s rodents in June 1941. Read more
On May 23, 1989, the Daily News reported that a line of tornadoes roared across Warren, Simpson and Allen counties. Read more
The Flying Aces flying circus visited Bowling Green on May 26, 1935. Read more
An article in the May 30, 1922, Daily News reported that teachers must hold certificates to teach in public schools, according to state Superintendent of Public Instruction George Colvin. Read more
On May 22, 1902, the Daily News reported that Miss Mary Ellen Davis was recovering nicely after being bitten by a rattlesnake on her right forefinger last Monday. Read more
On May 21, 1902, the Daily News printed a threatening letter that had been received by Mrs. Bettie Belk of Plano. Read more
On May 14, 1915, the Daily News reported the College Street bridge (now referred to as the Riverwalk Bridge) would soon be opening for vehicle traffic. Read more
On May 14, 1923, Sank Bradley, the 31-year-old son of a former sheriff, was brought to Bowling Green to be housed in the Warren County Jail. Read more
More than 500 people gathered at a rally May 6, 1970, at Western Kentucky University to hear students and faculty members speak out against the killing of four students at Ohio’s Kent State University, according to a front-page article in the Daily News. Read more
