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Hello Bowling Green! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Life sentence handed down in Bowling Green Winners Circle murder case
  • How nearly 8,000 Bowling Green residents helped chart the city's future
  • What your Bowling Green radar is really seeing on quiet weather days

Also on today's calendar: Ghost Hunters' Steve Gonsalves Live: A Life With Ghosts and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, temps: high: 85, low: 68.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high of 88 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Man receives life for girlfriend's murder (bgdailynews.com) — A Warren Circuit Court judge has sentenced 28-year-old David Proffitt to life in prison for murdering 22-year-old Alexandra Hemmann, whose body was found in her Winners Circle apartment in Bowling Green in August 2023. Jurors also convicted him of abusing her corpse, theft, forgery, and being a persistent felony offender after Bowling Green Police secured a confession. Emotional victim impact statements from family and friends described how her death shattered their lives and the local community.
   

• Democracy in Practice: A Report on Innovations in Participatory Governance (amacad.org) — Bowling Green leaders and residents are shaping a long-term BG2050 growth vision using a mix of living-room conversations, online engagement, and AI analysis that drew in nearly 10% of the city. Their work highlights how locals want growth that protects neighborhood character, avoids becoming "another Nashville," and keeps transportation and housing aligned with community values. The article also compares Bowling Green's approach with similar democratic experiments in California and Colorado.
   

• Unique features on radar and their discoveries (wbko.com) — From right here in Bowling Green, WBKO meteorologists explain how weather radar often spots far more than rain, including bird and bat swarms, gust fronts that can spark new storms, and even bridges and buildings during special atmospheric setups. Understanding these "extra" radar signals helps forecasters interpret what they're seeing over south-central Kentucky more accurately. It's a quick primer on the surprising power and limits of radar technology.
   

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Other local events
    Thursday August 27
  • Girls JV Soccer @ Greenwood High School
    Warren County 5065 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green KY 42104
    5:30 pm
  • Girls Freshman Volleyball vs Owensboro Catholic High School
    Warren County 8140 Nashville Road, Bowling Green KY 42104
    5:30 pm
  • Boys JV Football vs Glasgow High School
    Warren County 8140 Nashville Road, Bowling Green KY 42104
    6:00 pm
  • Girls JV Volleyball vs Owensboro Catholic High School
    Warren County 8140 Nashville Road, Bowling Green KY 42104
    6:15 pm
  • Girls Varsity Soccer @ Greenwood High School
    Warren County 5065 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green KY 42104
    7:00 pm
  • Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Owensboro Catholic High School
    Warren County 8140 Nashville Road, Bowling Green KY 42104
    7:30 pm
    • Friday August 28
  • Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Owensboro High School
    Warren County 2280 Tamarack Rd, Owensboro Kentucky 42301-6526
    6:00 pm
    • Saturday September 12
  • Ghost Hunters' Steve Gonsalves Live: A Life With Ghosts →
    Plaza Theatre, 115 E Main St, Glasgow
    6:00 pm

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