Warren and some surrounding counties are in the high-risk levels for COVID-19, but area hospitals are not seeing much of an increase in patients.
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Due to “staff availability,” Warren County Public Schools will be closed for in-person classes through at least Wednesday.
COVID-19 cases are sharply on the rise at local schools amid the surging omicron variant wave, but so far school leaders are reticent on whether they’ll bring back universal masking.
Bowling Green Independent School District Superintendent Gary Fields shared a COVID-19 update Monday, briefing the district’s school board about where its response to the ongoing pandemic stands.
Western Kentucky University will return to in-person classes on time Jan. 18, WKU President Timothy Caboni announced in a campuswide message.
While the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect many aspects of daily life, law enforcement agencies are working to prevent an outbreak of virus-related scams.
The Bowling Green Independent School District currently plans to return to school after the holiday break with masks as an option for students and staff.
With COVID-19 cases and other sicknesses on the rise in recent weeks, officials at The Medical Center at Bowling Green and T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow said both hospitals were experiencing longer wait times for those seeking treatment.
The Medical Center at Bowling Green and T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow on Friday reported their highest number of COVID-19 patients in nearly two months.
Western Kentucky University faculty member Julie Lee was busy making pie crusts Tuesday ahead of a Thanksgiving Day dinner that she and a few helpers planned to put on for WKU’s international students.
Active COVID-19 cases among Warren County Public Schools students have more than tripled since the district dispensed with its universal masking policy Nov. 1, the school district’s case dashboard shows.
The Bowling Green Independent School District will keep its mask requirement in place, at least for the time being, after the district’s school board declined Monday to move forward with Superintendent Gary Fields’ recommendation to make masking optional.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will return to form for its 95th year and will include more than 100 jump rope athletes from across the country – including a few of Bowling Green’s own.
Bowling Green Independent School District leaders will weigh going mask optional during a school board meeting Monday evening where Superintendent Gary Fields is expected to recommend that route, effective Tuesday.
Western Kentucky University’s enrollment for full-time equivalent students is down again this year, signaling that – despite the university’s best efforts to recruit students – it isn’t exempt from a national decline in college enrollment that’s been turbocharged by the pandemic.
The Barren River District Health Department is now accepting appointments for coronavirus vaccine booster shots, the department announced Tuesday.
Warren County Public Schools’ bus drivers gathered Thursday at South Warren High School to honor one of their own – James “Monty” Monroe Austin – who recently lost his battle with COVID-19 after contracting the disease only three weeks ago.
Warren County Public Schools will return to a mask-optional policy effective Nov. 1, Superintendent Rob Clayton announced Thursday.
Warren County Public Schools will continue universal masking for students and staff – at least for now – after the district’s school board unanimously voted to extend the requirement.
Bowling Green Independent School District Superintendent Gary Fields said he might recommend revisiting the district’s universal masking policy next month – provided declines in cases and contacts continue their downward trend.
Officials from The Medical Center at Bowling Green and T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow said Friday both facilities had the lowest COVID-19 patient numbers in more than two months.
Less than two weeks after Warren County Public Schools implemented universal masking in its schools, student quarantines have dropped to 834 from more than 1,700, Superintendent Rob Clayton told local media Tuesday.
Calling it a “temperature check,” Kentucky’s Department of Education released statewide assessment results Wednesday for the 2020-21 school year, which was disrupted amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Calling widespread vaccination the only real solution out of the coronavirus pandemic, Western Kentucky University President Timothy Caboni said the university will launch a new incentive program for faculty, students and staff, complete with a lottery and a variety of enticing prizes.
The Medical Center at Bowling Green and Glasgow’s T.J. Samson Community Hospital both reported Friday their largest weekly decreases in COVID-19 patients in seven weeks.
For the first time in nearly two months, The Medical Center at Bowling Green and Glasgow’s T.J. Samson Community Hospital have seen decreases in COVID-19 patients over the last seven days.
A high school math teacher in the Caverna Independent School District – who friends and co-workers called a “diehard ambassador for students” – has lost her battle with COVID-19.
Michele Kors and Kevin Yates, who were hired last July to staff the Southcentral Small Business Development Center after it was resurrected by local government and economic development groups, still haven’t set foot in their offices in the Western Kentucky University Center for Research and …
A research project from Med Center Health, Western Kentucky University and the UK College of Medicine’s Bowling Green campus found COVID-19 vaccines were safe and closely mirrored results found in clinical trials.
Citing a steady decline in COVID-19 cases and quarantines in its schools since implementing universal masking, Bowling Green Independent School District Superintendent Gary Fields asked the district’s school board to continue the requirement, a recommendation the body unanimously approved Monday.
For the fifth consecutive week, The Medical Center at Bowling Green and Glasgow’s T.J. Samson Community Hospital reported increases in COVID-19 patients while battling capacity restraints.
In a Warren Fiscal Court meeting during which premium pay was approved for county employees whose work has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Warren County Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon announced he has tested positive for the virus as he joined the meeting via video conference.
Rising COVID-19 cases and quarantines among K-12 students have fueled a question by some: Why haven’t more schools moved to virtual instruction?
Even after Western Kentucky University announced it will roll out a new vaccine incentive program – complete with scholarship giveaways and cash prizes – some of the university’s students are still hesitant to get the vaccine.
The Medical Center at Bowling Green, TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital and Glasgow’s T.J. Samson Community Hospital are all seeing increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients, the health care organizations said Friday.
Under pressure by Gov. Andy Beshear to report its COVID-19 quarantines via its online dashboard, the Warren County Public Schools Board of Education and Superintendent Rob Clayton defended the district’s decision not to publicly report that data.
Responding to a parent’s question at a school board meeting Monday, Bowling Green Independent School District Superintendent Gary Fields said the BGISD plans to start the school year without requiring masks and social distancing.
More than 1,700 Warren County Public Schools students were quarantined at home as of Monday after being exposed to COVID-19, WCPS Superintendent Rob Clayton told the Daily News.
School’s out for summer, but the parents of local K-12 students shouldn’t check out.
As Kentucky’s students learned remotely during the past school year, their participation in classroom lessons roughly matched previous years’ in-person attendance rates, state education officials told lawmakers in Frankfort on Tuesday.
After Gov. Andy Beshear issued an executive order Friday that all but ended pandemic restrictions – except in a few high-risk settings – Kentucky’s Department of Education pulled its Healthy At School guidance, meaning that masks and social distancing will no longer be mandated in schools.
Pointing to significant numbers of Kentuckians who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 and a highly contagious coronavirus strain he called “the most dangerous variant we’ve seen,” Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday issued a slate of “strong recommendations” for schools.
Warren County Public Schools and the Bowling Green Independent School District will not require students and staff to mask up when they return for full-capacity, in-person classes next week.
In an email to faculty and staff, Western Kentucky University President Timothy Caboni announced Wednesday that everyone on the university’s campuses will be expected to wear a mask indoors, effective Monday.
Bethany Roberts was uneasy about sending her children back to Warren County Public Schools, torn between the urgency to get them back in the classroom and concerns about their health – especially that of her 9-year-old, who’s too young to get the vaccine.
Hours before Gov. Andy Beshear announced a statewide mask mandate for all Kentucky schools, Warren County Public Schools said it was preparing to implement universal masking for all students and staff inside its facilities beginning Wednesday – regardless of their vaccination status.
Bowling Green police responded Wednesday to the Warren County Board of Education at 303 Lovers Lane after a driver reportedly drove repeatedly around a group of protesters responding to the school district’s recent pivot to universal masking for students and staff.
Dr. Rebecca Shadowen was the daughter of a farmer and appreciated growing things. Thus, it made sense for The Medical Center at Bowling Green to honor her life with a tree planting.
The Medical Center at Bowling Green’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic is now administering the Pfizer vaccine for children at least 12 years of age.
While COVID-19 numbers are falling in the United States, Dr. Avnish Tripathi of Bowling Green has started an effort to combat the virus’ impact on his native country of India.
CAVE CITY – In the first stop on its “Shots Across the Bluegrass” tour, the Kentucky Association of Health Plans held a free COVID-19 vaccine clinic Monday as Kentucky Sports Radio delivered a live broadcast from the site.