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- How detectives traced frightening daycare threats back inside a Bowling Green center
- What Med Center Health's new High Street Tower means for local families
Also on today's calendar: TwelveStone Health Partners Announces Ribbon Cutting in Bowling Green, KY and 7 more events.
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📰 News we're reading
• Daycare employee arrested for threats that triggered lockdowns (wbko.com) — Law enforcement in Bowling Green arrested a daycare employee after threats led to lockdowns at multiple local childcare centers, including her own workplace. Investigators say they traced the messages to a phone and IP address inside a daycare, where the staff member admitted sending them. She was booked into Warren County Regional Jail while the investigation continues. 
• Med Center Health opens High Street Tower on 100th anniversary (wbko.com) — Med Center Health in Bowling Green has opened its new High Street Tower, a women's and children's facility timed with the hospital's 100th anniversary. The tower brings high-risk pregnancy care, C-sections, postpartum services, and a level III NICU under one roof, expanding an already high-volume maternity program that delivers nearly 3,000 babies a year for families across the region.
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843 Fairview Avenue, Ste. B-5, Bowling Green, KY, 42101,
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Warren County 559 Morgantown Rd, Bowling Green KY 42101
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Warren County 721 Witt Road, Franklin KY 42134
6:00 pm - Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Warren Central High School
Warren County 559 Morgantown Rd, Bowling Green KY 42101
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Warren County 8140 Nashville Road, Bowling Green KY 42104
5:30 pm - Boys JV Soccer @ Warren Central High School
Warren County 559 Morgantown Rd, Bowling Green KY 42101
6:00 pm - Girls JV Volleyball vs Greenwood High School
Warren County 8140 Nashville Road, Bowling Green KY 42104
6:15 pm - Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Greenwood High School
Warren County 8140 Nashville Road, Bowling Green KY 42104
7:30 pm - Boys Varsity Soccer @ Warren Central High School
Warren County 559 Morgantown Rd, Bowling Green KY 42101
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Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKyPAC), 601 College St, Bowling Green
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Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKyPAC), 601 College St, Bowling Green
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