On Feb. 6, 1932, Warren County Fiscal Court unanimously voted to have county peace officers enforce the closing of all roadhouses no later than 11 p.m. each night. Read moreRoadhouses will be required to close at 11 p.m.
A Feb. 3, 1960, Daily News article announced a meeting between state highway commissioner Earl Clements and advocates for improvement of U.S. 31-W to discuss the construction of two additional lanes to the existing highway. Read more31-W highway group meets with Clements
On Jan. 29, 1921, the Daily News reported that Mrs. Anna J. Gibbs bought the building at 633 E. 12th Ave. and was renovating it in anticipation of opening a fine hotel named the 12th Street Inn. Read moreLocal buys 12th Avenue building for fine hotel
On Jan. 26, 1978, the Daily News reported that while the National Weather Service said it hadn’t technically been a blizzard that hit Kentucky and surrounding states, it sure felt like one. Read moreStorm of '78 dumped nearly a foot of snow on city
The first girls’ basketball game of the season to be played at the Normal School gymnasium on Jan. 13, according to the Park City Daily News of Jan. 12, 1921. The Normal School team, coached by Miss Josephine Cherry and described as a “basket tossing machine,” would face players from Peabody… Read moreFirst girls' basketball game promoted 1921
On Jan. 2, 1923, the Park City Daily News reported that the Reardon Building had been sold to the Kentucky Public Service Company. This change of ownership forced the Young Sisters milliners to move. Read moreReardon Building sale displaces several
Bowling Green, Dec. 28, 1903, Josephine “Josie” Moran was sitting by the fire in her home tying her shoes, when the celluloid puff comb in her hair caught fire. Celluloid, the earliest synthetic form of plastic, was often used for hair accessories as well as cinematographic film and is very … Read moreHair fire injures 13-year-old in her home
The “Little Devil of Grand Opera” gave a ‘superb’ performance in Gloriana to a ‘capacity audience’ at the Bowling Green Opera House, December 27, 1920. Fritzi Scheff was an internationally known American actress and singer. Born in 1879 to a prima donna of the Imperial Opera in Vienna, Austr… Read moreMiss Fritzi Scheff surrounds herself with glory last eve
Community Tweets
The Daily News reported that on December 13, 1921, a mouse disabled the elevator in the State Capitol Building in Frankfort, Kentucky. The rodent somehow got to the top of the elevator, climbed up a cable, and was electrocuted when it came into contact with the electronic control lift. Read moreMouse in elevator cable puts lift out of order
On Dec. 12, 1931, Mrs. T.E. Webb won first place for her entry in the 18th annual Daily News Jingle contest. Read moreWinner of DN Jingle contest gets three theater tickets
On December 5, 2000, the Park City Daily News reported that the first digital library facility in the state would be opening in Bowling Green. “Contractors are putting the finishing touches on the third of a four-phase renovation of the old L&N Depot on Kentucky Street.” “The branch will… Read moreFirst digital library in BG will be opening
December 1st, 1920 – The sheriff of Baxter Springs, Kansas had come to Bowling Green to collect a car thief only to find he’d escaped. Fred Williams was taken by guard H.S. Burns to Mrs. Glenn’s boarding house on Kentucky Street, but before entering Williams asked permission to use the bathr… Read moreFred Williams decided not to return to Kansas
In a story dated November 22, 1921, the Daily News reported that the community had a great deal of interest in a previously published story about a child, referred to as “Dalma,” born in Memphis, Tenn. Read moreBG women willing to mother orphaned child
On Nov. 26, 1935, an article appeared in the Daily News seeking volunteers for a special charity sponsored by the fire department. Read moreVolunteers sought for holiday charity
A church youth group burned rock-and-roll albums that contained what they believed were satanic messages in a bonfire, according to a front-page story 40 years ago in the Nov. 7, 1982, issue of the Park City Daily News. Read moreYouth group holds ‘record roast’
The area’s tobacco farmers and burley experts said the 1972 crop looked to be one of the finest in recent years, according to a front-page story 50 years ago in the Nov. 10, 1972, issue of the Park City Daily News. Read moreBG warehouses accept tobacco crop
The Park City Daily News reported Nov. 7, 1921: “The Chamber of Commerce, through Secretary H.L. Underwood, is attempting to organize a good road club of 10 men, to do all in their power to at least surface the ancient Cobblestone road of 30-mile stretch between Bowling Green and Cave City.” Read moreGroup pushes road project to Cave City
On November 11, 1918, the Park City Daily News reported: “A comely woman of forty-five, describing herself as Mrs. Alvy Cobb, of Hopkinsville, is being sought by local police as the owner of a trunkful of whiskey confiscated at the L & N station Sunday morning.” Read moreWoman eludes police with her whiskey intact
On Nov. 11, 1918, the Park City Daily News reported: “A comely woman of forty-five, describing herself as Mrs. Alvy Cobb, of Hopkinsville, is being sought by local police as the owner of a trunkful of whiskey confiscated at the L&N station Sunday morning.” Read morePolice chief seeks owner of whiskey
Local train engineer Joe Burke was featured in the Nov. 1, 1930, edition of the Daily News. Read moreEngineer has driven engine 2,000,000 miles
On Oct. 31, 1922, The Park City Daily News proclaimed “the goblins’ll get you if you don’t watch out! It’s Halloween!” Read moreGoblins, witches celebrate the season
The Oct. 26, 1936, edition of the Daily News reported that a special “hermetically-sealed” steel box was being installed in a cornerstone at a new building on the campus of what was then the Western Teachers College. Read moreTime capsule added to Western's campus in 1936
On Oct. 29, 1934, The Daily News reported there would be a special souvenir edition of the paper released. This edition was described to be 50 pages long and in a “tabloid style.” Read moreSpecial edition promotes city's new slogan
The Oct. 17, 1952, edition of the Park City Daily News included an article that announced Kentucky Hwy. 71 was officially renumbered as U.S. 231. Read moreU.S. 231 didn't always have that name
A front-page story from the Oct. 18, 1942, edition of the Park City Daily News reported that Warren County was nearing the halfway mark of its quota in the local scrap metal collection campaign to support the country’s war effort. Read moreCounty marks halfway point of scrap campaign
A small amount of bone fragments, possibly of human origin, were found in the basement of the historic Hobson House while work was being done to restore the pre-Civil War house. Read moreBone fragments found during Hobson House work
When veteran clothes salesman Ed Clemons first started working for Sam Pushin and brother, “barking” for business was a common tactic of standing in front of a store calling out to passers-by to draw in customers. Read moreStores barked for customers in 1930s
The Daily News of Oct. 5, 1970, reported that 27-year-old “pop” singer Janis Joplin had been found dead the night before in her Hollywood, Calif., hotel room. Read morePop singer Janis Joplin found dead
The fall season of the Bowling Green Opera House opened with a production of the play “Daniel Boone on the Trail” as reported in the Park City Daily News of Oct. 5, 1909. Read moreDaniel Boone play opens Bowling Green Opera House season
On Sept. 28, 1939, in the Bowling Galley section, which contains short blurbs, the Daily News nominated a local woman and her sons as the meanest people in the world. Read moreDaily News nominates woman as World's Meanest Person
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 moreMissing man found 2 years after disappearance
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 moreSquare dancers wed in cave
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 moreYouth shot while gathering hickory nuts
“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 moreGreenview Hospital opens in 1972
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 moreCity celebrates National Defense Day
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 moreNo trace of woman found in Bowling Green
“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 morePet wildcat bites hand that feeds it
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 moreWell-known gardener surveys potential new park
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 moreUnusual circumstances cause crowd at bank
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 moreBG's population expected to hit 15,000 in 1920
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 moreHospital nursery records 25 babies in 1962
The Daily News reported Aug. 16, 1959, that the funds needed to create the Barren River reservoir were one step closer to reality. Read moreBarren River reservoir one step closer to reality in 1959
